Culture and Well-Being The Collected Works of Ed Diener /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Diener, Ed (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Social Indicators Research Series, 38
• Subjects: Psychology.; Medical research.; Economic policy.; Social policy.; Quality of life.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Psychometrics.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Social Policy.; Economic Policy.

The Collected Works of Ed Diener, in 3 volumes, present the major works of the leading research scientist studying happiness and well-being. Professor Diener has studied subjective well-being, people’s life satisfaction and positive emotions, for over a quarter of a century, and has published 200 wo...

Table of Contents:

• – Culture and Well-Being Works by Ed Diener
• Culture and Subjective Well-Being
• Factors Predicting the Subjective Well-Being of Nations
• Cross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem
• Goals, Culture, and Subjective Well-Being
• Cross-Cultural Variations in Predictors of Life Satisfaction: Perspectives from Needs and Values
• From Culture to Priming Conditions: Self-Construal Influences on Life Satisfaction Judgments
• The Dynamics of Daily Events and Well-Being Across Cultures: When Less Is More
• Norms for Experiencing Emotions in Different Cultures: Inter- and Intranational Differences
• Emotions Across Cultures and Methods
• Positivity and the Construction of Life Satisfaction Judgments: Global Happiness is Not the Sum of its Parts
• Most People Are Pretty Happy, but There Is Cultural Variation: The Inughuit, the Amish, and the Maasai
• Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Satisfaction in the Slums of Calcutta
• Conclusion: What We Have Learned and Where We Go Next.