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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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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 Berman, J.J. Parolees' Problems, Aspirations and Attitudes.
Dissertation, Northwestern University Evanston, 1972, Illinois, USA 1972 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 Brickman, P.; Campbell, D.T. Hedonic Relativism and Planning the Good Society.
Appley, M.H. (Ed.) "Adaptation Level Theory", Academic Press, 1971, New York, USA, 287 - 302 1971 Brickman, P.; Coates, D.; Janoff-Bulman, R. Lottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1987, Vol. 36, 917 - 927 1978 Cameron, P.; Kostin, J.; Kostin, M.; Titus, D.G. The Life Satisfaction of Non-Normal Persons.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973, Vol. 41, 207 - 214 1973 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 Crosby, F.J. A Model of Egoistical Relative Deprivation.
Psychological Review, 1976, Vol. 83, 85 - 113 1976 Ipsen, D. Das Konstrukt Zufriedenheit.(The Construct Contentment.)
Soziale Welt, 1978, Vol. 29, 44 - 53 1978 Diener, E.; Diener, M.; Sandvik, E.; Seidlitz, L. The Relationship between Income and Subjective Well-Being: Relative or Absolute?
Social Indicators Research, 1993, Vol. 28, 195 - 223 1993 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 Emmons, R.A.; Diener, E. Factors Predicting Satisfaction Judgements: A Comparative Examination.
Social Indicators Research, 1985, Vol. 16, 157 - 167 1985 Glatzer, W.; Zapf, W. Die Lebensqualität der Bundesbürger. (The Quality of Life of German Citizens).
Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 1984, Vol. B44, 3 - 25 1984 Headey, B.; Wearing, A.J. Understanding Happiness: A Theory of Subjective Well-Being.
Longman Cheshire, 1992, Melbourne, Australia 1992 Inglehart, R. The Silent Revolution.
Princeton University Press, 1977, Princeton, USA 1977 Inglehart, R. Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society.
Princeton University Press, 1990, Princeton, USA 1990 Inglehart, R.; Rabier, J.R. Du Bonheur...Les Aspirations s'adaptent aux Situations: Analyse Interculturelle de la Qualité Subjective de la Vie.(Happiness....Aspirations adjust to Situations: An Intercultural Analysis).
Futuribles, 1984, September, 29 - 58 1984 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 Irwin, P.H.; Danoff, B.; Gottlieb, A.; Kramer, S. Quality of Life after Radiation Therapy: A Study of 309 Cancer Survivors.
Social Indicators Research, 1982, Vol. 10, 187 - 210 1982 Kearl, M.C. An Inquiry into the Positive Personal and Social Effects of Old Age, Stereotypes among the Elderly.
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1981-1982, Vol. 14, 227 - 290 1982 MacRae, D. Policy Indicators: Links between Social Science and Public Debate.
University of North Carolina Press, 1985, USA 1985 Manning-Gibbs, B.A. Relative Deprivation and Self-Reported Happiness of Blacks: 1946-1966.
Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Texas, 1972, Austin, USA 1972 Maxwell, N.L. The Retirement Experience: Psychological and Financial Linkages to the Labor Market.
Social Science Quarterly, 1985, Vol. 66, 22 - 33 1985 Myers, D.G. The Pursuit of Happiness. Who is Happy and Why?
William Morrow, 1992, New York, USA 1992 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 Schulz, R.; Decker, S. Longterm Adjustment to Physical Disability: The Role of Social Support, Perceived Control and Self-Blame.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1985, Vol. 48, 1162 - 1172 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 Unger, H.E. The Feeling of Happiness.
Psychology, 1970, Vol. 7, 27 - 33 1970 Veenhoven, R. Ist Glück Relativ? Überlegungen zu Glück, Stimmung und Zufriedenheit aus Psychologische Sicht. (Is Happiness Relative: On Happiness, Mood and Contentment).
Report Psychologie, 1991, Vol. 16, 14 - 20 1991 Veenhoven, R. Is Happiness Relative?
Social Indicators Research, 1991, Vol. 24, 1 - 34. 1991 Weber, H.; Laux, L. Bewältigung und Wohlbefinden. (Coping and Well-Being).
Abele, A.;Becken, P.;Eds.:"Wohlbefinden: Theorie, Empiric Diagnostik", Juventa Verlag, 1991, München, Germany, 139 - 154 1991 Zautra, A.J.; Reich, J.W. Positive Life Events and Reports of Well-Being: Some Useful Distinctions.
American Journal of Community Psychology, 1980, Vol. 8, 657 - 670 1980 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 Elder, G.H. Children of the Great Depression. Social Change in Life Experience.
The University of Chicago Press, 1974, USA 1974 Veenhoven, R. Developments in Satisfaction Research.
Social Indicators Research, 1996, Vol. 37, 1 - 46 1996 Zinn, K.G. Bedürfnis als Basis des Wirtschaftens. Entwicklung im sozialökonomischen Denken und Bedeutung für eine neuen ökonomische Wissenschaft. (Needs as Basis of Economy: Development in Socio-Economic Thought and Its Significance for a New Science of Economy).
Bellebaum, A.; Schaaff, H.;Zinn, K.G.;Eds.: "Ökonomie und Glück", Westdeutscher Verlag, 1999, Opladen, Germany, 124 - 156 1999 Frank, R.H. The Frame of Reference as a Public Good.
The Economic Journal, 1997, Vol. 107, 1832 - 1847 1997 Diener, E.; Lucas, R.E.; Smith, H.L.; Suh, E.M. Subjective Well-Being: Three Decades of Progress.
Psychological Bulletin, 1999, Vol. 125, 276 - 301 1999 Kahneman, D. Objective Happiness.
Kahneman,D.;Diener, E.;Schwarz, N.;Eds.: "Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology", Russell Sage Foundation, 1999, New York, USA, 3 - 25 1999 Frank, R.H. Luxury Fever. Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess.
The Free Press, 1999, New York, USA 1999 Lucas, R.E.; Clark, A.E.; Diener, E.; Georgellis, Y. Reexamining Adaptation and the Set Point Model of Happiness: Reaction to Changes in Marital Status.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, 527 - 539 2003 Clark, A.E.; Oswald, A.J. A Simple Statistical Method for Measuring how Life Events Affect Happiness.
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2002, Vol. 31, 1139 - 1144 2002 Clark, A.E. Utulité Absolue ou Utilité Relative. (Absolute and Relative Utility).
Revue Economique, 2000, Vol. 51, 459 - 472 2000 Cummins, R.A.; Gullone, E.; Lau, A.L.D. A Model of Subjective Well-Being Homeostasis: The Role of Personality.
Gull one, E; Cummins, R.A.; Eds.: "The Universality of Subjective Well-Being Indicators", Kluwer, 2002, Netherlands, 7 - 46 2002 Hagerty, M.R.; Veenhoven, R. Wealth and Happiness Revisited. Growing National Income Does Go with Greater Happiness.
Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol. 64, 1 - 27 2003 Vendrik, M.; Hirata, J. Experienced versus Decision Utility of Income: Relative or Absolute Happiness.
Bruni, L.;Luigi Porta, P.;Eds.: "Handbook on the Economics of Happiness'', Edward Elgar, 2007, UK, 185 -208 2007 Kochuyt, T. Quality in the Balance: On the Adaptive and Mimetic Nature of Subjective Well-Being.
European Journal of Social Quality, 2001, Vol. 3, 90 - 117 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 Evans, S.; Huxley, P.J. Adaptation, Response-shift and Quality of Life Ratings in Mentally Well and Unwell Groups.
Quality of Life Research, 2005, Vol. 14, 1719 - 1732 2005 Kahneman, D.; Krueger, A.B. Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, Vol. 20, 3 - 24 2006 Gauthier, D.P. Progress and Happiness: a Utilitarian Reconsideration.
Ethics, 1967, Vol 78, 77 - 82 1967 Knies, G.; Burgess, S.; Propper, C. Keeping Up with the Schmidts: An Empirical Test of Relative Deprivation Theory in the Neighbourhood Context.
Discussion Paper 697, DIW, 2007, Berlin, Germany 2007 Loewenstein, G.; Ubel, P.A. Hedonic Adaptation and the Role of Decision and the Experience Utility in Public Policy.
Journal of Public Economics, 2008, Vol. 92, 1795 - 1810 2006 Thin, N. Autres Aptitudes et Habitudes Diverses: Education Sentimentale et Dispositions au Bonheur. (Other aptitudes and Habits: Emotional Education and Disposition for Happiness).
Berthon, S.; Eds.: ''Ëthnology des Gens heureux",, Editions de la Maison de Sciences de l' Homme, 2009, Paris, 139 - 148 2009 Haybron, D.M. Life Satisfaction, Ethical Reflection and the Science of Happiness.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2007, Vol. 8, 99 - 138 2007 Clark, A.E. Happiness, Habits, and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life.
Working Paper no 2008-61, Paris School of Economics, 2008, Paris, France 2008 Rayo, L.; Becker, G.S. Habits, Peers and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective.
The American Economic Review, 2007, Vol. 97, 487 - 491 2007 Wunder, C. Adaptation to Income over Time: A Weak Point of Subjective Well-Being.
SOEP Paper no 130, 2008, DIW, Berlin, Germany 2008 Rayo, L.; Becker, G.S. Happiness, Income and Economic Policy.
Journal for Institutional Comparisons, 2010, Vol. 8, 13 - 17 2010 Truglia, R.P.; Nicolas, R. On the Genesis of Hedonic Adaptation.
MPRA Paper no 19929, 2009, Munchen, Germany 2009 Clark, A.E. Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life.
SOEPpaper, 2012, No. 452, 1 - 44, Berlin, Germany 2012 Gasiorowska, A. Hedonic Treadmill.
Ed: Altman, M. ;Ed.: "Real-World Decision Making. An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economic'', Greenwood, 2015, Denver, USA, 196 - 197 2015 Mendolia, S.; Mcnamee, P. The Transmission of Mental Health within Households: Does One Partner's Mental Health Influence the Other Partner's Life Satisfaction?
IZA Discussion Paper, 2018, Vol. 11431, 1 - 33 2018 Veenhoven, R. Why Sociological Theory of Happiness Falls Short
Social Indicators Network News (SINET), 2014, Nr. 119-120, 1 - 4 2014 Chae, J. Reexamining the Relationship between Social Media and Happiness: The effects of Various Social Media Platforms on Reconceptualized Happiness.
Telematics and Informatics, 2018, Vol. 35, 1656 - 1664 2018