Key literature on Happiness

Reviews   Epidemiology of happiness   Psychology of happiness  Philosophy of happiness  Sociology of ideas about happiness

• Bouffard, L (ed) (1997)
  Le Bonheur (Happiness)
  Special of Revue Québécoise de Psychologie, vol 18, nr 2, ISSN 0225 9885

• Diener, E., Suh, E.M., Lucas, R.E. & Smith, H.L.(1999)
  Subjectieve well-being: three decades of progress
  Psychological Bulletin, vol. 125, pp 276-301, ISSN 0033 2909
   
• Diener, E. & Suh, E.M. eds. (2000)
  Culture and subjective wellbeing
  MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA, 355 pages, ISBN 0-262-04182-0  Order info
   
• Kahneman, D., Diener, E. & Schwarz, E. eds. (1999)
  Well-being, The foundations of hedonic psychology
  Russel Sage Foundation, New York, 593 pages, ISBN 0-87154-424-5

• Myers, D.G. (1992)
  The pursuit of happiness. Who is happy and why?
  Morrow, New York USA, ISBN 0 688 10550 5

• Strack, F., Argyle, M. & Schwartz, N (eds) (1991)
  Subjective well-being: An interdisciplinairy perspective
  Pergamon Press, London UK, 291 pages ISBN 0 08 037264 3

• Veenhoven, R.(1984)
  Conditions of happiness
  Kluwer academic, Dordrecht Netherlands, 1984, 461 pages, ISBN 90 277 1792 3
  contents + chapter abstracts

• Veenhoven, R. (1997)
  Advances in the understanding of happiness
  Published in French in Revue Québécoise de psychologie, vol 18, pp.29-74
  Available in French, English and Spanish

Classic studies on Happiness

Epidemiology of happiness

• Andrews, F.M. & Withey, S.B.(1976)
  Social indicators of wellbeing: American perceptions of quality-of-life
  Plenum Press, New York USA, ISBN 0 306 30935 1

• Bradburn, N.M. (1969)
  The structure of psychological wellbeing
  Aldine Publishing,  Chicago USA

• Cantril, A.H.(1965)
  The pattern of human concern
  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ USA

• Campbell, A., Converse, P.E. & Rodgers, W.L.(1976)
  The quality of American life: perceptions, evaluations and satisfactions
  Russel Sage Foundation,  New York USA, ISBN 0 87154 194 7

Psychology of happiness

• Headey, B. & Wearing, A. (1992)
  Understanding happiness. A theory of subjective wellbeing
  Longman Cheshire, Melbourne Australia,  ISBN 0 582 87508 0

• Kahneman, D, Diener, E. & Schwarz, N eds. (1999)
  Wellbeing: The foundations of hedonic psychology
  Russel Sage Foundation, New York, 593 pages, ISBN 0-87154-424-5

• Wessman, A.E. & Ricks, D.F.(1966)
  Mood and personality
  Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, New York, USA

Philosophy of happiness

• Barrow, R. (1980)
  Happiness
  Martin Robertson, Oxford UK, ISBN 0 85520 266 1
   
• Tatarkiewicz, W.(1975)
  Analysis of happiness
  Nijhoff,  The Hague Netherlands, ISBN 90 247 1807 4

Sociology of happiness ideas

• Bellebaum, A. & Barheier, K. eds (2000)
  Views on happiness in early sociology
  Journal of Happiness Studies, vol 1, nr 4, special issue.
  Shortened version of book in German: Gluecksvorstellungen: Ein Rueckgriff in die Geschichte der Soziologie, Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, Germany, 1997, ISBN 3-531-12985-6

• Cazeneuve, J.(1962)
  Bonheur et Civilisation (Happiness and civilisation)
  Editions Michiel Brieut, Paris, France

• Mauzi, R. (1960)
  L'ideologie du bonheur dans la literature et la pensee du 18e sciecle
  (Ideology of happiness in literature and thought of the 18th century)
  Librairie Armand Colin, Paris, France

• Rostvig, M.S.(1962)
  The happy man. Studies in the metamorfosis of a classical ideal
  Norvegian University Press, Oslo, Norway

More literature can be found in the Bibliography of Happiness