Integrating the Diverse Definitions of Happiness: A Time-Sequential Framework of Subjective Well-Being

• Main Authors: KIM-PRIETO, Chu, DIENER, Ed, TAMIR, Maya, SCOLLON, Christie N., DIENER, Marrisa
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: emotion; subjective well-being; mood; happiness; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/922; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1921/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The field of subjective well-being (SWB) is primarily concerned with people's evaluation of their lives; however, it includes a wide range of concepts, from momentary moods to global life satisfaction judgments. We propose a framework that integrates these diverse constructs. Our sequential tem...