income and life satisfaction is strongly shaped by the aspiration level serving to evaluate life conditions. The aspiration … an economic analysis of happiness are shown and illustrated with two specific applications. The relationship between … levels are formed by social comparisons and adaptation processes. The Life Satisfaction Approach is a new method to capture …

multidimensional alternative to the univariate scales measuring happiness and satisfaction most often used in social research. In …

>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention suitable for both … happiness. Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching is “manualized” in the form of the book entitled Quality of Life Therapy (Frisch … which attempts to integrate findings from the fields of well-being, positive psychology, happiness, quality of life, social …

it, or replacing it. This chapter portrays some of these new measures and puts them to a happiness test: compared to the … for 34 OECD societies, we can show that from a happiness perspective, there is-surprisingly-little wrong with the GDP, and … sum, the chapter demonstrates that a happiness perspective can add important insights along the way to facilitate the …