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PURSUIT of HAPPINESS Can happiness be promoted? Is happiness not too relative?
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Is happiness not too relative?, adaptation, social comparison
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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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List of Publications on this Subject

Authors Title / Source Year Ackerman, N.M.; Paolucci, B. Objective and Subjective Income Adequacy: Their Relationship to Perceived Life Quality Measures.
Social Indicators Research, 1983, Vol. 12, 25 - 48 1983 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 Wagner, D.; Schwarz, N.; Strack, F. Das Leid des Einen ist das Glück des Anderen: Soziale Vergleiche und Selbstdarstellung bei der Beurteilung des eigenen Wohlbefindens. (Social Comparison and Self presentation in Judgments of Own Well-Being.)
Paper University of Heidelberg, 1984, Germany 1984 Clark, A.E.; Oswald, A.J. Satisfaction and Comparison Income.
Journal of Public Economies, 1996, Vol. 61, 359 - 381 1996 Diener, E.; Allman, A.; Colvin, R.; Pavot, W. The Psychic Costs of Intense Positive Affect.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1991, Vol. 61, 492 - 503 1991 Diener, E.; Diener, C.; Diener, M. Factors Predicting the Subjective Well-Being of Nations.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1995, Vol. 69, 851 - 864 1995 Ross, M.; Eyman, A.; Kishchuk, N. Determinants of Subjective Well-Being.
Olson, J.M.;et al;Eds.: "Relative Deprivation and Social Comparison: The Ontario Symposium, Vol. 4", Erlbaum, 1986, USA 1986 Filipp, S.H.; Buch-Bartos, K. Vergleichsprozesse und Lebenszufriedenheit im Alter: Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudy. (Comparison and Life-Satisfaction in Old Age).
Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 1994, Vol. 21, 22 - 34 1994 Solomon, R.L. The Opponent-Process Theory of Acquired Motivation. The Costs of Pleasure and the Benefits of Pain.
American Psychologist, 1980, Vol. 35, 691 - 712 1980 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