This book is part of the authors' continuing research on quality of life issues in Singapore. It builds on past research into the values and lifestyles of Singaporeans and focuses on their well-being. In addition, the findings of the 2006 Asia Barometer Survey (for Singaporean respondents) are prese
The Psychology of Quality of Life: Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia
β Scribed by M. Joseph Sirgy (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 624
- Series
- Social Indicators Research Series 50
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The second edition will be an update and further elaboration of the literature related to subjective well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction. It will have a new substantial section that focuses on reviewing much of the literature of subjective well-being within specific life domains (social life, material life, leisure life, work life, community life, spiritual life, family life, health life, sex life, travel life, etc.) In the 1st edition the research in these various life domains was discussed only briefly. The second edition will maintain the same organizational structure of the first edition; that is, Part 1 will focus on introduction (definitions and distinctions; examples of measures of subjective well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction; and motives underlying subjective well-being). Part 2 will focus on psychological strategies that are allow people to optimize subjective well-being by engaging in psychological processes related to the relationship between and among life domains (e.g., social life, family life, love life, spiritual life, community life, financial life, etc.) This part will contain four chapters related to these various βinter-domainβ processes: bottom-up spillover, top-down spillover, horizontal spillover, and compensation. Part 3 of the book will focus on βintra-domainβ psychological strategies designed to optimize subjective well-being. These include re-evaluation based on personal history, re-evaluation based on self-concept, re-evaluation based on social comparison, goal selection, goal implementation and attainment, and re-appraisal. Part 4 of the book will focus on balance processesβhow people attempt to create balance in their lives using psychological processes within specific life domains (intra-domain strategies) and processes that relate one domain to another (inter-domain strategies).
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures....Pages 5-29
Further Distinctions Among Major Subjective QOL Concepts....Pages 31-44
Consequences of Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia....Pages 45-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-62
Effects of Socioeconomic, Political, Cultural, and Other Macro Factors on QOL....Pages 63-79
Effects of Income and Wealth on Subjective QOL....Pages 81-94
Effects of Other Demographic Factors on Subjective QOL....Pages 95-107
Effects of Personal Activities on Subjective QOL....Pages 109-121
Effects of Genetics, Health, Biology, the Environment, and Drugs on Subjective QOL....Pages 123-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Effects of Personality on Subjective QOL....Pages 141-153
Effects of Affect and Cognition on Subjective QOL....Pages 155-164
Effects of Beliefs and Values on Subjective QOL....Pages 165-177
Effects of Needs and Need Satisfaction on Subjective QOL....Pages 179-190
Effects of Goals on Subjective QOL....Pages 191-210
Effects of Self-Concept on Subjective QOL....Pages 211-221
Effects of Social Comparisons on Subjective QOL....Pages 223-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Domain Dynamics....Pages 237-268
Work Well-Being....Pages 269-301
Residential Well-Being....Pages 303-324
Material Well-Being....Pages 325-351
Social, Family, and Marital Well-Being....Pages 353-379
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Health Well-Being....Pages 381-399
Leisure Well-Being....Pages 401-416
Other Domains Varying in Salience....Pages 417-437
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Children, Youth, and College Students and QOL....Pages 441-468
Elderly and QOL....Pages 469-485
The QOL of Women....Pages 487-502
The QOL of Countries....Pages 503-513
Other Population Segments....Pages 515-525
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Integrative Theories of QOL....Pages 529-553
Final Thoughts....Pages 555-568
Back Matter....Pages 569-622
β¦ Subjects
Quality of Life Research; Health Psychology; Quality of Life Research
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