This paper aims to present a theoretical survey of the capability approach in an interdisciplinary and accessible way. It focuses on the main conceptual and theoretical aspects of the capability approach, as developed by Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum, and others. The capability approach is a broad normative framework for the evaluation and assessment of individual well-being and social arrangeme...

as in most countries men enjoy a higher level of financial prosperity and prestige of employment, it is reasonably expected that they should enjoy a higher level of subjective well-being as well, but the results of a number of studies as well as world values surveys surprisingly indicate the opposite—that gender privileges with respect to subjective well-being in many countries are higher in wo...

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This paper examines the notion of “subjective well-being” as it is used in literature on subjective measures of well-being. I argue that those who employ the notion differ at least superficially on at least two points: first, about the relationship between subjective well-being and well-being simpliciter, and second, about the constituents of subjective well-being. In an effort to reconcile the...

abstract background and purpose: subjective well-being plays a crucial role in human life given the positive impacts it has on mental and physical health, longevity, and quality of life. therefore, it is important to evaluate and promote subjective well-being and its relevant factors. this study aimed to assess the role of social capital in subjective well-being among iranian adolescents. metho...

the current study aims at studying the relationship between the religious attitudes and the coping skills and the subjective well-being of the students of the azad university, gorgan branch. to do this, 357 female and male students of the azad university of gorgan were randomly selected using cluster sampling. data were collected by using a questionnaire on assessing the religious attitudes (ra...