Journal of Happiness Studies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Antonella Delle Fave

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Subjective Wellbeing as an Affective-Cognitive Construct pp. 429-449: Melanie Davern, Robert Cummins and Mark Stokes
A Critique of “Subjective wellbeing as an affective-cognitive construct” by Davern, Cummins and Stokes pp. 451-453: Torbjørn Moum
Comments from Kenneth C. Land pp. 455-455: Kenneth Land
Core Affect and Subjective Wellbeing: A Rebuttal to Moum and Land pp. 457-466: Robert Cummins, Mark Stokes and Melanie Davern
Financial aspirations, financial success, and overall life satisfaction: who? and how? pp. 467-515: Carol Nickerson, Norbert Schwarz and Ed Diener
The role of social axioms in predicting life satisfaction: a longitudinal study in Hong Kong pp. 517-535: Johanna Lai, Michael Bond and Natalie Hui
Theory/Analysis Mismatch: Comment on Fredrickson and Joiner’s (2002) Test of the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions pp. 537-561: Carol Nickerson
Theory/Analysis Mismatch: Comment on Fredrickson and Joiner’s (2002) Test of the Broaden-and-build Theory of Positive Emotions pp. 563-563: Carol Nickerson
The multiple determination of well-being: Independent effects of positive traits, needs, goals, selves, social supports, and cultural contexts pp. 565-592: Kennon Sheldon and Tan Hoon

New developments in emotion regulation with an emphasis on the positive spectrum of human functioning pp. 303-310: Todd Kashdan
Regulation of Positive Emotions: Emotion Regulation Strategies that Promote Resilience pp. 311-333: Michele Tugade and Barbara Fredrickson
Talking about interest: exploring the role of social interaction for regulating motivation and the interest experience pp. 335-370: Dustin Thoman, Carol Sansone and Monisha Pasupathi
Affect dynamics, bereavement and resilience to loss pp. 371-392: Karin Coifman, George Bonanno and Eshkol Rafaeli
Regulating anger and sadness: an exploration of discrete emotions in emotion regulation pp. 393-427: Susan Rivers, Marc Brackett, Nicole Katulak and Peter Salovey

Stability and specificity of meaning in life and life satisfaction over one year pp. 161-179: Michael Steger and Todd Kashdan
I am so Happy ’Cause Today I Found My Friend: Friendship and Personality as Predictors of Happiness pp. 181-211: Melıkşah Demır and Lesley Weitekamp
I am so Happy `cause Today I found my Friend: Friendship and Personality as Predictors of Happiness pp. 213-213: Melikşah Demir and Lesley Weitekamp
Uses of music and psychological well-being among the elderly pp. 215-241: Petri Laukka
Looking to happy tomorrows with friends: Best and close friendships as they predict happiness pp. 243-271: Melikşah Demir, Metin Özdemir and Lesley Weitekamp
Reliability of job satisfaction measures pp. 273-292: Nicolai Kristensen and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Inspiring Economics pp. 293-298: Mariano Rojas
Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis; Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science pp. 299-301: Jan Ott

Happiness and the Good Life. Introduction and Conceptual Framework pp. 1-14: Bengt Brülde
Happiness theories of the good life pp. 15-49: Bengt Brülde
Happiness, Rationality, Autonomy and the Good Life pp. 51-78: Mark Chekola
NARROW HEDONISM pp. 79-98: Torbjörn Tännsjö
Life satisfaction, ethical reflection, and the science of happiness pp. 99-138: Dan Haybron
What Do Happiness Studies Study? pp. 139-148: James Griffin
Book Review: Plurality of aims and desires versus overall judgments pp. 149-154: Mark Chekola
Book Review: Winning a lottery brings no happiness! pp. 155-160: Mark Lutter

Guidelines for National Indicators of Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being pp. 397-404: Ed Diener
DO PEOPLE REALLY ADAPT TO MARRIAGE? pp. 405-426: Richard Lucas and Andrew Clark
What Makes People Happy? Some Evidence from Northern Ireland pp. 427-465: Vani Borooah
Life satisfaction and satisfaction in domains of life: is it a simple relationship? pp. 467-497: Mariano Rojas
Conflict Buffers and Marital Satisfaction: On the Effects of Different Forms of Social Support pp. 499-515: Georg Mueller
Book Review pp. 517-522: Jan Ott
The Utility of Happiness Research in Economics pp. 523-529: Mariano Rojas

Strengths of Character and Happiness: Introduction to Special Issue pp. 289-291: Christopher Peterson
From the Equator to the North Pole: A Study of Character Strengths pp. 293-310: Robert Biswas-Diener
Convergence of Character Strengths in American and Japanese Young Adults pp. 311-322: Satoshi Shimai, Keiko Otake, Nansook Park, Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman
Character Strengths and Happiness among Young Children: Content Analysis of Parental Descriptions pp. 323-341: Nansook Park and Christopher Peterson
Is gratitude an alternative to materialism? pp. 343-360: Emily Polak and Michael McCullough
Happy People Become Happier through Kindness: A Counting Kindnesses Intervention pp. 361-375: Keiko Otake, Satoshi Shimai, Junko Tanaka-Matsumi, Kanako Otsui and Barbara Fredrickson
Practical Wisdom: Aristotle meets Positive Psychology pp. 377-395: Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

Religiosity, Religious Doubt, and the Need for Cognition: Their Interactive Relationship with Life Satisfaction pp. 139-154: Kristopher Gauthier, Andrew Christopher, Mark Walter, Ronney Mourad and Pam Marek
National Differences in Subjective Well-Being: The Interactive Effects of Extraversion and Neuroticism pp. 155-165: Michael Lynn and Piers Steel
Hope I Die before I Get Old: Mispredicting Happiness Across the Adult Lifespan pp. 167-182: Heather Lacey, Dylan Smith and Peter Ubel
How Do People Pursue Happiness?: Relating Personality, Happiness-Increasing Strategies, and Well-Being pp. 183-225: Chris Tkach and Sonja Lyubomirsky
The Potential of Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment (ACSA) to Reduce Bias in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being pp. 227-250: Jan Bernheim, Peter Theuns, Mehrdad Mazaheri, Joeri Hofmans, Herbert Fliege and Matthias Rose
Life-Satisfaction in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine pp. 251-287: Pamela Abbott and Roger Sapsford

Flow at Work: Evidence for an Upward Spiral of Personal and Organizational Resources* pp. 1-22: Marisa Salanova, Arnold Bakker and Susana Llorens
Affective Reactions to the Thought of “God”: Moderating Effects of Image of God pp. 23-40: Katherine Wiegand and Howard Weiss
Reliability and Validity of a Brief Life Satisfaction Scale with a High School Sample pp. 41-54: Benjamin Funk, E. Huebner and Robert Valois
Achieving Sustainable Gains in Happiness: Change Your Actions, not Your Circumstances* pp. 55-86: Kennon Sheldon and Sonja Lyubomirsky
Network Size, Social Support and Happiness in Later Life: A Comparative Study of Beijing and Hong Kong pp. 87-112: Y. Chan and Rance Lee
Parents and Teachers as the Founders of Happiness pp. 113-118: Jan Ott
Call for Policy Shift to Happiness pp. 118-126: Jan Ott
Situational Happiness pp. 126-128: A Bergsma