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Bibliographic Subjects » MEASUREMENT of HAPPINESS » Measurability of happiness » Validity of happiness measurements » Validity doubts » Do people report honestly about their happiness?

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MEASUREMENT of HAPPINESS Measurability of happiness Validity of happiness measurements Validity doubts Do people report honestly about their happiness?
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Do people report honestly about their happiness?, desirability bias, truthfulness
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Publications that report an empirical study that used a valid measure of happiness, the results of which are eligible for inclusion in the findings archive

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No valid measure of happiness used
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Eligible and included in findings archive (embedded studies)
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List of Publications on this Subject

Authors Title / Source Year Andrews, F.M.; Withey, S.B. Social Indicators of Well-Being. Americans Perceptions of Life Quality.
Plenum Press, 1976, New York, USA 1976 Aron, E.; Aron, A. The Influence of Inner State on Self-Reported Long-term Happiness.
Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1987, Vol. 27, 248 -270 1987 Campbell, A.; Converse, P.E.; Rodgers, W.L. The Quality of American Life. Perceptions, Evaluations, and Satisfactions.
Russel Sage Foundation, 1976, New York, USA 1976 Cason, H. General Curves and Conditions of Feeling.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 1931, Vol. 15, 126 - 148 1931 Cone, J.D.; Carstensen, L.L. Reply: Social Desirability and the Measurement of Psychological Well-Being in the Elderly Persons.
Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 127 - 128 1985 Costa, P.T.; McCrae, R.R. Personality as a Lifelong Determinant of Well-Being.
Malatesta, C.Z.;Izard C.E., Eds.: "Emotion in Adult Development", Sage, 1984, Beverly Hills, USA, 141 - 157 1984 Gorman, B.S.; Ricks, D.F.; Wessman, A.E. Social Desirability and Self-Reports of Mood: A Rejoinder.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1975, Vol. 40, 272 - 274 1975 Kendall, P. Role of Mood.
Kendall, P.: "Conflict and Mood", The Free Press, 1954, Glencoe, Illinois, USA, 68 - 101 1954 Klassen, D.; Anderson, P.B.; Hornstra, R.K. Influence of Social Desirability on Symptom and Mood Reporting in a Community Survey.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975, Vol. 43, 448 - 452 1975 Kozma, A.; Stones, M.J. Social Desirability in Measures of Subjective Well-Being: Age Comparisons.
Social Indicators Research, 1988, Vol. 20, 1 - 14 1988 Kozma, A.; Stones, M.J. Social Desirability and the Measurement of Psychological Well-Being in Elderly Persons: Comment.
Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 127 - 128 1985 Mancini, J.A.; McKeel, A.J. Social Desirability and Psychological Well-Being Reports in Late Life: A Further Inquiry.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986, Vol. 46, 89 - 94 1986 McCrae, R.R. Well-Being Scales do not Measure Social Desirability.
Journal of Gerontology, 1986, Vol. 41, 390 - 392 1986 McCrae, R.R. Letter to the Editor.
Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 127 - 128 1985 McCrae, R.R.; Costa, P.T. Social Desirability and the Measurement of Psychological Well-Being in Elderly Persons: Comment.
Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 127 1985 Myers, D.G. The Pursuit of Happiness. Who is Happy and Why?
William Morrow, 1992, New York, USA 1992 Phillips, D.L.; Clancy, K.J. Some Effects of "Social Desirability" in Survey Studies.
American Journal of Sociology, 1971/72, Vol. 77, 921 - 940 1971 Schwarz, N.; Strack, F. Cognitive and Affective Processes in Judgements of Subjective Well-Being: a Preliminary Model.
Proceedings 10th International Association for Research and Economic Psychology, IAREP Colloquium, 1985, Linz, Austria 1985 Diener, E. Assessing Subjective Well-Being: Progress and Opportunities.
Social Indicators Research, 1994, Vol. 31, 103 - 157 1994 Hagedorn, J.W. Happiness and Self-Deception: An Old Question Examined by a New Measure of Subjective Well-Being.
Social Indicators Research, 1996, Vol. 38, 139 - 160 1996 Shmotkin, D. Declarative and Differential Aspects of Subjective Well-Being and Its Implications for Mental Health in Later Life.
Lomranz, J.;Ed.: "Handbook of Aging and Mental Health: An Integrative Approach", Plenum, 1998, New York, USA, 15 - 43 1998 Naess, S. Does Self-Deception Enhance the Quality of Life?
Nordenfelt, L.;Ed.: "Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care", Kluwer, 1994, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 95 - 114 1994 Carstensen, L.L.; Cone, J.D. Social Desirability and the Measurement of Psychological Well-Being in Elderly Persons.
Journal of Gerontology, 1983, Vol. 38, 713 - 715 1983 Thomas, D.L.; Diener, E. Memory Accuracy in the Recall of Emotions.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1990, Vol. 59, 291 - 297 1990 Hornung, B. Was Uns Wirklich Glücklicher Macht. (What Really Makes us Happy).
Institut für Glückforschung, 2004, München, Germany 2004 Lavallee, L.F.; Hatch, P.M; McKinley, T.; Michalos, A.C. Development of the Contentment with Life Assessment Scale (CLAS): Using Daily Life Experiences to Verify Levels of Self-Reported Life Satisfaction.
Social Indicators Research, 2007, Vol. 83, 201 - 244 2007 Osin, E.N. Social Desirability in Positive Psychology Bias or Desirable Sociality?
Freire, T.;Ed..: "Understanding Positive Life Research and Practice on Positive Psychology", Climepsi, 2009, Lisabon, Portugal, 407 - 428 2009 Matikka, L.M.; Vesala, H.T. Acquiescence in Quality-of-Life Interviews with Adults who have Mental Retardation.
Mental Retardation, 1997, Vol. 35, 75 - 82 1997 Sanjuan, P.; Magallares, A. Coping Strategies as Mediating Variables Between Self-serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, Vol. 15, 443 - 453 2014 Erez, A.; Johnson, D.; Judge, T.A. Self-Deception as a Mediator of The Relationship Between Dispositions and Subjective Well-Being.
Personal and Individual Differences, 1995, Vol. 19. 597 - 612 1995 Sanjuan, P.; Lopez, De, K.J. Relationships Between Self-Serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-Being Among Danish and Spanish Women.
Book: Well-Being and Cultures: Perspectives 183 from Positive Psychology, Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology 3, Chapter: 12, 183 - 194 2013 Robinson, M.D.; Ryff, C.D. The Role of Self-Deception in Perceptions of Past, Present, and Future Happiness.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1999, Vol. 25, 596 - 608 1999 Lee, J.Y.; Im, G.S. Self-enhancing Bias in Personality, Subjective Happiness, and Perception of Life-events: A Replication in a Korean Aged Sample.
Aging & Mental Health, 2007, Vol. 11, 57 - 60 2007 Kim, H. Cultural Differences in Self- and other Evaluations Well-Being: A Study of European and Asian Canadians.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012, 1 - 18 2012 Heintzelman, S.J.; King, L.A.; Trent, C. Revisiting Desirable Response Bias in Well-Being Reports.
The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2015 Vol. 10, 167 - 178 2015 Brasja-Zganec, A.; Ivanović, D.; Kaliterna Lipovcan, L.J. Personality Traits and Social Desirability as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being.
Psihologijske teme, 2011, Vol. 20, 261 - 276 2011 Soubelet, A.; Salthouse, T.A. Influence of Social Desirability on Age Differences in Self-Reports of Mood and Personality
Journal of Personality, 2011, Vol. 79, 741-762 2011 Wojcik, S.P.; Ditto, P.H. Motivated Happiness: Self-Enhancement Inflates Self-Reported Subjective Well-Being
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2014, Vol. 5, 825 - 834 2014