Journal of Happiness Studies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Antonella Delle Fave

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Volume 14, issue 6, 2013

Post-migration Growth Scale for Chinese International Students: Development and Validation pp. 1639-1655

Jia-Yan Pan, Daniel Wong and Shengquan Ye

Unemployment Needs Context: How Societal Differences between Countries Moderate the Loss in Life-Satisfaction for the Unemployed pp. 1657-1680

Jan Eichhorn

Meaning in Nature: Meaning in Life as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Well-Being pp. 1681-1696

Andrew Howell, Holli-Anne Passmore and Karen Buro

Effects of Self-Reported Wisdom on Happiness: Not Much More Than Emotional Intelligence? pp. 1697-1716

Hannes Zacher, Bernard McKenna and David Rooney

Posttraumatic Growth and Subjective Well-Being among Caregivers of Chronic Patients: A Preliminary Study pp. 1717-1737

Liat Hamama and Michael Sharon

Negative Life Events and Mental Ill-Health Among Women: A Prospective Study of the Main, Moderating and Mediating Effect of Sense of Coherence pp. 1739-1750

Jacek Hochwälder

Academic Performance as a Function of Approaches to Studying and Affect in Studying pp. 1751-1763

Jekaterina Rogaten, Giovanni Moneta and Marcantonio Spada

Individual Differences in How Work and Nonwork Life Domains Contribute to Life Satisfaction: Using Factor Mixture Modeling for Classification pp. 1765-1788

Heike Heidemeier and Anja Göritz

Satisfaction with Creativity: A Study of Organizational Characteristics and Individual Motivation pp. 1789-1811

Silvia Sacchetti and Ermanno Tortia

Analysing the Simultaneous Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Health-Related Quality of Life pp. 1813-1838

Silvia Garrido, Ildefonso Méndez and Jose-Maria Abellan-Perpiñan

Visualizing the Good Life: A Cross-Cultural Analysis pp. 1839-1856

Gregory Bonn and Romin Tafarodi

A Comparison of Western and Islamic Conceptions of Happiness pp. 1857-1874

Mohsen Joshanloo

Volume 14, issue 5, 2013

General and Specific Question Sequence Effects in Satisfaction Surveys: Integrating Directional and Correlational Effects pp. 1443-1458

Seth Kaplan, Joseph Luchman and Landon Mock

“There is Nothing Good About this Work:” Identity and Unhappiness Among Nicaraguan Female Sex Workers pp. 1459-1478

Keith Cox, Antonio Casablanca and Dan McAdams

Do Good Institutions Make Citizens Happy, or Do Happy Citizens Build Better Institutions? pp. 1479-1505

Martin Rode

Daily Activities and Happiness in Later Life: The Role of Work Status pp. 1507-1527

Maja Tadic, Wido Oerlemans, Arnold Bakker and Ruut Veenhoven

A Population Study of Victimization, Relationships, and Well-Being in Middle Childhood pp. 1529-1541

Martin Guhn, Kim Schonert-Reichl, Anne Gadermann, Shelley Hymel and Clyde Hertzman

Quantifying the Value of Emotions Using a Willingness to Pay Approach pp. 1543-1561

Hi Lau, Mathew White and Simone Schnall

Daily Functioning, Health Status, and Happiness in Older Adults pp. 1563-1574

Erik Angner, Jennifer Ghandhi, Kristen Williams Purvis, Daniel Amante and Jeroan Allison

Relative Income and Marital Happiness Among Urban Chinese Women: The Moderating Role of Personal Commitment pp. 1575-1584

Huiping Zhang and Sandra Tsang

Relationship of Illness Severity with Health and Life Satisfaction in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy Beliefs and Illness Perceptions pp. 1585-1599

P. Steca, A. Greco, M. D’Addario, D. Monzani, R. Pozzi, A. Villani, V. Rella, A. Giglio, G. Malfatto and G. Parati

“I May Look 75, but I’m Really a Pioneer”: Concept of Self and Resilience Among Israeli Elder Adults Living in a War Zone pp. 1601-1619

Julia Chaitin, Rotem Sternberg, Hagar Arad, Lea Barzili, Nira Deray and Shlomit Shinhar

Incremental Validity of Alexithymia, Emotional Coping and Humor Style on Happiness and Psychological Well-Being pp. 1621-1637

Dario Páez, Andrés Mendiburo Seguel and Francisco Martínez-Sánchez

Volume 14, issue 4, 2013

Subjective Well-Being as a Dynamic and Agentic System: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study pp. 1085-1112

Michael Busseri and Stan Sadava

Enhancing Compassion: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Compassion Cultivation Training Program pp. 1113-1126

Hooria Jazaieri, Geshe Jinpa, Kelly McGonigal, Erika Rosenberg, Joel Finkelstein, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Margaret Cullen, James Doty, James Gross and Philippe Goldin

Ongoing Cumulative Chronic Stressors as Predictors of Well-Being in the Second Half of Life pp. 1127-1144

Yuval Palgi

Self-Construal and Psychological Wellbeing in Scottish and Italian Young Adults pp. 1145-1161

Elaine Duncan, Veronica Ornaghi and Ilaria Grazzani

Middle School Transition from the Strengths Perspective: Young Adolescents’ Character Strengths, Subjective Well-Being, and School Adjustment pp. 1163-1181

Anat Shoshani and Michelle Slone

The Contextual and Compositional Associations of Social Capital and Subjective Happiness: A Multilevel Analysis from Seoul, South Korea pp. 1183-1200

Sehee Han, Heaseung Kim, Eung-Sun Lee and Hee-Sun Lee

I Am so Happy ‘Cause My Best Friend Makes Me Feel Unique: Friendship, Personal Sense of Uniqueness and Happiness pp. 1201-1224

Melikşah Demir, Ömer Şimşek and Amanda Procsal

Protective Factors for Subjective Well-being in Chinese Older Adults: The Roles of Resources and Activity pp. 1225-1239

Bibing Dai, Baoshan Zhang and Juan Li

Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression pp. 1241-1259

Fabian Gander, René Proyer, Willibald Ruch and Tobias Wyss

Savoring Helps Most When You Have Little: Interaction Between Savoring the Moment and Uplifts on Positive Affect and Satisfaction with Life pp. 1261-1271

Daniel Hurley and Paul Kwon

Satisfaction with Time Allocations Within the Family: The Role of Family Type pp. 1273-1289

Anh Le and Paul Miller

The Meaning of Lives and the Meaning of Things pp. 1291-1307

Wim Muijnck

Quantifying the Semantic Representations of Adolescents’ Memories of Positive and Negative Life Events pp. 1309-1323

Danilo Garcia and Sverker Sikström

Procedural and Distributive Justice Beliefs for Self and Others: Multilevel Associations with Life Satisfaction and Self-Rated Health pp. 1325-1341

Todd Lucas, Ludmila Zhdanova, Craig Wendorf and Sheldon Alexander

Links Between Parents’ and Children’s Levels of Gratitude, Life Satisfaction, and Hope pp. 1343-1361

Brenna Hoy, Shannon Suldo and Linda Mendez

Refinement and Psychometric Properties of the Eight-Item Brazilian Positive and Negative Affective Schedule for Children (PANAS-C8) pp. 1363-1378

Bruno Damásio, Juliana Pacico, Michele Poletto and Sílvia Koller

Are Relative-Income Effects Constant Across the Well-Being Distribution? pp. 1379-1408

Santiago Budria Rodriguez

Subjective Well-Being and Hedonic Editing: How Happy People Maximize Joint Outcomes of Loss and Gain pp. 1409-1430

Sunhae Sul, Jennifer Kim and Incheol Choi

Living with Gratitude: Spouse’s Gratitude on One’s Depression pp. 1431-1442

Yen-Ping Chang, Tsui-Shan Li, Hao Teng, Antonia Berki and Lung Chen

Volume 14, issue 3, 2013

The First Twenty Years of the Will and the Ways: An Examination of Score Reliability Distribution on Snyder’s Dispositional Hope Scale pp. 723-729

Chan Hellman, Megan Pittman and Ricky Munoz

Links Between Stress, Positive and Negative Affect, and Life Satisfaction Among Teachers in Special Education Schools pp. 731-751

Liat Hamama, Tammie Ronen, Keren Shachar and Michael Rosenbaum

Leisure Satisfaction and Quality of Life in China, Japan, and South Korea: A Comparative Study Using AsiaBarometer 2006 pp. 753-769

Jiayin Liang, Takashi Yamashita and J. Scott Brown

Dimensionality and Validity of the Serbian Version of the Life Orientation Test-Revised in a Sample of Youths pp. 771-782

Veljko Jovanović and Vesna Gavrilov-Jerković

Crime Victimization and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Happiness Data pp. 783-794

Masanori Kuroki

Does Being Well-Off Make Us Happier? Problems of Measurement pp. 795-815

Jiri Zuzanek

Buying Life Experiences for the “Right” Reasons: A Validation of the Motivations for Experiential Buying Scale pp. 817-842

Jia Zhang, Ryan Howell and Peter Caprariello

Childhood Adversity and Adulthood Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Japan pp. 843-860

Takashi Oshio, Maki Umeda and Norito Kawakami

Job Satisfaction and Domains of Job Satisfaction for Older Workers with Disabilities in Europe pp. 861-891

Ricardo Pagan Rodriguez

University Students’ Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner pp. 893-910

Catherine Ratelle, Karine Simard and Frédéric Guay

The Contribution of Resistance Resources and Sense of Coherence to Life Satisfaction in Older Age pp. 911-928

Ulrich Wiesmann and Hans-Joachim Hannich

Why are Wise People Happier? An Explanatory Model of Wisdom and Emotional Well-Being in Older Adults pp. 929-950

Sarah Etezadi and Dolores Pushkar

What Mediates Links Between Age and Well-being? A Test of Social Support and Interpersonal Conflict as Potential Interpersonal Pathways pp. 951-963

Anna Darbonne, Bert Uchino and Anthony Ong

The Application of Signature Character Strengths and Positive Experiences at Work pp. 965-983

Claudia Harzer and Willibald Ruch

Untangling the Relationship Between Income and Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Perceived Income Adequacy and Borrowing Constraints pp. 985-1005

Maria Pereira and Filipe Coelho

The Working for Wellness Program: RCT of an Employee Well-Being Intervention pp. 1007-1031

Kathryn Page and Dianne Vella-Brodrick

Two Concepts or Two Approaches? A Bifactor Analysis of Psychological and Subjective Well-Being pp. 1033-1068

Fang Chen, Yiming Jing, Adele Hayes and Jeong Lee

A 32-Year Longitudinal Study of Child and Adolescent Pathways to Well-Being in Adulthood pp. 1069-1083

Craig Olsson, Rob McGee, Shyamala Nada-Raja and Sheila Williams

Volume 14, issue 2, 2013

The Legacy of a Pioneering Happiness Researcher: Michael W. Fordyce (December 14, 1944–January 24, 2011) pp. 363-366

Harris Friedman

How Do Educational Attainment and Occupational and Wage-Earner Statuses Affect Life Satisfaction? A Gender Perspective Study pp. 367-388

del Salinas-Jiménez Mª, Joaquín Artés and Javier Salinas-Jiménez

Correlates of Happiness Among Older Spanish Institutionalised and Non-Institutionalised Adults pp. 389-414

Débora Godoy-Izquierdo, Raquel Lara Moreno, María Vázquez Pérez, Francisco Araque Serrano and Juan Godoy García

Measuring Optimism in Organizations: Development of a Workplace Explanatory Style Questionnaire pp. 415-432

Paul Smith, Peter Caputi and Nadia Crittenden

The Gold of One’s Ring is Not Far More Precious than the Gold of One’s Heart: Reported Life Satisfaction Among Married and Cohabitating South African Adults pp. 433-456

Ferdi Botha and Frikkie Booysen

Some Like It Mild and Not Too Wet: The Influence of Weather on Subjective Well-Being pp. 457-473

Marie Connolly

Exploring the Causes of Subjective Well-Being: A Content Analysis of Peoples’ Recipes for Long-Term Happiness pp. 475-499

Benjamin Caunt, John Franklin, Nina Brodaty and Henry Brodaty

Marriage and Children as a Key to Happiness? Cross-National Differences in the Effects of Marital Status and Children on Well-Being pp. 501-524

Sofie Vanassche, Gray Swicegood and Koen Matthijs

Toward a Better Understanding of the Relationship Between Friendship and Happiness: Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts, Feelings of Mattering, and Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs in Same-Sex Best Friendships as Predictors of Happiness pp. 525-550

Melikşah Demir and Ingrid Davidson

Humor Types Show Different Patterns of Self-Regulation, Self-Esteem, and Well-Being pp. 551-569

Anja Leist and Daniela Müller

The Construct and Measurement of Peace of Mind pp. 571-590

Yi-Chen Lee, Yi-Cheng Lin, Chin-Lan Huang and Barbara Fredrickson

The Effects of Positive Interventions on Happiness and Depressive Symptoms, with an Examination of Personality as a Moderator pp. 591-612

Konrad Senf and Albert Liau

Vacation (after-) effects on employee health and well-being, and the role of vacation activities, experiences and sleep pp. 613-633

Jessica Bloom, Sabine Geurts and Michiel Kompier

What Is the Optimal Way to Deliver a Positive Activity Intervention? The Case of Writing About One’s Best Possible Selves pp. 635-654

Kristin Layous, S. Katherine Nelson and Sonja Lyubomirsky

Evidence of Associations Between Lay Conceptions of Well-Being, Conception-Congruent Behavior, and Experienced Well-Being pp. 655-671

Ethan McMahan, Kevin Dixon and Lindsey King

Adult Children’s Caregiver Burden and Depression: The Moderating Roles of Parent–Child Relationship Satisfaction and Feedback from Others pp. 673-687

Wei Lin, Lung Chen and Tsui-Shan Li

The Affective Temperaments and Well-Being: Swedish and Iranian Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being pp. 689-707

Danilo Garcia and Saleh Moradi

Coping with HIV Related Stigma and Well-Being pp. 709-722

Pilar Sanjuán, Fernando Molero, María Fuster and Encarnación Nouvilas

Volume 14, issue 1, 2013

Self-Efficacy for Affect Regulation as a Predictor of Future Life Satisfaction and Moderator of the Negative Affect—Life Satisfaction Relationship pp. 1-18

Owen Lightsey, Richelle McGhee, Audrey Ervin, George Gharibian Gharghani, Eli Rarey, Rosaire Daigle, Katherine Wright, Donnalin Constantin and Kevin Powell

Change in Life Satisfaction Under Chronic Physical Multi-morbidity in Advanced Old Age: Potential and Limits of Adaptation pp. 19-36

Oliver Schilling, Hans-Werner Wahl and Frank Oswald

When Romantic Partners’ Goals Conflict: Effects on Relationship Quality and Subjective Well-Being pp. 37-49

Judith Gere and Ulrich Schimmack

Differences in How Trait Emotional Intelligence Predicts Life Satisfaction: The Role of Affect Balance Versus Social Support in India and Germany pp. 51-66

Selda Koydemir, Ömer Şimşek, Astrid Schütz and Arun Tipandjan

Happiness and Well-Being of Young Carers: Extent, Nature and Correlates of Caring Among 10 and 11 Year Old School Children pp. 67-80

Katrina Lloyd

The Happiness-Enhancing Activities and Positive Practices Inventory (HAPPI): Development and Validation pp. 81-98

Annette Henricksen and Christine Stephens

Structure and Continuity of Well-Being in Mid-Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study pp. 99-114

Katja Kokko, Anni Korkalainen, Anna-Liisa Lyyra and Taru Feldt

Positive Automatic Cognitions Mediate the Relationship Between Personality and Trait Positive Affect pp. 115-134

Owen Lightsey, George Gharibian Gharghani, Aron Katz, Valerie McKinney and Eli Rarey

A Happiness Study Using Age-Period-Cohort Framework pp. 135-153

Kosei Fukuda

The Psychological Displacement Paradigm in Diary-Writing (PDPD) and its Psychological Benefits pp. 155-167

Jen-Ho Chang, Chin-Lan Huang and Yi-Cheng Lin

Comparing Three Methods to Measure a Balanced Time Perspective: The Relationship Between a Balanced Time Perspective and Subjective Well-Being pp. 169-184

Jia Zhang, Ryan Howell and Maciej Stolarski

Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Adults’ Childhood Recollections: How are Peak-Experiences Described in China and Portugal? pp. 185-197

Man Ho, Sylvia Chen, Edward Hoffman, Yanjun Guan and Valentina Iversen

Child’s Personality and Perception of Parental Relationship as Correlates of Optimal Experience pp. 199-214

Belén Mesurado and María Richaud de Minzi

Family Ties, Living Arrangement, and Marital Satisfaction pp. 215-233

Wen-Chun Chang

The Interplay Among Levels of Personality: The Mediator Effect of Personal Projects Between the Big Five and Subjective Well-Being pp. 235-250

Isabel Albuquerque, Margarida Lima, Marcela Matos and Cláudia Figueiredo

The Role of Hope, Spirituality and Religious Practice in Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction: Longitudinal Findings pp. 251-261

Susana Marques, Shane Lopez and Joanna Mitchell

The Role of Gratitude in Breast Cancer: Its Relationships with Post-traumatic Growth, Psychological Well-Being and Distress pp. 263-274

Chiara Ruini and Francesca Vescovelli

Testing Strengths-Based Interventions: A Preliminary Study on the Effectiveness of a Program Targeting Curiosity, Gratitude, Hope, Humor, and Zest for Enhancing Life Satisfaction pp. 275-292

René Proyer, Willibald Ruch and Claudia Buschor

Life Satisfaction and the Self: Structure, Content, and Function pp. 293-308

Warren Reich, Ellen Kessel and Frank Bernieri

Affective Reactions to One’s Whole Life: Preliminary Development and Validation of the Ontological Well-Being Scale pp. 309-343

Ömer Şimşek and Ercan Kocayörük

Science and Morality: Mind the Gap, Use Happiness as a Safe Bridge! pp. 345-351

Jan Ott

Americans Value Happiness, But Block Required Policies pp. 353-361

Jan Ott