Sustainability, Well-Being, and Happiness: A co-word Analysis

Manufacturing leisure Innovations in happiness , well - being

Redesigning Money to Serve Economies of Well-being and Happiness

I believe the greatest threat to the pursuit of genuine happiness and well-being is our current debt-money system. In the face of an international debt-crisis, it is remarkable that there is no serious discussion about the nature of money, or about how and who creates our money. While meaningful conversations about alternative measures of progress (e.g. Gross National Happiness, Genuine Progres...

The Dark Triad, happiness and subjective well-being

Narcissism can be expressed in grandiose or vulnerable forms. We examined whether positive psychological states (defined by the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) and the Diener Satisfaction With Life (SWL) scales) assisted differentiation relative to general personality traits and the ‘‘the Dark Triad’’ (psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism, measured by the D12 and Short Dark Triad (SD3...

Linguistic Reflexes of Well-Being and Happiness in Echo

Different theories posit different sources for feelings of well-being and happiness. Appraisal theory grounds our emotional responses in our goals and desires and their fulfillment, or lack of fulfillment. Self-Determination theory posits that the basis for well-being rests on our assessments of our competence, autonomy and social connection. And surveys that measure happiness empirically note ...

Happiness and Health: well-being among self- employed

During the last years researchers have shown an increasing interest in differences between the selfemployed and employees regarding how they feel about work. A persistent result is that self-employed are more satisfied with their jobs than wage-earners are. This paper extends the comparison between the well-being of self-employed and wage-earners to also incorporate mental health problems, phys...