Sociological and Socio-Psychological Dimensions of Well-Being and Happiness Rating Based on ISSP Data, 2018

Elka Todorova ()
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Elka Todorova: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Nauchni trudove, 2019, issue 2, 89-111

Abstract: This article examines the main sociological and social psychological arguments when operationalizing empirically the concepts of "well-being" and "happiness". Using data for Bulgaria in ISSP 2018 we examine several hypotheses related to different sociological and social psychological effects taking place in the process of self-assessments, i.e. hedonic relativism and aspirational treadmill, the influence of education on the cognitive part of the subjective well-being and susceptibility to attitudinal changes in respondent’s traditional worldview.

Keywords: social survey; well-being; happiness; hedonic treadmill (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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