Journal of Happiness Studies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Antonella Delle Fave

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Gender Differences in the Incidence of Depression and Anxiety: Econometric Evidence from the USA pp. 663-682: Vani Borooah
Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction During the Transition to Post-Comprehensive Education: Antecedents and Consequences pp. 683-701: Katariina Salmela-Aro and Heta Tuominen-Soini
Competence in Coping with Future-Related Stress in Adolescents from France, Italy, Great Britain, and Germany pp. 703-720: Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Roberta Molinar, Sylvia Ciariano, Palma Menna, Gregory Michel, Elsa Hoareau, Marion Kloep and Leo Hendry
Subjective Well-Being of Beijing Taxi Drivers pp. 721-733: Ingrid Nielsen, Olga Paritski and Russell Smyth
Pursuing Pleasure or Virtue: The Differential and Overlapping Well-Being Benefits of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives pp. 735-762: Veronika Huta and Richard Ryan
Living with Ill-Health in Older Age: The Role of a Resilient Personality pp. 763-777: Gill Windle, Robert Woods and David Markland
Income, Motivation, and Satisfaction with Life: An Empirical Analysis pp. 779-793: Maria Salinas-Jiménez, Joaquín Artés and Javier Salinas-Jiménez

Happiness, Ethics, and Politics: Introduction, History and Conceptual Framework pp. 541-551: Bengt Brülde and Krister Bykvist
Happiness in a Flux? The Instability Problem pp. 553-565: Krister Bykvist
Happiness, morality, and politics pp. 567-583: Bengt Brülde
Happiness on the Political Agenda? PROS and CONS pp. 585-603: Valérie Prycker
Greater Happiness for a Greater Number pp. 605-629: Ruut Veenhoven
Greater Happiness for a Greater Number: Some Non-controversial Options for Governments pp. 631-647: Jan Ott
The State of the Art in Happiness Advice; Can We Escape the Dodo-Verdict? pp. 649-654: Ad Bergsma
Can Movies Enhance Happiness? pp. 655-657: Ad Bergsma
Samuel S. Franklin: The Psychology of Happiness; a Good Human Life pp. 659-661: Ad Bergsma

Communicating and Philosophizing About Authenticity or Inauthenticity in a Fast-Paced World pp. 395-408: Becky DeGreeff, Ann Burnett and Dennis Cooley
Social Capital and Happiness: Additional Cross-Country Evidence pp. 409-418: Rati Ram
Temperament and Happiness in Children pp. 419-439: Mark Holder and Andrea Klassen
Measuring the Happiness of Large-Scale Written Expression: Songs, Blogs, and Presidents pp. 441-456: Peter Dodds and Christopher Danforth
Crime and Happiness Amongst Heads of Households in Malawi pp. 457-476: Simon Davies and Timothy Hinks
On Lions and Adolescents: Affective Temperaments and the Influence of Negative Stimuli on Memory pp. 477-495: Danilo Garcia, Patricia Rosenberg, Arvid Erlandsson and Anver Siddiqui
Does Needs Satisfaction Matter for Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing in Developing Countries: A Mixed-Methods Illustration from Bangladesh and Thailand pp. 497-516: Laura Camfield, Monica Guillen-Royo and Jackeline Velazco
Do Inferences about Age Differences in Emotional Experience Depend on the Parameters Analyzed? pp. 517-521: Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros, Virginia Fernández, Laura Cobo, Giovanna Caprara and Juan Botella
Children and Life Satisfaction pp. 523-538: Luis Angeles
Erratum to: Children and Life Satisfaction pp. 539-539: Luis Angeles

Childhood Obesity and Unhappiness: The Influence of Soft Drinks and Fast Food Consumption pp. 261-275: Hung-Hao Chang and Rodolfo Nayga
Intrinsic Motivation and Flow in Skateboarding: An Ethnographic Study pp. 277-292: T. Seifert and C. Hedderson
Close Relationships and Happiness Among Emerging Adults pp. 293-313: Melikşah Demir
Subjective Well-Being of China’s Off-Farm Migrants pp. 315-333: Ingrid Nielsen, Russell Smyth and Qingguo Zhai
Non-linearity, Complexity and Limited Measurement in the Relationship Between Satisfaction with Specific Life Domains and Satisfaction with Life as a Whole pp. 335-352: Mònica González, Germà Coenders, Marc Saez and Ferran Casas
Good Governance and Happiness in Nations: Technical Quality Precedes Democracy and Quality Beats Size pp. 353-368: Jan Ott
Happiness in Behaviour Genetics: Findings and Implications pp. 369-381: Ragnhild Nes
Life Satisfaction and Self-Assessed Health Among Adolescents in Hong Kong pp. 383-393: Y. Kwan

Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years pp. 131-150: Mark Holder, Ben Coleman and Judi Wallace
Pilot Study on Equivalence Between the Electronic and Paper Version of the Chinese SF-36 pp. 151-161: Tianhui Chen and Lu Li
Should Happiness-Maximization be the Goal of Government? pp. 163-178: Grant Duncan
A Smile is Just a Smile: But Only for Men. Sex Differences in Meaning of Faces Scales pp. 179-191: Achim Elfering and Simone Grebner
Predictors of Dutch and Finnish Children’s Satisfaction with Schooling pp. 193-204: Justus Randolph, Marjaana Kangas and Heli Ruokamo
Flow Experience, Culture, and Well-being: How Do Autotelic Japanese College Students Feel, Behave, and Think in Their Daily Lives? pp. 205-223: Kiyoshi Asakawa
Intra-Household Arrangements and Economic Satisfaction pp. 225-241: Mariano Rojas
Friendship, Need Satisfaction and Happiness pp. 243-259: Melikşah Demir and Metin Özdemir

Subjective Wellbeing, Homeostatically Protected Mood and Depression: A Synthesis pp. 1-17: Robert Cummins
Mood Propensity as a Constituent of Happiness: A Rejoinder to Hill pp. 19-31: Daniel Haybron
Stressed and Happy? Investigating the Relationship Between Happiness and Perceived Stress pp. 33-39: Holly Schiffrin and S. Nelson
How Comparable are the Gallup World Poll Life Satisfaction Data? pp. 41-60: Christian Bjørnskov
Quality of Life of HIV-Infected People Across Different Stages of Infection pp. 61-69: Yogita Rai, Tanusree Dutta and Anil Gulati
Psychological Strengths and Cognitive Vulnerabilities: Are They Two Ends of the Same Continuum or Do They Have Independent Relationships with Well-being and Ill-being? pp. 71-93: Veronika Huta and Lance Hawley
A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Evaluation of the Purpose in Life Test: Preliminary Psychometric Support for a Replicable Two-Factor Model pp. 95-111: Stefan Schulenberg and Amanda Melton
Effects of Happiness on All-Cause Mortality During 15 Years of Follow-Up: The Arnhem Elderly Study pp. 113-124: Teije Koopmans, Johanna Geleijnse, Frans Zitman and Erik Giltay
Happiness, Economics and Public Policy: A Critique pp. 125-130: Jan Ott