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Authors Title / Source Year Becker, P. Theoretische Grundlagen. (Theoretical Basis.)
Abele, A., Becker, P. (Eds).: "Wohlbefinden: Theorie, Empirie, Diagnostik", Juventa Verlag, 1991, München, Germany, 13 - 49 1991 Bell, B.D. Cognitive Dissonance and the Life Satisfaction of Older Adults.
Journal of Gerontology, 1974, Vol. 29, 564 - 571 1974 Bell, B.D. The Limitations of Crisis Theory as an Explanatory Mechanism in Social Gerontology.
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1975, Vol. 6, 153 - 168 1975 Brandstätter, H. Alltagsereignisse und Wohlbefinden. (Daily Events and Well-being.)
Abele, A.;Decker, P.(Eds).: "Wohlbefinden: Theorie, Empirie, Diagnostik", Juventa Verlag, 1991, München, Germany, 191 - 225 1991 Bränholm, I.B. On Life Satisfaction, Occupational Roles, and Activity Preferences.
Dissertation, University of Umea, Sweden, 1992, Umea dissertation series nr 329 1992 Brophy, A.L. Self, Role and Satisfaction.
Genetic Psychology Monographs, 1959, Vol. 59, 263 - 308 1959 Campbell, A. The Sense of Well-Being in America.
McGraw-Hill, 1981, New York, USA 1981 Cantril, H. The Pattern of Human Concern.
Rutgers University Press, 1965, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 1965 Czapinski, J. Illusions and Biases in Psychological Well-Being: An 'Onion'Theory of Happiness.
Paper presented at the Working Meeting of I.S.R. and I.S.S., 1991, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 1991 Grom, B. Glück, Lebenszufriedenheit und Sinn, Erfahrungswissenschaftlich Betrachtet. (Happiness, Satisfaction and Meaning: Empirical Approach).
Grom, B.;et al.Eds.:"Glück. Auf der Suche nach dem Guten Leben", Ullstein Verlag, 1987, Frankfurt, Germany, 13 - 190 1987 Gutek, B.A.; Allen, H.; Lau, R.R.; Majchrzak, A.; Tyler, T.R. The Importance of Internal Referents as Determinants of Satisfaction.
Journal of Community Psychology, 1983, Vol. 11, 111 - 120 1983 Harvey, C.D.; Bahr, H.M. Widowhood, Morale and Affiliation.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1974, Vol. 36, 97 - 106 1974 MacKaye, J. The Economy of Happiness.
Little & Brow, 1906, Boston, USA 1906 Maddox, G.L. Persistence of Life Style among the Elderly: A Longitudinal Study of Patterns of Social Activity in Relation to Life Satisfaction.
Neugarten, B.L.; Ed.: "Middle Age and Aging", University of Chicago Press, 1968, USA, 309 - 311 1968 Marsella, A.J.; Fenton, F.R.; Jablensky, A.; Sartorius, N. Cross-Cultural Studies of Depressive Disorders: An Overview.
Kleinman A.; Good B.; Eds.: "Culture and Depression", University of California Press, 1985, Berkely, USA, 299 - 324 1985 Mastekaasa, A.; Moum, T. The Perceived Quality of Life in Norway: Regional Variations and Contextual Effects.
Social Indicators Research, 1984, Vol. 14, 385 - 419 1984 Schuessler, K.F.; Fisher, G.A. Quality of Life Research and Sociology.
Annual Review of Sociology, 1985, Vol. 11, 129 - 149 1985 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 Veenhoven, R. Vragen over Determinanten van Geluk.( Questions about Determinants of Happiness).
Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Social Sciences, 1986, Netherlands 1986 Watanabe, S. Happiness in the 21st Century Society.
Paper Presented at International Conference on Human Values, 1980, Tsukuba, Japan 1980 Zautra, A.J.; Goodhart, D.E. Quality of Life Indicators: A Review of the Literature.
Community Mental Health Review, 1979, Vol. 4, 1 - 10 1979 Headey, B. An Economic Model of Subjective Well-Being: Integrating Economic and Psychological Theories.
Social Indicators Research, 1993, Vol. 28, 97 - 116 1993 Olson, G.I.; Scober, B.I. The Satisfied Poor.
Social Indicators Research, 1993, Vol. 28, 173 - 193 1993 Pitkin, W.B. The Secret of Happiness.
Grosset & Dunlap, 1929, New York, USA 1929 Brochman, G. Humanity and Happiness.
Victor Gollanncz, 1951, London, UK 1951 Veenhoven, R.; Ehrhardt, J. The Cross-National Pattern of Happiness. Test of Predictions Implied in Three Theories of Happiness.
Social Indicators Research, 1995, Vol. 34, 33 - 68 1995 Ormel, J.; Lindenberg, S.; Steverink, N. Well-Being and Social Production Functions.
Unpublished paper, 1995, University of Groningen, Netherlands 1995 Omodei, M.M.; Wearing, A.J. Need Satisfaction and Involvement in Personal Projects: Toward an Integrative Model of Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1990, Vol. 59, 762 - 769 1990 Saris, W.E. Integration of Data and Theory: A Mixed Model of Satisfaction.
Saris, W.E.;et al;Eds.:"A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe", Eötvös University Press, 1996, Hungary, 281 - 297 1996 Veenhoven, R. Satisfaction and Social Position: Within Nation Differences, Compared Across Nations.
Saris, W.E.;et al;Eds.: "A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe", Eötvös Universuty Press,1996, Hungary, 253 - 261 1996 Veenhoven, R. Average Level of Satisfaction in 10 European Countries: Explanation of Differences.
Saris, W.E.;et al;Eds.: "A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe", Eötvös University Press,1996, Hungary, 243 - 252 1996 Hagerty, M.R. Unifying Livability and Comparison Theory: Cross-National Time-Series Analysis of Life Satisfaction.
Social Indicators Research, 1999, Vol. 47, 343 - 356 1999 Ötsch, W. Glück und Realität: "Äussere" und "Innere" Glücksmodellen in der Theoriegeschichte der Ökonomie. (Happiness and Reality: Models of External and Internal Happiness in the History of Economic Thought).
Bellebaum, A.; Schaaff, H.;Zinn, K.G.;Eds.: "Ökonomie und Glück", Westdeutscher Verlag, 1999, Opladen, Germany, 105 - 123 1999 Lykken, D.T. Happiness: What Studies on Twins Show Us About Nature, Nurture and the Happiness Set-Point.
Golden Books, 1999, New York, USA 1999 Ormel, J.; Lindenberg, S.; Steverink, N.; Vonkorff, M. Quality of Life and Social Production Functions: A Framework for Understanding Health Effects.
Social Science and Medicine, 1997, Vol. 45, 1051 - 1063 1997 Gadourek, I. Tevredenheid in een Welvaartsstaat in een Tijd van Overvloed. (Satisfaction in Affluence).
Mulder, M.;Ed.: "Mensen, Groepen, Organisaties", Van Gorcum, 1963, Assen, Netherlands, 298 - 318 1963 Mayring, P. Psychologie des Glücks. (Psychology of Happiness).
Kohlhammer, 1991, Germany 1991 Ormel, J.; Lindenberg, S.; Steverink, N.; Verbrugge, L.M. Subjective Well-Being and Social Production Functions.
Social Indicators Research, 1999, Vol. 46, 61 - 90 1999 Granzin, K.L.; Haggard, L.M. An Integrative Explanation for Quality of Life: Development and Test of a Structural Model.
Diener, E.;Rathz, D.R.;Eds.: "Advances in Quality of Life Theory and Research", Kluwer, 2000, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 31 - 64 2000 Schyns, P. The Relationship between Income, Changes in Income and Life-Satisfaction in West Germany and the Russian Federation. Relative, Absolute or a Combination of Both?
Diener, E.;Rathz, D.R.;Eds.: "Advances in Quality of Life Theory and Research", Kluwer, 2000, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 83 - 110 2000 Vowinckel, G. "Ein unstillbarer Durst ist ein immerwährendes Strafgericht". Emile Durkheims soziologische Moralpolitik. (Unsatiable Thirst is an Eternal Punishment. The Sociological Moralism of Emile Durkheim).
Bellebaum, A.; Barheier, K.;Eds.: "Glücksvorstellungen", Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997, Opladen, Germany, 56 - 74 1997 Konow, J.; Early, J. The Hedonic Paradox: Is Homo-Economics Happier?
Paper, Loyola-Marimount University, 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA 2006 Diener, E. Subjective Well-Being. The Science of Happiness and a Proposal for a National Index.
The American Psychologist, 2000, Vol. 55, 34 - 43 2000 Argyle, M. Causes and Correlates of Happiness.
Kahneman, D.; Diener, E. Schwarz, N. (Eds).: "Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology", Russell Sage Foundations, 1999, New York, USA, 353 - 373 1999 Diener, E.; Lucas, R.E. Personality and Subjective Well-Being.
Kahneman, D., Diener, E., Schwarz, N.(Eds).: "Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology", Russell Sage Foundation, 1999, New York, USA, 213 - 229 1999 Buss, D.M. The Evolution of Happiness.
The American Psychologist, 2000, Vol. 55, 15 - 23 2000 Triandis, H.C. Cultural Syndromes and Subjective Well-Being.
Diener, E.; Suh, E.M.; Eds.: "Culture and Subjective Well-Being", MIT Press, 2000, Cambridge, USA, 13 - 36 2000 Oishi, S. Goals as Cornerstones of Subjective Well-Being: Linking Individuals and Cultures.
Diener, E.; Suh, E.M.; Eds.: "Culture and Subjective Well-Being", MIT Press, 2000, Cambridge, USA, 87 - 112 2000 Ratzlaff, C.; Kouznetsova, N; Matsumoto, D.; Raroque, J.; Ray, R. Individual Psychological Culture and Subjective Well-Being.
Diener, E.; Suh, E.M.; Eds.: "Culture and Subjective Well-Being" , MIT Press, 2000, Cambridge, USA, 37 - 60 2000 Barkow, J.H. Happiness in Evolutionary Perspective.
Segal, N.L. et al; Eds.: "Uniting Psychology and Biology", American Psychological Association, 1997, Washington DC, USA, 397 - 418 1997 Lyubomirsky, S. Why are Some People Happier Than Others?
American Psychologist, 2001, Vol. 56, 239 - 249 2001 VanBruggen, A.C. Individual Production of Social Well-Being. An Exploratory Study.
Thesis, State University Groningen, ICS, 2001, Netherlands 2001 Diener, E.; Biswas-Diener, R. New Directions in Subjective Well-Being Research: The Cutting Edge.
Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2000, Vol. 27, 21 - 33 2000 Scherpenzeel, A.C. Change and Stability of Satisfaction over One Year.
Zimmermann, E.; Tillmann, R.; Eds.: "Leben in der Schweiz", Peter Lang, 2004, Bern, Switzerland, 303 - 330 2004 Parfit, D. Reasons and Persons, Appendix I: What Makes someone's Life Go Best?
Oxford University Press, 1984, UK, 492 - 503 1984 Sirgy, M.J.; Ferriss, A.L.; Michalos, A.C. The Quality of Life (QOL) Research Movement: Past, Present, and Future.
Social Indicators Research, 2006, Vol. 76, 343 - 466 2006 Ferriss, A.L. A Theory of Social Structure and the Quality of Life.
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2006, Vol. 1, 117 - 123 2006 Easterlin, R.A. Building a Better Theory of Well-Being.
Bruni, L.;Porta, P.L.: ''Economics and Happiness", Oxford University Press, 2005, UK, 29 - 64 2005 Frey, B.S.; Stutzer, A. Testing Theories of Happiness.
Bruni, L.;Porta, P.L.: ''Economics and Happiness'', Oxford University Press, 2005, UK, 116 - 146 2005 Haller, M.; Hadler, M. How social Relations and Structures can produce Happiness and Unhappiness: an International comparative Analysis.
Social Indicators Research, 2006, vol. 75: 169-216 2006 Graham, L.; Oswald, A.J. Hedonic Capital.
Paper, University College of London, 2006, UK 2006 Diener, E.; Lucas, R.E. Explaining Differences in Societal Levels of Happiness: Relative Standards, Need Fulfillment, Culture, and Evaluation Theory.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2000, Vol.1, 41 - 73. 2000 Vitterso, J. Flow versus Life Satisfaction: A Projective Use of Cartoons to illustrate the Difference between the Evaluation Approach and the Intrinsic Motivation Approach to Subjective Quality of Life.
Journal of Happiness Studies: 2003, Vol. 4, 141 - 167 2003 Schyns, P. Income and Satisfaction in Russia.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2001, Vol. 2, 173 - 204 2001 Haybron, D.M. Philosophy and the Science of Subjective Well-Being.
Eid, M.; Larsen, R.J.;Eds.: ''The Science of Subjective Well-Being'', The Guilford Press, 2008, New York, USA, 17 - 43 2008 Hill, S.E.; Buss, D.M. Evolution and Subjective Well-Being.
Eid, M.; Larsen, R.J.;Eds.: ''The Science of Subjective Well-Being'', The Guilford Press, 2008, New York, USA, 62 - 79 2008 Sirgy, M.J.; Wu, J. The Pleasant life, the Engaged Life and the Meaningful Life: What about the Balanced Life?
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, Vol. 10, 183-196. 2009 Brülde, B. Lycka och Lidande: Begrepp, Metod, Förklaring. (Happiness and Suffering: Concepts, Method, Explanation).
Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2007, Sweden 2007 Dowling, J.M.; Chin-Fang, Y. Homeostasis and Well-Being.
Paper no 9-2006, SMU, 2006, Singapore 2006 Hill, S.E.; Delpriore, D. J.; Major, B. An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Happiness.
David, S. A.; Boniwell, I.; Ayers, A. C.; Eds: "The Oxford Handbook of Happiness", Oxford University Press, 2013, Oxford, UK, 875 - 886 2013 VanHoorn, A.A.; Senturk, E. Consumer Capital as the Source of Happiness: The Missing Economic Theory Underlying the Income-Happiness Paradox.
NICE Working Paper, 2012, Vol. 108, 1 - 22 2012 Pugno, M. On the Foundation of Happiness in Economics Reinterpreting Tibor Scitovsky
Routledge, New York, USA, 2016 2016 Guerini, M.; Nuvolati, G. Happiness, Subjective and Objective Indicators.
Bruni L.; Porta P.L.; Eds.:"Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life"' Edward Elgar, 2016, Cheltenham, UK / Northampton, USA, 400 - 418 2016 Lyubomirsky, S. A Construal Approach to Increasing Happiness.
Psychological Health and Psychological Problems, Chapter 13, 229 - 224 2010 Veenhoven, R. Why Sociological Theory of Happiness Falls Short
Social Indicators Network News (SINET), 2014, Nr. 119-120, 1 - 4 2014 Krys, K.; Oishi, S.; Uchida, Y. Open Society Fosters Satisfaction: Explanation to Why Individualism Associates with Country Level Measures of Satisfaction
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