OBJECTIVES Activity has long been thought to be related to successful aging. This study was designed to examine longitudinally the relation between everyday activities and indicators of successful aging, namely well-being, function, and mortality. METHODS The study was based on the Aging in Manitoba Study, with activity being measured in 1990 and function, well-being, and mortality assessed i...

The present study investigated theoretically and empirically derived similarities and differences between the constructs of enduring happiness and self-esteem. Participants (N = 621), retired employees ages 51 to 95, completed standardized measures of affect, personality, psychosocial characteristics, physical health, and demographics. The relations between each of the two target variables (hap...

The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that economic well-being has a statistically significant but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is based almost entirely on weak relationships between household income and SWB. But income is clearly an imperfect measure of economic well-being. Also needed are measures of wealth (net worth) and consum...

abstract background: happiness is a drive and constructive force of life. a person feels wellbeing under different effective factors. religious dogmatism that has an influence on the entire world is one of the depreciatory factors of happiness or wellbeing. the current study decided to analyze the relation between dogmatism and wellbeing, and according to a model, answer the following question:...

This paper presents a review of literature, validation, methods, and applications of subjective well-being data in economic analysis. The idea is to provide researchers and policy makers a comprehensive guideline to what need to be considered before embarking on a research in the economics of happiness such as data collection and the validation of happiness scales.

BACKGROUND In recent years there have been numerous attempts to define and measure happiness in various contexts and pertaining to a wide range of disciplines, ranging from neuroscience and psychology to philosophy, economics and social policy. This article builds on recent work by economists who attempt to estimate happiness regressions using large random samples of individuals in order to cal...