Assessing Well-Being (eBook)

The Collected Works of Ed Diener

Ed Diener (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2009
X, 274 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-90-481-2354-4 (ISBN)

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The Sandvik, Diener, and Seidlitz (1993) paper is another that has received widespread attention because it documented the fact that self-report well-being scales correlate with a number of other methods of measuring the same concepts, such as with reports by knowledgeable 'informants' (family and friends), expe- ence sampling measurement, and the memory for good versus bad life events. A single factor was found to underlie measures using different methods, and a n- ber of different well-being self-report measures were found to correlate with the non-self-report measures. Thus, although the self-report measures of well-being are imperfect, and can be in uenced by response artifacts, they have substantial validity as shown by their correlations with measurements based on alternative methods. Whereas the Pavot and Diener article reviewed the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Lucas, Diener, and Larsen (2003) paper reviews various approaches to assessing positive emotions. As we wrote in the chapter in this volume in which we present new measures, we do not consider any of the existing measures of positive affect to be entirely acceptable for measuring subjective well-being in the affect area, and that is why we have created and validated a new measure.

Ed Diener is the Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois. He received his doctorate at the University of Washington in 1974, and has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois for the past 34 years. Dr. Diener was the president of both the International Society of Quality of Life Studies and the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Currently he is the president of the International Positive Psychology Association. Dr. Diener was the editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Happiness Studies, and he is the founding editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science. Diener has over 240 publications, with about 190 being in the area of the psychology of well-being, and is listed as one of the most highly cited psychologists by the Institute of Scientific Information with over 12,000 citations to his credit. He won the Distinguished Researcher Award from the International Society of Quality of Life Studies, the first Gallup Academic Leadership Award, and the Jack Block Award for Personality Psychology. Dr. Diener also won several teaching awards, including the Oakley-Kundee Award for Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Illinois.

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The Sandvik, Diener, and Seidlitz (1993) paper is another that has received widespread attention because it documented the fact that self-report well-being scales correlate with a number of other methods of measuring the same concepts, such as with reports by knowledgeable "e;informants"e; (family and friends), expe- ence sampling measurement, and the memory for good versus bad life events. A single factor was found to underlie measures using different methods, and a n- ber of different well-being self-report measures were found to correlate with the non-self-report measures. Thus, although the self-report measures of well-being are imperfect, and can be in uenced by response artifacts, they have substantial validity as shown by their correlations with measurements based on alternative methods. Whereas the Pavot and Diener article reviewed the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Lucas, Diener, and Larsen (2003) paper reviews various approaches to assessing positive emotions. As we wrote in the chapter in this volume in which we present new measures, we do not consider any of the existing measures of positive affect to be entirely acceptable for measuring subjective well-being in the affect area, and that is why we have created and validated a new measure.

Inhalt

Contents 6
Contributors 8
Endorsements 10
Editor’s note concerning source publications 12
Introduction – MeasuringWell-Being: Collected Theory and Review Works 13
Progress on AssessingWell-Being 13
Overview of this Volume 14
References 17
Temporal Stability and Cross-Situational Consistency of Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Responses 19
Method 22
Mood Form 23
Results 25
Discussion 31
References 34
Assessing Subjective Well-Being: Progress and Opportunities 37
Progress to Date: The Current Status of SWB Measurement 39
Correlates of SWB 46
Divergent Validity 47
Advancing Subjective Well-Being Measurement: Developments in Other Areas of Psychology 48
Developing New Measures 63
Future Research 67
Conclusion 67
References 69
The Evolving Concept of SubjectiveWell-Being: The Multifaceted Nature of Happiness 78
Evolving Conceptions of Subjective Well-Being: The Multifaceted Nature of Happiness 78
Hierarchical Structure: The Components of SWB 82
Temporal Sequence and Stages 90
Stability and Consistency of SWB 93
Affect vs. Cognition 95
The Functioning Mood System 97
Tradeoffs 98
Implications for Measurement 99
Implications for Research on Aging 102
Conclusions: The Take-Home Message(s) and Directions for Future Research 104
References 105
Review of the SatisfactionWith Life Scale 112
Characteristics of the SWLS 114
Discussion 123
Appendix: Satisfaction with Life Scale 125
References 125
SubjectiveWell-Being: The Convergence and Stability of Self-Report and Non-Self-Report Measures 129
Method 135
Results 137
Discussion 145
References 146
Measuring Positive Emotions 149
Definition and Models of Positive Emotions 150
Methods of Assessment 153
Future Developments in the Measurement of Positive Emotions 160
Conclusion 161
Appendix 1: Intensity and Time Affect Survey (ITAS) 161
Appendix 2: The Satisfaction With Life Scale 162
References 162
Experience Sampling: Promises and Pitfalls, Strengths andWeaknesses 166
What is ESM? A Brief History 167
Promises and Strengths 168
Pitfalls and Weaknesses 173
Future Direction 183
Conclusions 184
References 185
Life-Satisfaction Is a Momentary Judgment and a Stable Personality Characteristic: The Use of Chronically Accessible and Stable Sources 190
Integrating the Social Cognition and the Personality Tradition 191
Why Do People Use Certain Types of Information? 192
Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Models of Life-Satisfaction 193
Studying Chronically Accessible Sources: The Validity of Source Reports 194
Overview 196
Part I: The Validity of Source Reports 196
Part II: Chronically Accessible and Stable Sources Mediate the Influence of Personality Traits on Life-Satisfaction 214
General Discussion 217
References 218
Happiness is the Frequency, Not the Intensity, of Positive Versus Negative Affect 221
Introduction 221
Measurement 222
The Composition of Happiness 225
Intense Positive Affect 230
Conclusions 236
References 238
Income’s Differential Influence on Judgments of Life Versus AffectiveWell-Being 240
Introduction 240
Methods 243
Results 244
References 251
New Measures ofWell-Being 253
Why New Scales? 254
The Current Study 259
Results 262
Discussion 266
Future Research 267
Appendix: The Scales 268
PsychologicalWell-Being Scale (PWB) 269
Positive Thinking Scale (PTS) 269
References 270
Conclusion: Future Directions in Measuring Well-Being 273
What We Have Learned So Far 273
Methodological Issues Beyond Measurement 275
What We Do Not Need 276
What We Need Now 276
Conclusions 279
References 279

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.6.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Social Indicators Research Series
• Reihe/Serie: Social Indicators Research Series
• Zusatzinfo: X, 274 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Emotion • Emotions • Happiness • Life Satisfaction • Personality • quality of life • Subjective Well-Being • well-being
• ISBN-10: 90-481-2354-2 / 9048123542
• ISBN-13: 978-90-481-2354-4 / 9789048123544