http://hdl.handle.net/1765/16197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01078967
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01078967
scopus: cited 103 times
web of science: cited 100 times
The cross-national pattern of happiness. Test of predictions implied in three theories of happiness
January 1995
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volume 34, issue 1 pp 33-68.
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ABSTRACT. Predictions about level and dispersion of happiness in nations are derived from three theories of happiness: comparison-theory, folklore-theory and livability-theory. The predictions are tested on two cross national data-sets: a comparative survey among university students in 38 nations in 1985 and a collection of comparable general population surveys in 28 nations around 1980. Most predictions of comparison-theory and folklore-theory are defied by the data. The predictions of livability-theory are all confirmed.
Keywords
- life satisfaction
- subjective well-being
- happiness
- cross-national
- comparison theory
- need theory
- folklore theory
- livability theory
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