Journal of Happiness Studies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Antonella Delle Fave

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Volume 26, issue 6, 2025

The (Un)Happy Moralist? Different Methods of Moral Engagement have Opposing Implications for Wellbeing pp. 1-31

Tamanna Taher, Chloe Goutallier, Kelly Kirkland and Brock Bastian

What You See is What You Get: The Effect of Perceived Inequality on Subjective Well-Being pp. 1-22

Melvin John, Herbert Bless and Michaela Wänke

Does a Short Gratitude Intervention Impact Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress? pp. 1-22

Brian Leavy, Brenda H. O’Connell and Deirdre O’Shea

Socioeconomic Status, Need Fulfillment, and Subjective Well-Being pp. 1-22

Filip Fors Connolly and Arvid Lindh

The Emotional Climate of Academia: Exploring Social Media Data as an Indicator of Well-Being pp. 1-24

Sarah Marie Müller and André Bittermann

Social Equity Perception and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from China pp. 1-24

Fan Yang, Yadan Li, Shaohua Zhu, Yaling Luo, Shuhan Yan and Yao Jiang

Buddhist Thought on Happiness and Income Growth Relations Across Varying Income Countries pp. 1-24

Pathairat Pastpipatkul and Htwe Ko

COVID-19 and Subjective Well-Being in the United States: Age Matters pp. 1-37

Younghwan Song

The Role of Laughter Therapy in Adults: Life Satisfaction and Anxiety Control. A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis pp. 1-37

Yelsyn-Mauricio Porras-Jiménez, Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Isabel María López-Medina and Carmen Álvarez-Nieto

Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy with Hospitalized Depressed Individuals–The Temporal Order of Change in Mindfulness, Rumination, and Affect pp. 1-36

Maja Stańko-Kaczmarek, Tomasz Jankowski, Robert Bartel, Maria Stankowska, Marta Andrzejewska, Filip Rybakowski, Łukasz Kaczmarek and Janusz Rybakowski

Why Do We Feel so Time Poor? A Daily Diary Study of Time Poverty and Well-Being pp. 1-36

Mengxi Dong and Xiaomin Sun

Life Satisfaction and Emotional Well-being among Older Adults: Does Working after Retirement Age Matter?? pp. 1-20

Alisa C. Lewin and Haya Stier

Subjective Well-Being and Education in China: The Moderating Role of Educational Position pp. 1-19

Li Liao and Aihong Li

A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Mental Well-Being and Creative Ability Among Graduate Students pp. 1-19

Yuanmeng Tang, Qing Wang, Hongyu Shan and Baoguo Shi

Developmental Trajectories of Students’ Life Satisfaction and Reciprocal Relations with Parental Autonomy Support in Elementary and Secondary School pp. 1-19

Tianye Ling

Obituary Richard Easterlin (1926-2024) pp. 1-4

Kelsey J O’Connor

Happy Where You Are? Exploring Migration Intentions and Subjective Well-being Through a Discrete Choice Experiment pp. 1-23

Victor Iturra and Mauricio Sarrias

Cultural Nuances of Agency-Wellbeing Relationship: Testing the Person-Culture Match and Cultural Heterogeneity Hypotheses pp. 1-26

Hye Won Kwon and Rengin B. Firat

The Compensation Effect After Competence Frustration: Utilizing the Lifespan Developmental Perspective on Flow Theory pp. 1-28

Liang Meng and Xu Wang

The Causal Effect of Active School Travel on Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from the China Family Panel Survey pp. 1-28

Linlin Wu, Zhen Qin, Peng Jing, Ying Xue, Danning Shao and Pan Luo

Trust a Stranger? Investigating Community Trust and Economic Inequality as Barriers to Positive Interactions among Strangers pp. 1-21

Taylor N. West, Catherine J. Berman, B. Keith Payne, Keely A. Muscatell and Barbara L. Fredrickson

What an (Un) Favorable Match: Public Sector Employment and the Reversal of the Overeducation-Job Satisfaction Penalty pp. 1-34

Theresa Geißler

How Long do We Flourish? A Flourishing State or Trait? A Longitudinal Examination of the Diener Flourishing Scale pp. 1-27

Balázs András Varga, Attila Oláh, Róbert Urbán and András Vargha

One Size Does Not Make All Happy: Idionomic Links Between Striving for Positive States and Happiness in Experience Sampling pp. 1-27

Baljinder K. Sahdra, Areum Shin, Madeleine Fraser, Michael E. Levin, Korena S. Klimczak, Jennifer Krafft, Steven C. Hayes, Cristóbal Hernández and Joseph Ciarrochi

Unemployment’s Life-Satisfaction Cost and Loneliness pp. 1-27

Tim Friehe and Christian Pfeifer

Helping Behavior Associated with Daily Creativity Through an Increased Sense of Competence: A Daily Diary Study pp. 1-13

Jiabin Liu, Ru- De Liu, Yaoqi Jiang, Xiantong Yang and Yi Yang

Does Flourishing Mental Health Improve Perceived Quality of Life? pp. 1-13

Eunsoo Timothy Kim, Bo-Hyeong Jane Lee and Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell

The Disruptive Long-Term Costs of International Migration on Subjective Well-Being pp. 1-29

Gabriel Rodríguez-Puello, Leonidas Hernandez, Diana Romero-Espinosa and Francisco Rowe

Life Satisfaction Differences Across Trust Profiles Among Dutch Adolescents pp. 1-25

Shanshan Bi, Marlies Maes, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens and Catrin Finkenauer

Volume 26, issue 5, 2025

College Student Well-Being: Explaining Academic and Behavioral Outcomes from a Representative College Student Sample pp. 1-37

Steven Zhou, H. Anne Weiss, Beth McCuskey and Louis Tay

Physical Activity and Meaning in Life: A Scoping Review pp. 1-18

Zhanjia Zhang, Miao Miao and Xiaoyuan Zhang

Solitude is Good? Positive Solitude, Peer Interaction, and Psychosocial Adjustment in Later Childhood pp. 1-18

Jianping Ma

Diversity Matters: The Role of Sleep Disturbance Diversity in the Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Subjective Happiness in Older Adults pp. 1-18

Yuting Ma, Jiayi Wu, Rong Jia and Baoshan Zhang

Flow and Abiding Interest: An Experiential Perspective on Identity Maintenance and Development in Later Life pp. 1-16

Kevin Rathunde

“Inner Peace is the Good Life’’: Conceptualizations of Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults Aged 60 and Over in Rural Northern Ghana pp. 1-22

Mark A. Aviisah, Hinke H. Haisma, Francis B. Zotor and Tobias C. Vogt

Cultural Diffusion and Happiness: A New Evidence in Sub Saharan Africa pp. 1-24

Cyrille Bergali Kamdem, Thierry Mamadou Asngar, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa and Blaise Ondoua Beyene

Creating Kinship with Nature and Boosting Well-Being: Testing Two Novel Character Strengths-Based Nature Connectedness Interventions pp. 1-36

Holli-Anne Passmore, Ryan Lumber, Ryan Niemiec and Levi I. Sofen

You Feel Better When Your Partner is Emotionally Intelligent: Self-Rated Emotional Intelligence Shows Partner Effects on Subjective Wellbeing pp. 1-17

Kit S. Double, Hester Xiao, Rebecca T. Pinkus, Sarah A. Walker and Carolyn MacCann

Demographic Variation in Inner Peace Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis of the Global Flourishing Study pp. 1-23

Tim Lomas, R. Noah Padgett, James L. Ritchie-Dunham, Matthew T. Lee, James O. Pawelski, Koichiro Shiba, Byron R. Johnson and Tyler J. VanderWeele

Affirming the Less Defended Self: Quiet Ego Reminders Reduce Implicit Self-Other Bias pp. 1-23

Heidi A. Wayment

Stability and Change in Gratitude Expressions for the Fulfilment of Human Needs Categories pp. 1-23

Simone P. Nguyen and Cameron L. Gordon

Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness pp. 1-23

Youngju Kim, Xyle Ku, Jennifer Hyunji Kim, Sung-Ha Lee, Seung Eun Cha and Incheol Choi

Unveiling Mental Health Profiles in Emerging Adults and Their Associations with Attachment Insecurity: A person-centered Approach pp. 1-23

Mónica Guzmán-González, Fabiola Gómez, Omayck Valarezo-Bravo and Giulia Casu

Perceived Greenspace Exposure and Children’s Emotional Well-Being in Daily Life: Comparisons between Children Living in Urban and Rural Areas pp. 1-19

Wei Cui, Jianjie Xu, Fenghua Tang, Mengyu Miranda Gao, Yiwen Zheng, Donghua Zhou, Shangqing Yang and Zhuo Rachel Han

The Relationship Between Social Connectedness and Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Couples: An Actor-Partner-Interdependence Model Analysis pp. 1-19

Ranran Li, Yibing Chen, Xunan Li, Minfu He, Wenjun Li, Ziqiang Chen, Chengrun Liu, Yixuan Liu, Ruirui Guo, Wenjing Zhang, Xinyu Gao, Yachen Wei and Xiumin Zhang

Sociodemographic Disparities in Positive Life Experiences pp. 1-27

Naomi Podber and Tara L. Gruenewald

Small but Certain Happiness in Daily Life: Structure and Relation with Well-Being pp. 1-27

Kazuhisa Miwa

Extreme Weather and Life Satisfaction: Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Strategies in China pp. 1-27

Yuan Zhao, Jie Feng, Xiyan Li and Ruting Huang

Does Homeownership Improve Household Well-Being? A Case Study from Togo pp. 1-34

Tchablemane Yenlide and Mawussé Okey

Volume 26, issue 4, 2025

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

Correction to: Emotion Crafting and Daily Psychological Functioning: A 7-Day Diary Study pp. 1-2

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

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

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

Mehrzad B. Baktash and Lisa Pütz

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

Types of Adolescent Screen Use and Positive Wellbeing: Gender and Parental Education Influences pp. 1-20

Grace Chang

Enhancing Life Satisfaction through Eudaimonic, Hedonic, and Combined Interventions: New Training Approaches Relevant to Theory and Practice pp. 1-25

Bernhard Schmitz, Christian L. Burk and Bettina S. Wiese

Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Personality Traits pp. 1-25

Linda E. V. Alphenaar, Rebecca L. Shiner, Clara Chavez Arana and Peter Prinzie

Informing the Structure of Subjective Well-Being Using Preregistered Intervention Studies pp. 1-33

Michael A. Busseri

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

Sebastian Mader and Axel Franzen

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

Children’s Posttraumatic Growth in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Austria: A Mixed Methods Study pp. 1-26

Gernot Pfitscher, Christina Taferner, Chiara Marketz, Kathrin Sevecke and Silvia Exenberger

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

Volume 26, issue 3, 2025

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

Antonella Delle Fave

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tommaso Feraco and Nicole Casali

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

Talita Greyling and Stephanié Rossouw

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

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

Binhui Wei, Chunkai Zhao and Mingzhong Luo

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

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

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

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

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

Volume 26, issue 2, 2025

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

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

Yunxiang Chen

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

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

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

Roger Fernandez-Urbano, Guido Salza and Robin Samuel

Volume 26, issue 1, 2025

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

Eduard Ponarin and Yulia Afanasyeva

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

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

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

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