Journal of Happiness Studies

2000 - 2021

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Volume 22, issue 4, 2021

A Multilevel Approach Linking Entrepreneurial Contexts to Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Rural Chinese Entrepreneurs pp. 1537-1561

Feng Xu, Xiaogang He and Xueru Yang

Immigration Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being: A Matter of Identity? pp. 1563-1581

Heinz Welsch, Philipp Bierman and Jan Kühling

The Role of Income and Social Capital for Europeans’ Well-Being During the 2008 Economic Crisis pp. 1583-1610

Francesco Sarracino and Marcin Piekałkiewicz

How Does Trait Gratitude Relate to Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents? The Mediating Role of Resilience and Social Support pp. 1611-1622

Feng Kong, Kairong Yang, Wenjing Yan and Xuewen Li

Sport Participation and Happiness Among Older Adults: A Mediating Role of Social Capital pp. 1623-1641

Amy Chan Hyung Kim, Jungsu Ryu, Chungsup Lee, Kyung Min Kim and Jinmoo Heo

Happiness in Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Examination of Children Motivation and Negative Affect in Physical Activity pp. 1643-1655

Sebastiano Costa, Antonino Bianco, Valentina Polizzi and Marianna Alesi

The Different Roles of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities in Predicting Functioning and Well-Being Experiences pp. 1657-1671

Laura Giuntoli, Federica Condini, Francesco Ceccarini, Veronika Huta and Giulio Vidotto

How and Why Social Media Affect Subjective Well-Being: Multi-Site Use and Social Comparison as Predictors of Change Across Time pp. 1673-1691

Derrick Wirtz, Amanda Tucker, Chloe Briggs and Alexander M. Schoemann

Is Mental Well-Being in the Oldest Old Different from That in Younger Age Groups? Exploring the Mental Well-Being of the Oldest-Old Population in Europe pp. 1693-1717

Valeria Donisi, Federico Tedeschi, Juan Luis Gonzalez-Caballero, Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Elvira Lara, Marta Miret, Anna K. Forsman, Kristian Wahlbeck, Francesco Amaddeo and Jorid Kalseth

How Would You Describe a Mentally Healthy Person? A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study of Caregivers of Orphans and Separated Children pp. 1719-1743

Corey L. M. Keyes, Malik Muhammad Sohail, Nneka Jebose Molokwu, Heather Parnell, Cyrilla Amanya, Venkata Gopala Krishna Kaza, Yohannes Benyam Saddo, Vanroth Vann, Senti Tzudier and Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell

Materialism and the Experience of Flow pp. 1745-1768

Amy Isham, Birgitta Gatersleben and Tim Jackson

The Development of the Positive Emotion Assessment of Contentment Experience (PEACE) Scale pp. 1769-1790

Daniel T. Cordaro, Christina Bradley, Jia Wei Zhang, Franklyn Zhu and Rachel Han

On Emotion Regulation Strategies and Well-Being: The Role of Passion pp. 1791-1818

Ariane C. St-Louis, Maylys Rapaport, Léandre Chénard Poirier, Robert J. Vallerand and Stéphane Dandeneau

Hartz and Minds: Happiness Effects of Reforming an Employment Agency pp. 1819-1838

Max Deter

Minimal Social Interactions with Strangers Predict Greater Subjective Well-Being pp. 1839-1853

Gul Gunaydin, Hazal Oztekin, Deniz Hazal Karabulut and Selin Salman-Engin

Personality, Attachment, and Well-Being in Adolescents: The Independent Effect of Attachment After Controlling for Personality pp. 1855-1888

Paulo Moreira, Susana Pedras, Márcia Silva, Maria Moreira and Joana Oliveira

Dyadic Associations Between Grandparent–Child Relationship Quality and Well-Being in Chinese Left-Behind Families: Mediating Role of Resilience pp. 1889-1904

Yanlin Zhou, Nancy Xiaonan Yu, Peiqi Dong and Qiong Zhang

Effectiveness of the Fun For Wellness Online Behavioral Intervention to Promote Subjective Well-Being in Adults with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial pp. 1905-1923

Nicholas D. Myers, Isaac Prilleltensky, Adam McMahon, Seungmin Lee, Samantha Dietz, Ora Prilleltensky, Karin A. Pfeiffer, André G. Bateman and Ahnalee M. Brincks

Household Crowding Measures: A Comparison and External Test of Validity pp. 1925-1951

Eilya Torshizian and Arthur Grimes

Social Needs and Happiness: A Life Course Perspective pp. 1953-1978

Vera L. Buijs, Bertus F. Jeronimus, Gerine M. A. Lodder, Nardi Steverink and Peter Jonge

Volume 22, issue 3, 2021

Promoting Gratitude as a Resource for Sustainable Mental Health: Results of a 3-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial up to 6 Months Follow-up pp. 1011-1032

Ernst T. Bohlmeijer, Jannis T. Kraiss, Philip Watkins and Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra

A Cross-Lagged Panel Study Examining the Reciprocal Relationships Between Positive Emotions, Meaning, Strengths use and Study Engagement in Primary School Students pp. 1033-1053

Sylvia Y C L Kwok and Siqi Fang

On the Role of Personal Values and Philosophy of Life in Happiness Technology pp. 1055-1070

Arie Sherman, Tal Shavit, Guy Barokas and Nonna Kushnirovich

The Bigger the Better? Business Size and Small-Business Owners’ Subjective Well-Being pp. 1071-1088

Filip Fors Connolly, Ingemar Johansson Sevä and Tommy Gärling

Does Dispositional Envy Make You Flourish More (or Less) in Life? An Examination of Its Longitudinal Impact and Mediating Mechanisms Among Adolescents and Young Adults pp. 1089-1117

Jacky C. K. Ng, Algae K. Y. Au, Helen S. M. Wong, Carmen K. M. Sum and Victor C. Y. Lau

Good Enough for Government Work? Life-Evaluation and Public Policy pp. 1119-1140

Noel Semple

Children’s and Adolescents’ Happiness Conceptualizations at School and their Link with Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness pp. 1141-1163

Belén López-Pérez and Antonio Zuffianò

Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Across Countries: New Insights from the Self-Determination Theory pp. 1165-1188

Rafael Domínguez and Borja López-Noval

Ambition or Jealousy? It Depends on Whom you are Compared with pp. 1189-1215

Zhijian Zhang and Xueyuan Wang

A Person-Centered Analysis of Change in Children’s Peer Optimism and Its Relation to Peer Social Competence pp. 1217-1238

Daneen P. Deptula, Gabrielle G. Banks, Sarah E. Barnes and Robert Cohen

Positive Expectancies and Subjective Well-Being: A Prospective Study Among Undergraduates in Serbia pp. 1239-1258

Veljko Jovanović, Dylan Molenaar, Vesna Gavrilov-Jerković and Milica Lazić

Unhappy and Happy Obesity: A Comparative Study on the United States and China pp. 1259-1285

Kazuma Sato

Longitudinal Evidence for Reciprocal Effects Between Life Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction pp. 1287-1312

Piotr Bialowolski and Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska

Maturity and Well-Being: The Development of Self-Authorship, Eudaimonic Motives, Age, and Subjective Well-Being pp. 1313-1340

Lars Bauger, Rob Bongaardt and Jack J. Bauer

Examining Cross-Cultural Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Psychological Well-Being in Turkey and the United States pp. 1341-1358

Ian C. Fischer, Ekin Secinti, Zeynep Cemalcilar and Kevin L. Rand

Coming Out as LGBTQ +: The Role Strength-Based Parenting on Posttraumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Growth pp. 1359-1383

Claudia Zavala and Lea Waters

Financial Well-Being and Its Relationship with Subjective and Psychological Well-Being Among Emerging Adults: Testing the Moderating Effect of Individual Differences pp. 1385-1411

Paola Iannello, Angela Sorgente, Margherita Lanz and Alessandro Antonietti

The Intermarriage Life Satisfaction Premium pp. 1413-1440

Gina Potarca and Laura Bernardi

The Benefits of Giving as well as Receiving Need Support in Human–Pet Relations pp. 1441-1457

Yaniv Kanat-Maymon, Shira Wolfson, Rinat Cohen and Guy Roth

The Bright Side of the Human Personality: Evidence of a Measure of Prosocial Traits pp. 1459-1480

Valdiney V. Gouveia, Isabel Cristina Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Alex Sandro de Moura Grangeiro, Renan Pereira Monteiro and Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho

“In Good Times and in Bad, in Sickness and in Health”: A Longitudinal Analysis on Spousal Caregiving and Life Satisfaction pp. 1481-1516

Regina Gerlich and Tobias Wolbring

Dispositional Mindfulness and Serenity: Their Unique Relations with Stress and Mental Well-being pp. 1517-1536

Champika K. Soysa, Fang Zhang, Maria Parmley and Keith Lahikainen

Volume 22, issue 2, 2021

Are Not Any Silver Linings in the Cloud? Subjective Well-being Among Deprived Young People pp. 491-516

Paula Carrasco, Rodrigo Ceni Gonzalez, Ivone Perazzo and Gonzalo Salas

Spatial Effects Over Time-Framed Happiness pp. 517-554

Can Mavruk, Ersin Kıral and Gülsen Kıral

Socio-Economic Inequality of Wellbeing: A Comparison of Switzerland and South Africa pp. 555-574

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Lonely Me, Lonely You: Loneliness and the Longitudinal Course of Relationship Satisfaction pp. 575-597

Marcus Mund and Matthew D. Johnson

Does Volunteering Make Us Happier, or Are Happier People More Likely to Volunteer? Addressing the Problem of Reverse Causality When Estimating the Wellbeing Impacts of Volunteering pp. 599-624

Ricky N. Lawton, Iulian Gramatki, Will Watt and Daniel Fujiwara

What Indicates Your Life is Meaningful? A New Measure for the Indicators of Meaning in Life (3IML) pp. 625-644

Avichai Shuv-Ami and Liad Bareket-Bojmel

Is Awareness of Strengths Intervention Sufficient to Cultivate Wellbeing and Other Positive Outcomes? pp. 645-666

Tohar Dolev-Amit, Avinadav Rubin and Sigal Zilcha-Mano

Perceiving Social Pressure not to Feel Negative is Linked to a More Negative Self-concept pp. 667-679

Egon Dejonckheere and Brock Bastian

Need Satisfaction and Optimal Functioning at Leisure and Work: A Longitudinal Validation Study of the DRAMMA Model pp. 681-707

Miika Kujanpää, Christine Syrek, Dirk Lehr, Ulla Kinnunen, Jo Annika Reins and Jessica Bloom

Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing Trajectories in Older Adults: A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach pp. 709-726

Darío Moreno-Agostino, Alejandro de la Torre-Luque, Javier de la Fuente, Elvira Lara, Natalia Martín-María, Maria Victoria Moneta, Ivet Bayés, Beatriz Olaya, Josep Maria Haro, Marta Miret and José Luis Ayuso-Mateos

Happiness Under One Roof? The Intergenerational Co-residence and Subjective Well-Being of Elders in China pp. 727-765

Zi-qing Yuan, Xian Zheng and Eddie C. M. Hui

Mindful You, Relaxed and Beneficial Me: A Daily Diary Study of Coworker Dyads pp. 767-786

Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz, Gerardo Montes-Maroto, Mirko Antino, Francisco Gil-Rodríguez and Paula Ruíz-Zorrilla

Integrative Well-Being Leads Our Attentional System: An Eye-Tracking Study pp. 787-801

Ivan Blanco and Carmelo Vazquez

Styles of Everyday Savoring Differentially Predict Well-being in Adolescents Over One Month pp. 803-824

Erica D. Chadwick, Paul E. Jose and Fred B. Bryant

Are the Lower Class Really Unhappy? Social Class and Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents: Moderating Role of Sense of Control and Mediating Role of Self-Esteem pp. 825-843

Bing Chen, Lijun Luo, Xin Wu, Yujie Chen and Yufang Zhao

The Impact of Income Inequality on Subjective Well-Being: The Case of China pp. 845-866

Jiawen Ding, Javier Salinas-Jiménez and Maria del Mar Salinas-Jiménez

Subjective Well-Being and Heterogeneous Contexts: A Cross-National Study Using Semi-Nonparametric Frontier Methods pp. 867-886

Jose Manuel Cordero, Cristina Polo and Javier Salinas-Jiménez

Developing a Quadripartite Existential Meaning Scale and Exploring the Internal Structure of Meaning in Life pp. 887-905

Zhanhong Li, Yanan Liu, Kaiping Peng, Joshua A. Hicks and Xiaoming Gou

Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Asia: A Quantile Regression Approach pp. 907-926

Yee Ting Ngoo, Eu Chye Tan and Nai Peng Tey

Education Fever in China: Children’s Academic Performance and Parents’ Life Satisfaction pp. 927-954

Yi Chen, Rong Huang, Yuanping Lu and Kangyi Zhang

My Best Self in the Past, Present or Future: Results of Two Randomized Controlled Trials pp. 955-980

Alba Carrillo, Ernestina Etchemendy and Rosa M. Baños

Is Grittiness Next to Happiness? Examining the Association of Triarchic Model of Grit Dimensions with Well-Being Outcomes pp. 981-1009

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu, Dennis M. McInerney, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Hidefumi Hitokoto and Nino D. Datu

Volume 22, issue 1, 2021

Mind, Body and Wellbeing: Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and Self-cultivation Systems as Wellbeing Influencers pp. 1-20

Genevieve Sovereign and Benjamin R. Walker

The Relationship Among the Components of Self-compassion: A Pilot Study Using a Compassionate Writing Intervention to Enhance Self-kindness, Common Humanity, and Mindfulness pp. 21-47

Aljoscha Dreisoerner, Nina Mareen Junker and Rolf Dick

Gratitude Texting Touches the Heart: Challenge/Threat Cardiovascular Responses to Gratitude Expression Predict Self-initiation of Gratitude Interventions in Daily Life pp. 49-69

Jolanta Enko, Maciej Behnke, Martyna Dziekan, Michał Kosakowski and Lukasz D. Kaczmarek

Are Effects of Violence on Life Satisfaction Gendered? A Case Study of Indigenous Australians pp. 71-94

Maneka Jayasinghe, Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan and Saroja Selvanathan

How Cultural Values Affect Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults: The Role of Proximity of Clothing to Self pp. 95-111

Wei-Chen Chen

People with Positive Time Perspective are More Grateful and Happier: Gratitude Mediates the Relationship Between Time Perspective and Life Satisfaction pp. 113-126

Aneta Przepiorka and Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska

Is the Search for Meaning Related to the Presence of Meaning? Moderators of the Longitudinal Relationship pp. 127-145

Steven Tsun-Wai Chu and Helene Hoi-Lam Fung

Does It Pay to Be Authentic? Implications of Authenticity for Life Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being in a Collectivist Culture pp. 147-161

Neerpal Rathi and Kidong Lee

Happiness and Hostile Attributions in a Cross-Cultural Context: The Importance of Interdependence pp. 163-179

Dorota Jasielska, Radosław Rogoza, Mary Bower Russa, Joonha Park and Anna Zajenkowska

The Effect of Income and Wealth on Subjective Well-Being in the Context of Different Welfare State Regimes pp. 181-206

Miha Dominko and Miroslav Verbič

Reaching Compromises in Workers’ Life Satisfaction: A Multiobjective Interval Programming Approach pp. 207-239

Carla Henriques, L. A. Lopez-Agudo, O. D. Marcenaro-Gutierrez and M. Luque

Does Materialism Hinder Relational Well-Being? The Role of Culture and Social Motives pp. 241-261

Jiah Yoo, Yuri Miyamoto, Uwana Evers, Julie Lee and Nancy Wong

Well-Being During the Transition from Work to Retirement pp. 263-286

Lieze Sohier, Luc Van Ootegem and Elsy Verhofstadt

The Association Between Autistic Traits and Mental Well-Being pp. 287-304

Nikolas J. Stimpson, Laura Hull and William Mandy

The Molecular Genetics of Life Satisfaction: Extending Findings from a Recent Genome-Wide Association Study and Examining the Role of the Serotonin Transporter pp. 305-322

Bernd Lachmann, Anna Doebler, Cornelia Sindermann, Rayna Sariyska, Andrew Cooper, Heidrun Haas and Christian Montag

‘Only a Housewife?’ Subjective Well-Being and Homemaking in South Africa pp. 323-342

Dorrit Posel and Janet Bruce-Brand

The Effects of a Character Strength Focused Positive Psychology Course on Undergraduate Happiness and Well-Being pp. 343-362

Bruce W. Smith, C. Graham Ford, Kelly Erickson and Anne Guzman

Asymmetric Social Comparison and Life Satisfaction in Social Networks pp. 363-384

Francisco Olivos, Pablo Olivos-Jara and Magdalena Browne

The Virtue of Thrift: A Person-Centered Conceptualization and Measure Development pp. 385-411

Juliette L. Ratchford, Sarah A. Schnitker and Paul Reppas

Gratitude Interventions: Effective Self-help? A Meta-analysis of the Impact on Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety pp. 413-445

David R. Cregg and Jennifer S. Cheavens

Relative Income Status Within Marriage and Subjective Well-Being in China: Evidence from Observational and Quasi-Experimental Data pp. 447-466

Hania Fei Wu

The Relationship Between Presence of Meaning, Search for Meaning, and Subjective Well-Being: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis Based on the Meaning in Life Questionnaire pp. 467-489

Jian-Bin Li, Kai Dou and Yue Liang