“…Numerous literature reviews on this topic have been written in recent years within the discipline of psychology (e.g., Diener, Suh, Lucas, & Smith, 1999;Dolan, Peasgood, & White, 2008;Kahneman & Krueger, 2006) and economics (e.g., Blanchflower & Oswald, 2004;Helliwell & Putnam, 2004). Human wellbeing has been described as "the ultimate 'dependent variable'," that is, the outcome from which all other outcomes derive importance (Helliwell & Putnam, 2004, p. 1435. Other outcomes, such as income and occupational status attainments, are typically valued because they are perceived as contributing to wellbeing.…”