Well-Being

by Kahneman, Daniel; Diener, Ed; Schwarz, Norbert

• ISBN13: 9780871544247
• ISBN10: 0871544245
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Author Biography

Daniel Kahneman is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and professor of public affairs at Princeton University. Ed Diener is professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Norbert Schwarz is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and senior research scientist at the Survey Research Center and the Research Center for Group Dynamics of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Michael Argyle is professor emeritus of psychology at Oxford Brookes University and reader emeritus in social psychology at Oxford University. Jorge Armony is Kinross Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience in the Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, London. Howard Berenbaum is professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Kent C. Berridge is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ian A. Brodkin is assistant clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of British Columbia. John T. Cacioppo is professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. Nancy Cantor is provost and executive vice-president and professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Anuradha F. Chawla is doctoral candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Guelph. Martin W. DeVries is professor of social psychiatry at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and is scientific director of the International Institute for Psycho-Social and Socio-Ecological Research (IPSER). Eric Eich is professor of cognitive psychology at the University of British Columbia. Shane Frederick is doctoral candidate in social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Barbara L. Fredrickson is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nico H. Frijda is professor emeritus at Amsterdam University. Paul Frijters is senior research associate in economics at the Free University, Amsterdam. Jose Gomez is doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Heidi Grant is doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University. E. Tory Higgins is professor of psychology in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University Bartley G. Hoebel is professor in the Psychology Department at Princeton University. Tiffany A. Ito is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Colorado. Michael Kubovy is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. Randy J. Larsen is Stuckenberg Professor of Human Values and Moral Development in the Psychology Department of Washington University in St. Louis. Huynh-Nhu Le is postdoctoral fellow in psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Joseph LeDoux is Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science in the Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology at New York University. George Loewenstein is professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Richard E. Lucas is doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Gregory P. Mark is assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland. William N. Morris is professor of psychology at Dartmouth College. David G. Myers is John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology at Hope College. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema is professor of psychology and director of the Gender and Mental Health Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Christopher Peterson is professor of psychology and director of clinical training at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Emmanuel N. Pothos is associate research scientist in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University. Pedro V. Rada is professor in the Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine, University of Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. Chitra Raghavan is postdoctoral fellow in psychiatry at Yale University. John L. Reeves is director of Behavioral Medical Services in the Pain Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Paul Rozin is Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Cheryl L. Rusting is assistant professor of psychology at the State University of New York, Buffalo. Catherine A. Sanderson is assistant professor of psychology at Amherst College. Robert M. Sapolsky is professor of biological sciences and neuroscience at Stanford University and research associate at the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. David Schkade is professor of management and the William T. Spriegel Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin. James Shah is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Saul S. Shiffman is professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Peter Shizgal is professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology at Concordia University. Arthur A. Stone is professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and is vicechair for research in the Department of Psychiatry. Fritz Strack is professor of psychology at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany. Eunkook Mark Suh is doctoral candidate is psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Bernard M. S. Van Praag is professor of applied economic research at the University of Amsterdam and managing director of the Foundation for Economic Research of the University of Amsterdam. Laura Vernon is doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Peter Warr is research professor at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
Preface	ix
PART I HOW CAN WE KNOW WHO IS HAPPY? CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES	3	(106)
1 Objective Happiness	3	(23)
Daniel Kahneman
2 Ecological Momentary Assessment	26	(14)
Arthur A. Stone
Saul S. Shiffman
Marten W. DeVries
3 Measurement Issues in Emotion Research	40	(21)
Randy J. Larsen
Barbara L. Fredrickson
4 Reports of Subjective Well-Being: Judgmental Processes and Their Methodological Implications	61	(24)
Norbert Schwarz
Fritz Strack
5 Wouldn't It Be Nice? Predicting Future Feelings	85	(24)
George Loewenstein
David Schkade
PART II FEELING GOOD OR BAD: PLEASURES AND PAINS; MOODS AND EMOTIONS	109	(104)
6 Preadaptation and the Puzzles and Properties of Pleasure	109	(25)
Paul Rozin
7 On the Pleasures of the Mind	134	(21)
Michael Kubovy
8 Questions Concerning Pain	155	(14)
Eric Eich
Ian A. Brodkin
John L. Reeves
Anuradha F. Chawla
9 The Mood System	169	(21)
William N. Morris
10 Emotions and Hedonic Experience	190	(23)
Nico H. Frijda
PART III PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES	213	(140)
11 Personality and Subjective Well-Being	213	(17)
Ed Diener
Richard E. Lucas
12 Life Task Participation and Well-Being: The Importance of Taking Part in Daily Life	230	(14)
Nancy Cantor
Catherine A. Sanderson
13 Self-Regulation and Quality of Life: Emotional and Non-Emotional Life Experiences	244	(23)
E. Tory Higgins
Heidi Grant
James Shah
14 Disturbances in Emotion	267	(21)
Howard Berenbaum
Chitra Raghavan
Huynh-Nhu Le
Laura Vernon
Jose Gomez
15 Personal Control and Well-Being	288	(14)
Christopher Peterson
16 Hedonic Adaptation	302	(28)
Shane Frederick
George Loewenstein
17 Gender Differences in Well-Being	330	(23)
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Cheryl L. Rusting
PART IV THE SOCIAL CONTEXT	353	(100)
18 Causes and Correlates of Happiness	353	(21)
Michael Argyle
19 Close Relationships and Quality of Life	374	(18)
David G. Myers
20 Well-Being and the Workplace	392	(21)
Peter Warr
21 The Measurement of Welfare and Well-Being: The Leyden Approach	413	(21)
Bernard M. S. van Praag
Paul Frijters
22 National Differences in Subjective Well-Being	434	(19)
Ed Diener
Eunkook Mark Suh
PART V BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES	453	(120)
23 The Physiology and Pathophysiology of Unhappiness	453	(17)
Robert M. Sapolsky
24 The Psychophysiology of Utility Appraisals	470	(19)
Tiffany A. Ito
John T. Cacioppo
25 Can Neurobiology Tell Us Anything About Human Feelings?	489	(11)
Joseph LeDoux
Jorge Armony
26 On the Neural Computation of Utility: Implications from Studies of Brain Stimulation Reward	500	(25)
Peter Shizgal
27 Pleasure, Pain, Desire, and Dread: Hidden Core Processes of Emotion	525	(33)
Kent C. Berridge
28 Neural Systems for Reinforcement and Inhibition of Behavior: Relevance to Eating, Addiction, and Depression	558	(15)
Bartley G. Hoebel
Pedro V. Rada
Gregory P. Mark
Emmanuel N. Pothos
Contributors	573	(2)
Index	575