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Bibliographic Subjects » MODES OF EMPIRICAL HAPPINESS RESEARCH » Methods used in happiness research (other than cross-sections) » Meta-analysis

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MODES OF EMPIRICAL HAPPINESS RESEARCH Methods used in happiness research (other than cross-sections) Meta-analysis
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Meta-analysis, quantitative research synthesis, review, study of studies

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

No empirical study reported
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No valid measure of happiness used
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Eligible but not yet entered
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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 Amato, P.R.; Keith, B. Parental Divorce and Adult Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1991, Vol. 53, 43 - 58 1991 Bless, H.; Schwarz, N. Ist Schlechte Stimmung die Ausnahme? Eine Meta-analyse von Stimmungsuntersuchungen. (Is a Bad Mood the Exception? A Meta-analysis of Mood Investigations.)
Paper, University Heidelberg, 1984, Germany 1984 Fendrich, M. Wives' Employment and Husbands' Distress: A Meta-analysis and a Replication.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1984, Vol. 46, 871 - 879 1984 Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A. A Research Synthesis of Gender and Social Class as Correlates of Subjective Well-Being.
Human Relations, 1984, Vol. 37, 645 - 657 1984 Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A.; Witter, R.A. Marital Status and Subjective Well-Being: A Research Synthesis.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985, Vol. 47, 947 -953 1985 Inkeles, A.; Diamond, L. Personal Development and National Development: A Cross-National Perspective.
Szalai, A.;Andrews, F.;Eds.:"The Quality of Life.", Comparative Studies, Sage, 1980, London, UK, 73 - 109 1980 Okun, M.A.; Karoly, P.; Levy, B.R. Dispositional Happiness and College Student GPA: Unpacking a Null Relation.
Journal of Research in Personality, 2009, Vol. 43, 711 - 715 2009 Okun, M.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Stock, W.A.; Witter, R.A. Health and Subjective Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1984, Vol. 19, 111 - 132 1984 Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A. Quality of Research on Correlates of Subjective Well-Being in Adulthood.
Experimental Aging Research, 1984, Vol. 10, 161 - 163 1984 Okun, M.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Stock, W.A.; Witter, R.A. The Social Activity/Subjective Well-Being Relation.
Research on Aging, 1984, Vol. 6, 45 - 65 1984 Polit, D.F.; Falbo, T. Only Children and Personality: A Quantitative Review.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987, Vol. 49, 309 -325 1987 Rodgers, W.L. Trends in Reported Happiness within Demographically Defined Subgroups, 1957-78.
Social Forces, 1982, Vol. 60, 826 - 842 1982 Stock, W.A.; Okun, M.A. The Construct Validity of Psychological Well-Being Measures: An Assessment via Quantitative Research Syntheses.
Unpublished Paper Arizona State University, 1984, USA 1984 Stock, W.A.; Benito, J.G.; Okun, M.A. A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Structure of Psychological Well-Being.
Paper presented at the 12th World Congress of Sociology, 1990, Madrid, Spain 1990 Stock, W.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Witter, R.A. Age Differences in Subjective Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.
Evaluation Studies Review Annual, 1983, Vol. 8, 279 - 302 1983 Stock, W.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Witter, R.A. Race and Subjective Well-Being in Adulthood: A Black-White Research Synthesis.
Human Development, 1985, Vol. 28, 192 - 197 1985 Stock, W.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Stock, S.; Witter, R.A. Reporting Reliability: A Case Study of Life Satisfaction Research.
Unpublished Paper, Arizona State University, 1982, Tempe, USA 1982 Veenhoven, R. Databook of Happiness.
Reidel, 1984, Dordrecht, Netherlands 1984 Veenhoven, R. Conditions of Happiness.
Kluwer Academic, 1984 (reprint), Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1984 Veenhoven, R. Correlates of Happiness.
Studies in Socio-Cultural Transformation, nr. 3, RISBO, 1994, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands 1994 Veenhoven, R. Happiness in Nations.
Studies in Socio-Cultural Transformation, nr. 2, RISBO, 1993, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands 1993 Warr, P.; Parry, G. Paid Employment and Women's Psychological Well-Being.
Psychological Bulletin, 1982, Vol. 91, 498 - 516 1982 Whitley, B.E. Sex-Role Orientation and Psychological Well-Being: Two Meta-Analyses.
Sex-Roles, 1985, Vol. 12, 207 - 225 1985 Witter, R.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A. Education and Subjective Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.
Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984, Vol. 6, 165 - 173 1984 Witter, R.A.; Haring-Hidore, M.J.; Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A. Religion and Subjective Well-Being in Adulthood: A Quantitative Synthesis.
Review of Religious Research, 1985, Vol. 26, 332 - 342 1985 Witt, D.D.; Curry, E.W.; Lowe, G.D.; Peek, C.W. The Changing Association between Age and Happiness: Emerging Trend or Methodological Artifact?
Social Forces, 1979, Vol. 58, 1302 - 1307 1979 Wright, J.D. Are Working Women Really More Satisfied? Evidence from Several National Surveys.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1978, Vol. 40, 301 -373 1978 Forsé, M.; Déchaux, J.H.; Jaslin, J.P.; Lemel, Y.; Mendras, H.; Stoclet, D. Recent Social Trends in France, 1960 -1990.
Series: Comparative Charting of Social Change, Campus Verlag, 1993, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1993 Glatzer, W.; Hondrich, K.O.; Noll, H.H.; Stiehr, K.; Wörndl, B. Recent Social Trends in West-Germany 1960-1990.
Series Comparative Charting of Social Change, Campus Verlag, 1993, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1993 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 Langlois, S.; Baillargeon, J.P.; Caldwell, G.; Fréchet, G. Recent Social Trends in Quebec 1960 - 1990.
Series: Comparative Charing of Social Change, Campus Verlag, 1993, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1993 Veenhoven, R. How Satisfying is Rural Life? Empirical Findings on the Evaluation of Rural Living.
Cécora, J.;Ed.: "Changing Values and Attitudes in Family Households..", FAA Report nr. 296, 1994, Germany, 41 - 52 1994 Scherpenzeel, A.C. A Question of Quality: Evaluating Survey Questions by Multi Trait - Multi Method Studies.
Doctoral Dissertation, Royal PTT, KPN Research, 1995, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1995 Cummins, R.A. On the Trait of the Gold Standard for Subjective Well-Being.
Social Indicators Research, 1995, Vol. 35, 179 - 200 1995 Goyder, J.; McCutcheon, T.I. Francophone Life-Satisfaction and Civic Culture: A Meta-Analysis of the Canadian Case.
Social Indicators Research, 1995, Vol. 34, 377 - 394 1995 Veenhoven, R. World Database of Happiness.
Social Indicators Research, 1995, Vol. 34, 299 - 313 1995 Landau, S.F.; Beit-Hallahmi, B.; Shlomit, L. The Personal and the Political: Israelis' Perception of Well-Being in Times of War and Peace.
Social Indicators Research, 1998, Vol. 44, 329 - 365 1998 Veenhoven, R.; Timmermans, D. Welvaart en Geluk. ( Affluence and Happiness).
Economisch Statistische Berichten, 1998, Vol. 83, 628 - 631 1998 Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A. The Construct Validity of Subjective Well-Being Measures: An Assessment via Quantitative Research Syntheses.
Journal of Community Psychology, 1987, Vol. 15, 481 - 492 1987 George, L.K. Economic Status and Subjective Well-Being: A Review of the Literature and an Agenda for Future Research.
Cutler, N.E.;Gregg, D.W.;Lawton, M.P.;Eds.: " Aging, Money, and Life Satisfaction", Springer, 1992, New York, USA, 69 - 99 1992 Basabe, N.; Paez, D.; Valencia, J. Culture Dimensions, Socioeconomic Development, Climate, and Emotional Hedonic Level.
Cognition and Emotion, 2002, Vol. 16, 103 - 126 2002 VanHemert, D.A. Emotion and Culture: A Meta-Analysis.
VanHemert, D.A.: "Patterns of Cross-Cultural Differences in Psychology: A Meta-Analytic Approach", Dutch University Press, 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 81 - 109 2003 VanHemert, D.A.; Georgas, J.; Poortinga, Y.H.; VandeVijver, F.J. Structural and Functional Equivalence of the Eysenk Personality Questionnaire Within and Between Countries.
Personality and Individual Differences, 2002, Vol. 33, 1229 - 1249 2002 VanHemert, D.A.; Poortinga, Y.H.; VandeVijver, F.J. The Beck Depression Inventory as a Measure of Subjective Well-Being: A Cross-National Study.
Journal of Happiness Study, 2002, Vol. 3, 257 - 286 2002 Shultz, J.; Schmidt, J.; Steel, P. Controlling for Commensurability in a Meta-analysis of Personality and Subjective Well-Being
University of Calgary, Paper Preliminary Version, 2005, Calgary, Canada, 1 -43 2005 Hagerty, M.R. Was Life Better in the ' Good Old Days'? Intertemporal, Judgments of Life Satisfaction.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, Vol. 4, 115 - 139 2003 Steel, P.; Schmidt, J.; Shultz, J. Refining the Relationship between Personality and Subjective Well-Being.
Psychological Bulletin, 2008, Vol. 134, 138 - 161 2008 Veenhoven, R. Healthy Happiness: Effects of Happiness on Physical Health and the Consequences for Preventive Health Care.
Journal of Happiness Studies: 2008, Vol. 9, 449 - 469 2008 Pinquart, M.; Sörensen, S. Gender Differences in Self-Concept and Psychological Well-Being in Old Age: A Meta-Analysis.
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 2001, Vol. 56B, 195 - 213 2001 Howell, R.T.; Howell, C.J. The Relation of Economics Status to Subjective Well-Being in Developing Countries: A Meta Analysis.
Psychological Bulletin, 2008, Vol. 134, 536 - 560. 2008 Veenhoven, R. Enjoyment of Life lengthens Life. Findings and Consequences.
Freire, T.; Ed.: "Understanding Positive Life Research an Practice on Positive Psychology'', Climepsi, 2009, Lisabon, Portugal, 19 - 42 2009 Pinquart, M.; Sörensen, S. Influence of Socioeconomic Status, Social Network, and Competence and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life: A Meta Analysis.
Psychology and Aging, 2000, Vol. 15, 187 - 224 2000 Vassar, M. A Note on the Score Reliability for the Satisfaction with Life Scale: an RG Study.
Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 86, 47 - 57 2008 Veenhoven, R. World Database of Happiness. Tool for Dealing with the Data-Deluge.
Psychological Topics, 2009, Vol. 18, 221 - 246 2009 Ehrhardt, J. Temporal Stability of Happiness. A Meta-Analysis of Overtime Correlations.
Paper, 1995, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences, Netherlands 1995 Schueller, S.M. What are Positive Interventions and How Effective are they? A Conceptual Discussion of the ' Positive' and Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Positive Interventions.
Paper, University of Pennsylvania, 2008, Philadelphia, USA 2008 Proulx, C.; Buehler, C.; Helms, H.M. Marital Quality and Personal Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.
Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007, Vol. 69, 576 - 593 2007 Veenhoven, R.; Choi, Y.W. Does Intelligence Boost Happiness? Smartness of All Pays more that Being Smarter than Others.
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2012, Vol. 1, 5 - 27 2012 Netz, Y.; Becker, B. J.; Tenenbaum, G.; Wu, M. J. Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being in Advanced Age: A Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies.
Psychology and Aging, 2005, Vol. 20, 272 - 284 2005 Dijkers, M. Quality of Life after Spinal Cord Injury: a Meta Analysis of the Effects of Disablement Components.
Spinal Cord, 1997, Vol. 35, 829 - 840 1997 Bouman, A. De Invloed van Omstandigheden in Kindertijd op later Geluk. Een Research Syntese. (The Influence of Circumstances in Chilhood on Later Happiness. A research Synthesis).
Paper prepared in the context of the honors program 2013, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands 2013 Luhmann, M.; Eid, M.; Lucas, R.E. Subjective Well-Being and Adaptation to Life Events: A Meta-Analysis.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012, Vol. 102, 592 - 615 2012 Schultz, I. The Happiness of Babies. A Research Synthesis
Paper in context of a research internship Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2014, Netherlands 2014 Bak-Klimek, A.; Elliott, L.; Karatzias, T; Maclean, R. The Determinants of Well-Being Among International Economic Immigrants: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2015, Vol. 10, 161 - 188 2015 Klug, H.J.P.; Maier, G.W. Linking Goal Progress and Subjective Well-Being: A Meta-analysis.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2015, Vol. 16, 37 - 65 2015 Connolly, J.J.; Viswesvaran, C. The role of Affectivity in Job Satisfaction: A Meta-analysis.
Personality and Individual Differences, 2000, Vol. 29 , 265 - 281 2000 Borrero Caldas, S.; Cortes, A.M.; Escobar, A.B.; Maya, L.C. Poor and Distressed, but Happy: Situational and Cultural Moderators of the Relationship between Wealth and Happiness.
Estudios Gerenciales, 2013, Vol. 29, Nr. 126, 2 - 11 2013 Veenhoven, R. Long-Term Change of Happiness In Nations Two Times More Rise then Decline since 1970s
Sheldom, K.; Lucas, R.; Eds.: Stability of Happiness: Theories and Evidence on Whether Happiness Can Change, 2014, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 167 - 200 2014 Veenhoven, R. Evidence Based Pursuit of Happiness. What should we know, do we know and can we get to know?
Paper EHERO nr1, 2012, Erasmus University , Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2012 Bowling, N.A.; Eschleman, K.J.; Wang, Q. A Meta-Analytic Examination of the Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 2010, Vol. 83, 915 - 934 2010 Kuykendall, L.; Ng, V.; Tay, L. Leisure Engagement and Subjective Well- Being: A Meta-Analysis.
Psychological Bulletin, 2015, Vol. 141, 364 - 403 2015 Veenhoven, R.; Vergunst, F. The Easterlin Illusion: Economic growth does go with Greater Happiness.
Int. Journal Happiness and Development, 2014, Vol. 1, 311 - 343 2014 Mckee-Ryan, F.M.; Kinicki, A.J.; Wanberg, C.R. Psychological and Physical Well-Being During Unemployment: A Meta-Analytic Study.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 2005, Vol. 90, 53 - 76 2005 Okbai, A.; Baselmans, B.M.l.; DeNeve, J.E. Genetic Variants associated with Subjective Well-Being, Depressive Symptoms, and Neuroticism Identified through Genome-wide Analyses.
Nature Genetics, 2015, Vol. 48, 624 - 633 2015 Slag, M.R.A The Easterlin Paradox or Easterlin Illusion: Some Empirical Tests.
MSc Thesis, 2017, School of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2017 Okun, M.A.; Cohn, C.M.; Olding, R.W. A Meta-Analysis of Subjective Well-Being Interventions Among Elders.
Psychology Bulletin, 1990, Vol. 108, 257 - 266 1990 Burger, M.; Chiperi, F.; Kang, X.; Veenhoven, R. Happiness and Consumption; A Review of Research.
Working paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization EHERO, 2015, Netherlands 2015 Conley, J.J. The Hierarchy of Consistency: A review and Model of Longitudinal Findings on Adult Individual Differences in Intelligence, Personality and Self-Opinion.
Personality and Individual Differences, 1983, Vol. 5, I l - 25 1983 Steel, P.; Taras, V.; Uggerslev, K. The Happy Culture: A Theoretical, Meta-Analytic, and Empirical Review of the Relationship Between Culture and Wealth and Subjective Well-Being.
Personality and Social Psychology Review. 2017, 1- 42 2017 Boumparis, N.; Karyotaki, E.; Kleiboer, A.M. The Effect of Psychotherapeutic Interventions on Positive and Negative Affect in Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Journal of Affective Disorders, 2016, Vol. 15, 153 - 162 2016 Wiese, C.W.; Kuykendall, L.; Tay, L. Get Active? A Meta-analysis of Leisure-time physical Activity and Subjective Wellbeing
The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2018, Vol. 13, 57 - 66 2018 Onraet, E.; Dhont, K.; VanHiel, A. The Relationship Between Right-Wing Ideological Attitudes and Psychological Well-Being.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2013, Vol. 39, 509 - 522 2013 Veenhoven, R. Happiness in Nations: Pursuit of Greater Happiness for a Greater Number of Citizens
Snyder, C.R. et al (Eds.): "The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology", 2018, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2018 Steel, P.; Bosco, F.; Schmidt, J. The Effects of Personality on Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: A Meta-Analytic Investigation Accounting for Bandwidth-Fidelity and Commensurability.
Human Relations, 2018, online, 1 - 31 2018 Huang, C. Internet Use and Psychological Well-being: A Meta-Analysis.
Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 2010, Vol. 13, 241 - 249 2010 Cheng, C.; Li, A.Y. Internet Addiction Prevalence and Quality of (Real) Life: A Meta-Analysis of 31 Nations Across Seven World Regions
Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 2014, Vol. 17, 755 - 760 2014 Veenhoven, R. Databook of Happiness
Alex C. Michalos (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 2014, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1448 - 1449 2014 Veenhoven, R.; Chiperi, F.; Kang, X. Happiness and Consumption. A review of Research
Working Paper, 2018, Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO), Nr. 2018/2, Erasmus University, Rotterdam 2018 Emerson, S.D.; Gadermann, A.M.; Guhn, M. Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: Reviewing Three Decades of Research
Quality of Life Research, 2017, Vol. 26, 2251 - 2264 2017 Koydemir, S.; Schutz, A.; Sökmez, A.B. A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Randomized Controlled Positive Psychological Interventions on Subjective and Psychological Well-Being
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, Vol. 16, 1145-1185 2021 Hendriks, T.; Hassankhan, A.; Schotanus-Dijkstra, M. The Efficacy of Multi‑component Positive Psychology Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta‑analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, Vol. 21, 357 - 390 2020 Huang, C. Time Spent on Social Network Sites and Psychological Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis
Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 2017, Vol. 20, 346 - 354 2017 Bergsma, A.; Buijt, I; Veenhoven, R. Will Happiness-Trainings Make Us Happier? A Research Synthesis Using an Online Findings-Archive
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, Vol. 11, art. 1953 2020 Veenhoven, R.; Burger, M.; Chiperi, F.; Kang, J.H. Happiness and Consumption: A Research Synthesis Using an Online Finding Archive
SAGE Open, 2021, online, 1-21 2021
Kurnaz, M.F.; Günaydın, H.A.; Teke, E. Relationship between Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis Study
Research and Education Psychology, 2020, Vol. 4, 236 - 253, 2020 Levinson, A. Happiness and Air Pollution
Working Paper, 2020, Georgetown University Economics Department and NBER 2020 Bücker, S.; Nuraydin, S.; Simonsmeier, B.A. Subjective Well-Being and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis
Journal of Research in Personality, 2018, Vol. 74, 83 - 94 2018 Martin-Maria, N.; Caballero, F.F.; Miret, M. The Impact of Subjective Well-being on Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies in the General Population
Psychosomatic Medicine, 2017, Vol. 79, 565 - 575 2017 Van Agteren, J.; Bartholomaeus, J.; Carey, M.; Kopsaftis, Z.; Kyrios, M.; Lo, L. A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis of Psychological Interventions to Improve Mental Wellbeing
Nature Human Behaviour, 2021, Vol. 5, 631 - 652 2021 Anglim, J.; Horwood, S.; Marrero, R.J.; Smillie, L.D. Predicting Psychological and Subjective Well-Being from Personality: A Meta-Analysis
Psychological Bulletin, 2020, Vol. 146, 279-323 2020 Baas, M.; De Dreu, C.K.W.; Nijstad, B.A. A Meta-Analysis of 25 Years of Mood-Creativity Research: Hedonic Tone, Activation, or Regulatory Focus?
Psychological Bulletin, 208, Vol. 134, 779 - 806 2008 Veenhoven, R.; Ott, J.C.; Wagner, N.C. Does urban green add to happiness? A research synthesis using an online finding archive
EHERO working paper 2021-1 2021 Jantsch, A.; Veenhoven, R. Happiness and personal wealth; An updated research synthesis using an online finding archive
Global Journal of Human Social Sciences: E-Economics, 22 (5) 25-68 2022 Veenhoven, R.; Veenhoven, J Happiness in transgender people. A research synthesis using an online finding archive
EHERO working paper 2022-1 2022 Sharma, N; Agrawal, S; Veenhoven, R. Does happiness foster social bonds? A research synthesis using an online finding archive
EHERO working paper 2023-1 2023 Veenhoven, R.; Kegel, S Is life really getting worse? Change in average happiness in nations 1946-2021
Ehero working paper 2023-2 2023 Abdur Rahman, A.; Veenhoven, R. Freedom and happiness in nations: A research synthesis
Applied Research on Quality of Life, 13 (2) 435-456 2018 Veenhoven, R.; Ott, J.C.; Wagner, N.C. Does urban green add to happiness? A research synthesis using an online finding archive
Chapter 23 pp 445-458 in Lolle, H.L. et al (Eds) Rural Quality of Life, Manchester University Press 2023