Long- and short-term affective states in happiness: Model, paradigm and experimental evidence

A Review of the Tripartite Structure of Subjective Well-Being: Implications for Conceptualization, Operationalization, Analysis, and Synthesis

“…M. George, 1991;Klonowicz, 2001;Kozma, Stone, Stones, Hannah, & McNeil, 1990;Larsen & Prizmic, 2008;Lent, 2004;McKennell, 1978;Schimmack, 2008;Schimmack et al, 2002Schimmack et al, , 2008Singh & Jha, 2008). In some versions of this model, satisfaction with one's life is considered to be "the essence" of SWB (Davern al., 2007, p. 432; also see Oishi & Koo, 2008).…”

“…In other models, SWB is used in reference to the system of variables rather than just the LS component (e.g., Schimmack et al, 2002). A common rationale for a causal system approach is the proposition that people rely on affective information (e.g., how they feel about their lives and/or the balance of positive versus negative emotions reactions or memories) when forming assessments of overall LS (e.g., Kozma et al, 1990;Kuppens, Realo, & Diener, 2008;Schimmack, 2008;Schimmack et al, 2002Schimmack et al, , 2008. Other researchers have cast PA and NA as indicators of basic affective dispositions that influence the types of personal experiences and reactions to life events and, ultimately, affect LS judgments (J. M. George, 1991;Kozma et al, 1990).…”

“…A common rationale for a causal system approach is the proposition that people rely on affective information (e.g., how they feel about their lives and/or the balance of positive versus negative emotions reactions or memories) when forming assessments of overall LS (e.g., Kozma et al, 1990;Kuppens, Realo, & Diener, 2008;Schimmack, 2008;Schimmack et al, 2002Schimmack et al, , 2008. Other researchers have cast PA and NA as indicators of basic affective dispositions that influence the types of personal experiences and reactions to life events and, ultimately, affect LS judgments (J. M. George, 1991;Kozma et al, 1990). Thus, across causal system structural conceptualizations, PA and NA are thought to directly influence LS, either because of the impact of affective information on satisfaction judgments or as a result of dispositional tendencies toward positive and negative affective experiences and reactions to one's life.…”

Which personal quality of life domains affect the happiness of older South Africans?

“…For example, Csikszentmihalyi [1] equates happiness with subjective well-being; Veenhoven [2] and Michalos [3] feel that happiness is synonymous with life satisfaction; and Jeffres and Dobos [4] consider that perceived quality of life is the same as well-being, as does Cummins and his associates [5]. There is evidence that happiness and life satisfaction are related, but not identical, concepts [6][7][8], since they share a maximum of 60 percent common variance. However, there is general consensus that happiness and life satisfaction are global concepts with underlying well-being or perceived quality of life domains [1][2][3][4][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

“…In general, happiness, life satisfaction, well-being and quality of life are relatively stable [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. However, these concepts can be influenced by beneficial or adverse life events, such as winning the lottery or chronic unemployment [22,23].…”