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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Unpublished Manuscript, University of Dunedin, 1978, New Zealand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