Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew A. Killingsworth, Daniel Kahneman, Barbara Mellers
Summary: This paper discusses whether higher incomes make people happier, presenting contradictory findings from two studies. One study suggests that happiness increases with log(income) up to a threshold and then plateaus, while the other study shows a consistent rise in happiness with log(income). The authors collaboratively analyze the results and find a linear-log relationship between happiness and income, with nonlinear differences among different levels of happiness. The importance of this paper lies in explaining the contradictions in research findings and questioning common practices in social science research.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
August Hakan Nilsson, Erik Hellryd, Oscar Kjell
Summary: Activities and subjective well-being (SWB) are intricately related, but research has not shown whether individuals understand the relationship between their everyday activities and SWB. Two studies examine self-reported everyday activities and SWB using open-ended responses and natural language processing, finding that activities reported to have the most impact on SWB in the past four weeks have small but significant correlations. Individuals show strong agreement on activities that increase or decrease SWB, with words describing SWB-increasing activities relating to physical, cognitive, and social activities, and words describing SWB-decreasing activities primarily related to imbalance. Activity words reported by individuals have small but significant correlations with SWB, while descriptive words have strong correlations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tianya Hou, Ruike Zhang, Yawei Xie, Qianlan Yin, Wenpeng Cai, Wei Dong, Guanghui Deng
Summary: This study aimed to explore the effect of education on the subjective well-being of Chinese rural dwellers, and the results showed that education had a mediating effect on social support and subjective well-being, and age moderated the relationship between education and subjective well-being.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mauricio F. Zalazar-Jaime, Luciana S. Moretti, Leonardo A. Medrano
Summary: This paper examines the contribution of academic satisfaction to students' subjective well-being. The results show that academic satisfaction has a positive impact on life satisfaction and indirectly influences subjective well-being. This highlights the importance of academic satisfaction not only in academic terms, but also in the subjective well-being and health of university students.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Robson Morgan, Kelsey J. O'Connor
Summary: During the Great Recession, subjective well-being in Europe generally decreased, but the impact varied among different countries and population subgroups. Income replacement and active labor market policies helped reduce the negative effects, while stricter employment protection legislation exacerbated them.
JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
(2022)
Review
Management
Melika Shirmohammadi, Mina Beigi, Julia Richardson
Summary: In this article, we conduct a systematic review of 67 empirical studies to explore the factors influencing subjective well-being among blue-collar immigrant employees. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we propose an integrated conceptual framework that categorizes the antecedents of subjective well-being based on resource loss and gain dynamics. Our findings reveal that resource loss is more likely to occur when immigrants experience precarious employment, physically and emotionally demanding jobs, workplace injustice, poor living conditions, and migration-related stressors. Conversely, resource gain is more likely when they receive support from supervisors and colleagues at work, emotional support from friends, family, and community members, and utilize personal coping strategies to manage stressors. We conclude by highlighting opportunities for future research and providing recommendations for practitioners to enhance subjective well-being among blue-collar immigrant employees.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shu-Ya Chang, Hsiang-Chen Hsu
Summary: In recent years, workplace well-being has gained attention in research. This study explored its impact on the subjective well-being of employees in the technology industry in Taiwan, and found that workplace well-being, flow, and job involvement have positive and significant effects on subjective well-being. The study also revealed that flow mediates the relationship between workplace well-being and subjective well-being, and job involvement affects subjective well-being through flow.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shusheng Yang, Lijuan Chen, Xianjin Bi
Summary: Chinese workers experience longer overtime hours and suffer from work-family imbalance, affecting their subjective well-being. However, higher job autonomy can improve their subjective well-being.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ruben Arrondo, Ana Carcaba, Eduardo Gonzalez
Summary: The study found that unemployment has a deeper impact on subjective well-being during economic downturns than during economic recovery periods in Spain from 2013 to 2018. Social connections and health status are crucial factors behind well-being, especially when the economy is doing well. Additionally, there were changes in gender effects as women were happier than men in 2013 but this effect disappeared in 2018, suggesting an increase in female expectations about their own lives during this period.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Francesca B. Falzarano, Neshat Yazdani, Jillian Minahan Zucchetto, Karen L. Siedlecki
Summary: This study examines the relationship between neurocognition and subjective well-being (SWB) across age and time. The results suggest that the relationship between neurocognition and life satisfaction may vary across different age groups, but the magnitude of the effect is similar. Vocabulary is negatively associated with positive affect across all age groups. The temporal relationship between neurocognition and SWB is generally non-significant, and age does not moderate this relationship.
JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca Erschens, Tanja Seifried-Dubon, Felicitas Stuber, Monika A. Rieger, Stephan Zipfel, Christoph Nikendei, Melanie Genrich, Peter Angerer, Imad Maatouk, Harald Gundel, Eva Rothermund, Martin Peters, Florian Junne
Summary: This study investigated the association between general well-being and different leadership styles among employees in a German tertiary hospital. The results showed that leaders had higher well-being scores, and transformational and transactional leadership styles were associated with higher well-being, while laissez-faire and destructive leadership styles were associated with lower well-being. The study highlights the necessity of providing tailored health interventions for hospital professionals at different hierarchical and functional levels.
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Ishita Roy, Md Shamsul Arefin, Md Sahidur Rahman
Summary: This study explores the impact of work-life support practices on subjective well-being among employees, and reveals the dual mediation effect of work engagement and job satisfaction. It suggests that organizations should prioritize implementing WLS practices to promote employees' well-being.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xuebing Dong, Shunjie Meng, Danbo Chen
Summary: This study, using nationally representative data from the China General Social Survey, reveals that the Internet has a positive impact on the physical satisfaction and life satisfaction of elderly individuals in China. The study also identifies potential mechanisms through which the Internet affects subjective well-being, including increasing health insurance participation and influencing social networks. Furthermore, the study finds that the effects of the Internet are stronger in urban areas, among males, and among individuals with higher human capital.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Communication
Sukyoung Choi, Eun-Mee Kim
Summary: Two studies were conducted to investigate the association between Instagram browsing and subjective well-being using a quasi-experiment and a 7-day diary study. The results suggest that the mechanisms behind affect and life satisfaction differ, with emotional contagion being more relevant to affect while both emotional contagion and social comparison mechanisms influencing life satisfaction.
Article
Development Studies
Jing Zou, Xiaojun Deng
Summary: The subjective well-being (SWB) of migrants is influenced by their choice of community, with migrants living in different types of communities experiencing varied underlying mechanisms on their SWB. Migrants living in commercial housing, work unit housing, and affordable housing have more interactions with local neighbors, participate in more social activities, and have a higher self-identity, leading to improved happiness levels. On the other hand, migrants living in urban villages interact more with homogenous groups and seek help from them, while also increasing expenditures on local invitations and gifts to enhance their SWB.
