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DETERMINANTS OF HAPPINESS Determinants of contentment Review of theories
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Review of theories, explanation, hypothesis, overview, survey
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List of Publications on this Subject

Authors Title / Source Year Amos, O.M.; Hitt, M.A.; Warner, L. Life Satisfaction and Regional Development: A Case Study of Oklahoma.
Social Indicators Research, 1982, Vol. 11, 319 - 331 1982 Andrews, F.M. Subjective Social Indicators and Objective Social Indicators and Social Accounting Systems.
Juster, F.T.;Land, K.C.,Eds.: "Social Accounting Systems", Academic Press, 1981, London, UK, 377 - 419 1981 Bell, B.D. Cognitive Dissonance and the Life Satisfaction of Older Adults.
Journal of Gerontology, 1974, Vol. 29, 564 - 571 1974 Neal, J.D.; Mohr, H.M. Lebensqualität in der Bundesrepublik 1978 und 1984. (Quality of Life in West Germany 1978 and 1984).
Soziale Welt, 1986, Vol. 37, 25 - 47 1986 Berman, J.J. Parolees' Problems, Aspirations and Attitudes.
Dissertation, Northwestern University Evanston, 1972, Illinois, USA 1972 Bortner, R.W.; Hultsch, D.F. Patterns of Subjective Deprivation in Adulthood.
Developmental Psychology, 1974, Vol. 10, 534 - 545 1974 Crosby, F.J. A Model of Egoistical Relative Deprivation.
Psychological Review, 1976, Vol. 83, 85 - 113 1976 Easterlin, R.A. Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence.
David, P.A.;Melvin, W.R.;Eds.: "Nations and Households in Economic Growth", Academic Press, 1974, New York, USA, 89 - 125. 1974 Headey, B.; Wearing, A.J. Understanding Happiness: A Theory of Subjective Well-Being.
Longman Cheshire, 1992, Melbourne, Australia 1992 Hofstätter, P.R. Bedingungen der Zufriedenheit. (Conditions for Contentment.)
Interfrom Verlag, 1986, Zürich, Switzerland 1986 Inglehart, R. Values, Objective Needs, and Subjective Satisfaction among Western Publics.
Comparative Political Studies, 1977, Vol. 9, 429 - 458 1977 Inglehart, R. The Silent Revolution.
Princeton University Press, 1977, Princeton, USA 1977 Inglehart, R.; Rabier, J.R. Aspirations Adapt to Situations - But why are the Belgians much Happier than the French?
Andrews, F.M.;Ed.: "Research on the Quality of Life", ISR, 1986, Ann Arbor, USA, 1 - 56 1986 Kammann, R.; Dixon, G. High Hopes and Great Expectations.
Unpublished Manuscript, University of Dunedin, 1978, New Zealand 1978 Keith, P.T.; Schafer, R.B. Relative Deprivation, Equity/Inequity, and Psychological Well-Being.
Journal of Family Issues, 1987, Vol. 8, 199 - 211 1987 Mason, R.G.; Faulkenberry, G.D. Aspirations, Achievements and Life Satisfaction.
Social Indicators Research, 1978, Vol. 5, 133 - 150 1978 McGill, V.J. The Idea of Happiness.
F.A. Preager, 1967, New York, USA 1967 Michalos, A.C. An Application of Multiple Discrepancies Theory (MDT) to Seniors.
Social Indicators Research, 1986, Vol. 18, 349 - 378 1986 Michalos, A.C. Multiple Discrepancies Theory.
Social Indicators Research, 1985, Vol. 16, 347 - 413 1985 Parducci, A. Value Judgments: Toward a Relational Theory of Happiness.
Eiser, J.R.;Ed.: "Attitudinal Judgment", Spinger Verlag, 1984, New York, USA, 3 - 21 1984 Parducci, A. The Relativism of Absolute Judgments.
Scientific American, 1968, Vol. 219, 84 - 90 1968 Pieper, J. Glück im Schauen. (Happiness in Looking).
Hommes, U.;Ed.: "Was ist Glück?", Deutsche Taschenbucher Verlag, 1976, München, Germany, 39 - 54 1976 Rescher, N. Social Welfare and Personal Happiness.
Rescher, N.; "Welfare", Snyder & Co, 1972, London, UK, 36 - 59 1972 Runia, E. Epicurus en de Kunst van de Kleine Genoegens. (Epicure and the Art of Small Delights).
Intermediair, 1986, Vol. 22, nr. 33, 41 - 47 1986 Shin, D.C.; Johnson, D.M. Avowed Happiness as the Overall Assessment of the Quality of Life.
Social Indicators Research, 1978, Vol. 5, 475 - 492 1978 Stosberg, M. "Innere Nähe durch äussere Distanz"- Revision einer These? ("Intimacy through Distance"- Revision of a Thesis?)
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 1985, Vol. 18, 76 - 82 1985 Taylor, M.C. Improved Conditions, Rising Expectations, and Dissatisfaction: A Test of the Past/Present Relative Deprivation Hypothesis.
Social Psychology Quarterly, 1982, Vol. 45, 24 - 33 1982 Thomsen, A. Expectation in Relation to Achievement and Happiness.
Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1943, Vol. 38, 58 - 73 1943 Unger, H.E. The Feeling of Happiness.
Psychology, 1970, Vol. 7, 27 - 33 1970 Usui, W.M.; Durig, K.R.; Keil, T.J. Socio-Economic Comparisons and the Life Satisfaction of Elderly Adults.
Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 110 - 114 1985 Veenhoven, R. Is Happiness Relative?
Social Indicators Research, 1991, Vol. 24, 1 - 34. 1991 Vermunt, R.J.; Spaans, E.; Zorge, F. Satisfaction, Happiness and Well-Being of Dutch Students.
Social Indicators Research, 1989, Vol. 21, 1 - 33 1989 Wilkening, E.A.; McGranahan, D.H. Correlates of Subjective Well-Being in Northern Wisconsin.
Social Indicators Research, 1978, Vol. 5, 211 - 234 1978 Hinske, N. Glück und Enttäuschung. (Happiness and Disappointment).
Kundler, H.;Ed.: "Anatomie des Glücks", Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1971, Köln, Germany, 216 - 229 1971 Mastekaasa, A. Studying Social Comparisons: Contextual and other Approaches.
Institutt far Samfunns Forskning, 1989, Report 89:8, Oslo, Norway 1989 Neapolitan, J. General Symbolic Definitions and Subjective Well-Being.
Sociological Spectrum, 1988, Vol. 8, 153 - 168 1988 Miller, T. How to Want What You Have: Discovering the Magic and Grandeur of Ordinary Existence.
Henny Holt, 1995, New York, USA 1995 Bulmahn, T. Determinanten des subjektiven Wohlbefindens. (Determinants of Subjective Well-Being).
Zapf, W.;Habich, R.(Eds).: "Wohlfahrtsentwicklung im vereinten Deutschland", Edition Sigma, 1996, Berlin, Germany, 79 - 96 1996 Diener, E.; Fujita, F. Social Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being.
Buunk, B.;Gibbons, R. (Eds).: "Health, Coping, and Social Comparison", Erlbaum, 1997, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA, 329 - 357 1997 Nordenfelt, L. Quality of Life, Health and Happiness.
Avebury, 1993, UK 1993 Easterlin, R.A.; Schaeffer, C.M. Income and Subjective Well-Being over the Life Cycle.
Ryff, C.D.;Marshall, V.W.;Eds.: "The Self and Society in Aging Processess", Springer, 1999, New York, USA, 279 - 302 1999 Frank, R.H. Luxury Fever. Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess.
The Free Press, 1999, New York, USA 1999 Clark, A.E. Unemployment as a Social Norm: Psychological Evidence from Panel Data.
Paper Presented Conference on the: "Measurement of Welfare and Wellbeing" University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute, august 2000, Netherlands 2000 Gilboa, I.; Schmeidler, D. A Cognitive Model of Individual Well-Being.
Social Choice and Welfare, 2001, Vol. 18, 269 - 288 2001 Keely, L.C. Why isn't Growth Making us Happier? Utility on the Hedonic Treadmill.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, Vol. 57, 333 - 355 2005 Rayo, L.; Becker, G.S. Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness.
Journal of Political Economy, 2007, Vol. 115, 302 - 328 2007 Brülde, B. Lyckans och Lidandets Etik. (The Ethics of Happiness and Suffering).
Thales, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden 2009 Brülde, B. Lycka och Lidande: Begrepp, Metod, Förklaring. (Happiness and Suffering: Concepts, Method, Explanation).
Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2007, Sweden 2007 Hsee, C.K.; Zhang, J. General Evaluability Theory.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2010, Vol. 5, 343 - 355 2010 Tiberius, V. Cell Phones, iPods, and Subjective Well-Being.
Brey, P.; Briggle, A.; Spence, E.; Eds: "The Good Life in a Technical Age", Routledge, 2012, NY, USA, 181 - 190 2012 Chekola, M.G. The Life Plan View of Happiness and the Paradoxes of Happiness.
Bruni, L.; Porta, P.L.; Eds.: "Handbook on the Economics of Happiness", Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK / Northampton, MA, USA, 2007, 221 - 236 2007