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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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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
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