person characteristics (including personality traits), life events and measures of well-being (life satisfaction, positive … satisfaction. Using these data, the paper suggests a major revision to the set point or dynamic equilibrium theory of SWB in order … satisfaction are those who score high on the personality traits of extraversion (E) and/or neuroticism (N) and/or openness to …

satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more … religious over time record long term gains in life satisfaction, while those who become less religious record long term losses … satisfaction ; set-point theory ; authentic happiness theory ; longitudinal analysis ; SOEP …

on life satisfaction. The results have negative implications for the still dominant theory of SWB, set-point theory. This … changes in life satisfaction. It is becoming clear that the main challenge now for SWB researchers is to develop a new theory …

lifestyle have substantial and similar effects on life satisfaction. The results have negative implications for a widely … population has recorded substantial and apparently permanent changes in life satisfaction (Fujita and Diener, 2005; Headey, 2008a …

and social and political involvement, promote life satisfaction. Zero sum goals, including commitment to career success … and material gains, appear detrimental to life satisfaction. Finding that conscious life goals matter can potentially make …

satisfaction for subjective well-being (SWB) and relative income and employment security for objective well-being (OWB). We ran …