Journal of Happiness Studies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Antonella Delle Fave

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Volume 26, issue 4, 2025

Why Do Happy People Exercise More? The Role of Beliefs in the Psychosocial Benefits of Exercise pp. 1-26

Sumin Jung, Xyle Ku and Incheol Choi

Friends make us happy: evidence from three European panel studies pp. 1-14

Sebastian Mader and Axel Franzen

Trajectories of Authentic Inner Compass in the College Years: Implications for Psychological Functioning among Chinese Students pp. 1-21

Xiting Zhou, Cong Yi, Shun-Lam Chan and Jun Wei

The Single and Joint Contributions of Temperament and Family Functioning to Subjective Happiness in Spanish College Students pp. 1-27

Ester Ato and Maria Dolores Galián

Detach to Thrive: Psychological Detachment from Work and Employee Well-Being pp. 1-31

Mehrzad B. Baktash and Lisa Pütz

Pursuing Happiness Together or Alone? Social and Solitary Happiness-Pursuit Activities Differentially Relate to Older Adults’ Emotional Happiness pp. 1-16

Xianmin Gong, Xiaomin Chang, Ziyang Xia and Xianglong Zeng

Personal Well-Being Index (PWI) and its Association with Physical Health, Mental Health and Leisure Activities: Results from the Health and Lifestyle Survey pp. 1-19

Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Yen Sin Koh, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Edimansyah Abdin, Ellaisha Samari, Wai Leng Chow, Stefan Ma, Siow Ann Chong and Mythily Subramaniam

Conceptions of Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from a Dictator Game pp. 1-20

Fernando García-Quero, José Javier Domínguez Ramírez and Jorge Guardiola

Hope, Mindfulness, PTSD, and Well-Being Among Trauma-Exposed Black Adults pp. 1-20

Elijah R. Murphy, Jasmin R. Brooks Stephens and Matthew W. Gallagher

Volume 26, issue 3, 2025

Analyzing Skill-Challenge Interaction and Flow State: Insights From Response Surface Analysis Among Board Gamers pp. 1-25

Marcin Wojtasiński, Przemysław Tużnik, Tomasz Jankowski and Andrzej Cudo

Relative Effects on Life Satisfaction Revisited: Social Comparison is Only Half the Story pp. 1-25

Johannes Hirata and Patricia Groß

Gratitude Training for Promoting Subjective Well-Being: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Journaling to a Personalized Menu Approach pp. 1-29

Conner L. Deichman and Jared S. Warren

Mental Health Profiles Among Swedish High School Students: Relationships to Environmental Sensitivity and Coping Self-Efficacy pp. 1-26

Mia M. Maurer, Eva Hoff and Daiva Daukantaitė

The Consequences of Social Policy for Subjective Well-Being: A New Paradox? pp. 1-23

Naoki Akaeda

Emotional Intelligence Moderates the Relationships Between Teachers’ Emotions and Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study During the Teachers’ Role Transition pp. 1-23

Kuilin Ying, Mengmeng Sun, Changchun Hao, YangMei Luo and Xuhai Chen

Emotion Crafting and Daily Psychological Functioning: A 7-Day Diary Study pp. 1-23

Maria Elena Hernandez Hernandez, Nureda Taşkesen and Jolene van der Kaap-Deeder

Does Happiness Foster Social Bonds? A Research Synthesis Using an Online Finding Archive pp. 1-31

Nidhi Sharma, Shruti Agrawal and Ruut Veenhoven

How Does Relative Consumption Deprivation Influence Subjective Well-Being? The Moderating Role of Housing Wealth pp. 1-31

Junhua Chen, Na Liu and Shufan Ma

How Social Desirability Influences the Relationship between Measures of Personality and Key Constructs in Positive Psychology pp. 1-17

Hampus Persson, Fredrik Björklund and Martin Bäckström

20 Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review pp. 1-22

Tommaso Feraco and Nicole Casali

Returning Entrepreneurship and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Migrant Worker Households in Rural China pp. 1-45

Binhui Wei, Chunkai Zhao and Mingzhong Luo

Development and Validation of a Real-Time Happiness Index Using Google Trends™ pp. 1-24

Talita Greyling and Stephanié Rossouw

Gender Equality and Life Satisfaction: A Mediation Model with Individual Autonomy, Income Per Capita and Trust pp. 1-27

Johan Graafland and Annemiek Schilpzand

Predicting Subjective Well-Being from Personality: The Effects of Suppression, Confounding, and Mediating Variables pp. 1-27

Catie Chun Wan Lai, Kevin R. Brooks and Simon Boag

Improving Wellbeing Through Local Communities: A Mixed Methods Study on the Role of Relationship Building pp. 1-27

Lowri Wilkie, Sian Roderick, Zoe Fisher, Alina Dray, Peter Granger and Andrew H. Kemp

Gender Differences and Physical Limitations in the Association Between Subjective Well-Being and Cultural Consumption Among Older People pp. 1-27

Maria Carella and Roberta Misuraca

Impacts of a Church-Based Positive Psychological Intervention in Spanish-Speaking Hispanics/Latinos with Uncontrolled Hypertension: Results from the ¡Alegrate! Randomized Clinical Trial pp. 1-21

Rosalba Hernandez, Jinsong Chen, Soonhyung Kwon, Lizet Martinez, Angela Martinez, Geovana Martin Alemany, Dana Romero, Elizabeth L. Addington, Jeff C. Huffman and Judith T. Moskowitz

Common and Distinct Neural Connectomes Between Thought Control Ability and Happiness pp. 1-21

Liang Shi

Obituary Ruut Veenhoven (1942–2024) pp. 1-2

Antonella Delle Fave

Evaluation of a Positive Psychological Intervention to Reduce Work Stress among Rural Community Health Workers in India: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study pp. 1-48

Ameya P. Bondre, Spriha Singh, Abhishek Singh, Aashish Ranjan, Azaz Khan, Lochan Sharma, Dinesh Bari, G Sai Teja, Laxmi Verma, Mehak Jolly, Payal Pandit, Radhika Sharma, Ritu Dangi, Romi Ahuja, Sneha Rani Nayak, Surbhi Agrawal, Jyotsna Agrawal, Seema Mehrotra, Rahul Shidhaye, Anant Bhan, John A. Naslund, Steve D. Hollon and Deepak Tugnawat

Does Time Heal All Wounds? Life Satisfaction Trajectories in Australian Middle-Aged Women Before and After Relationship Dissolution pp. 1-36

Olivia Jean Arcangeli and Anastasia Ejova

Wanting to be Happy Fosters Happiness by Promoting Savoring: A Daily Diary Study pp. 1-16

Jean-Baptiste Pavani, Marguerite Larmanou, Sophie Holtzer and Desirée Colombo

Mo Money Mo Problems? Economic Freedom and Subjective Happiness in Europe, 2010–2020 pp. 1-20

Pål E. Martinussen and Geir H. Hilland

Love in the Face of Loss: Associations Between Self-Compassion, Compassionate Love, and Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction in Couples Experiencing a Recent Pregnancy Loss pp. 1-20

Taylor G. Hill, David B. Allsop, K. Brenna Bagnell and Natalie O. Rosen

Volume 26, issue 2, 2025

Meeting the Challenges of Flexible Work Designs: Effects of an Intervention Based on Self-Regulation on Detachment, Well-being, and Work–Family Conflict pp. 1-28

Sarah Elena Althammer, Anne Marit Wöhrmann and Alexandra Michel

Revisiting the Energy-Happiness Paradox in China: The Role of Housing Outcomes pp. 1-28

Haitao Du and Bo Zhang

From Financial Assistance to Emotional Care: The Impact of Intergenerational Support on the Subjective Well-Being of China’s Elderly pp. 1-28

Yong Zhan, Xiaoyi Zhan and Min Wu

Spatial Determinants of Life Satisfaction on the Aquitaine Coast: A Geographically-Weighted Regression Approach pp. 1-25

Jean-Christophe Dissart and Vanessa Kuentz-Simonet

Network Analysis of Ideal Life Pursuit and Food Addiction Among Chinese Adults pp. 1-25

Ruimei Sun, Haofeng Ling, Letty Y.-Y. Kwan, Kwok Kit Tong, Juliet Honglei Chen, Shu Fai Cheung and Anise M. S. Wu

Subjective School Experience and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 1-29

Roger Fernandez-Urbano, Guido Salza and Robin Samuel

Who Matters the Most? The Differential Role of Parents, Teachers, and Peers’ Supportive Relationships in Early Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being pp. 1-19

Edita Fino, Migena Kapllanaj, Elisabetta Crocetti and Monica Rubini

Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Contentment, and Affect. Implications for Income’s Relevance pp. 1-19

Mariano Rojas

Gendered Effects of Confucian Effortful and Taoist Effortless Actions on Well-Being Trajectories: A Longitudinal Analysis pp. 1-20

Yunxiang Chen

The Effectiveness of the Best-Possible-Self Intervention in College Students from China and the Netherlands: A Cross-Cultural Study pp. 1-17

Liyang Wu, Marjolein M. Hanssen and Madelon L. Peters

Volume 26, issue 1, 2025

Awe Influences Prosocial Behavior and Subjective Well-Being Through the Quiet Ego pp. 1-22

Jiali Zhang, Baorui Chang and Jiandong Fang

The Effect of Light on Wellbeing: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis pp. 1-22

A. Landvreugd, M. G. Nivard and M. Bartels

Spoiling the Spoils: Indulgent Parenting Costs Parents’ Well-Being More When Adolescents Deny Receiving Much Indulgence pp. 1-22

Peipei Hong, Hao Wu, Qing Mei, Jie He and Ming Cui

Within- and Between-Person Effects of Savoring Ability and Well-Being in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study pp. 1-17

Jacquelyn E. Stephens, Laurel Mertz and Jennifer L. Smith

The Longitudinal Effect of Pre-war Investments in Hedonic Capital on Wartime Well-Being pp. 1-23

Eyal Lahav, Arie Sherman and Tal Shavit

Interplay between Teachers’ Affective Well-Being and Thriving at Work: A Cross-Lagged Study pp. 1-23

Shuhua Wei, Hejuan Ding and Huihui Sun

The Effect of Political Regime on the Association of Values with Subjective Well-Being pp. 1-24

Eduard Ponarin and Yulia Afanasyeva

How Philosophy can Contribute to Developing a Science of Virtue? pp. 1-16

Bradford Cokelet, Blaine J. Fowers and Lukas F. Novak

When the Burden Lifts: The Effect of School and Day Care Reopenings on Parents’ Life Satisfaction pp. 1-34

Lina Tobler, Bernhard Christoph, Lukas Fervers and Marita Jacob

Who (Really) Wins with Basic Income: Personality and Values as Predictors of Happiness Trajectories pp. 1-34

Julia Malinka, Kristin Mitte and Matthias Ziegler

Nonhuman Well-Being is a Part of Happiness and Well-Being Conceptions Among Central Indian Indigenous Communities pp. 1-25

Joonas Uotinen, Tikli Loivaranta and Arunopol Seal

Effectiveness of a Psycho-pedagogical Intervention on Spiritual Intelligence, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-being for Primary School Children: A Non-randomized Controlled Trial pp. 1-25

Ina Grasmane, Anita Pipere and Vitālijs Raščevskis