The Experts below are selected from a list of 291 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform
Raksha Arora - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
wealth and happiness across the world Material Prosperity predicts life evaluation whereas psychosocial Prosperity predicts positive feeling
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2010Co-Authors: Ed Diener, Weiting Ng, James K Harter, Raksha AroraAbstract:: The Gallup World Poll, the first representative sample of planet Earth, was used to explore the reasons why happiness is associated with higher income, including the meeting of basic needs, fulfillment of psychological needs, increasing satisfaction with one's standard of living, and public goods. Across the globe, the association of log income with subjective well-being was linear but convex with raw income, indicating the declining marginal effects of income on subjective well-being. Income was a moderately strong predictor of life evaluation but a much weaker predictor of positive and negative feelings. Possessing luxury conveniences and satisfaction with standard of living were also strong predictors of life evaluation. Although the meeting of basic and psychological needs mediated the effects of income on life evaluation to some degree, the strongest mediation was provided by standard of living and ownership of conveniences. In contrast, feelings were most associated with the fulfillment of psychological needs: learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the ability to count on others in an emergency. Thus, two separate types of Prosperity-economic and social psychological-best predict different types of well-being.
Ed Diener - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
wealth and happiness across the world Material Prosperity predicts life evaluation whereas psychosocial Prosperity predicts positive feeling
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2010Co-Authors: Ed Diener, Weiting Ng, James K Harter, Raksha AroraAbstract:: The Gallup World Poll, the first representative sample of planet Earth, was used to explore the reasons why happiness is associated with higher income, including the meeting of basic needs, fulfillment of psychological needs, increasing satisfaction with one's standard of living, and public goods. Across the globe, the association of log income with subjective well-being was linear but convex with raw income, indicating the declining marginal effects of income on subjective well-being. Income was a moderately strong predictor of life evaluation but a much weaker predictor of positive and negative feelings. Possessing luxury conveniences and satisfaction with standard of living were also strong predictors of life evaluation. Although the meeting of basic and psychological needs mediated the effects of income on life evaluation to some degree, the strongest mediation was provided by standard of living and ownership of conveniences. In contrast, feelings were most associated with the fulfillment of psychological needs: learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the ability to count on others in an emergency. Thus, two separate types of Prosperity-economic and social psychological-best predict different types of well-being.
Fernando Garciaquero - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
buen vivir living well in ecuador community and environmental satisfaction without household Material Prosperity
Ecological Economics, 2014Co-Authors: Jorge Guardiola, Fernando GarciaqueroAbstract:This paper provides a quantitative approach to assessing whether the subjective wellbeing (SWB) of Ecuadorian people is dependent on income and employment or on more distinctive features relating to Buen Vivir ethos. The latter are reflected in the indigenous Buen Vivir ideology, based mainly on relations with the community, the environment and food sovereignty. The empirical analysis shows that both Buen Vivir features and factors such as income and unemployment status are significant in the models explaining SWB. Accordingly, economic policies should take into account the Buen Vivir ethos, that seems to be important for the SWB of the Ecuadorian people. This supports the conservationist political position, which focuses on protecting the environment and people's traditional livelihoods, rather than the extractive view, which regards people's welfare as merely dependent on income.
Weiting Ng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
wealth and happiness across the world Material Prosperity predicts life evaluation whereas psychosocial Prosperity predicts positive feeling
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2010Co-Authors: Ed Diener, Weiting Ng, James K Harter, Raksha AroraAbstract:: The Gallup World Poll, the first representative sample of planet Earth, was used to explore the reasons why happiness is associated with higher income, including the meeting of basic needs, fulfillment of psychological needs, increasing satisfaction with one's standard of living, and public goods. Across the globe, the association of log income with subjective well-being was linear but convex with raw income, indicating the declining marginal effects of income on subjective well-being. Income was a moderately strong predictor of life evaluation but a much weaker predictor of positive and negative feelings. Possessing luxury conveniences and satisfaction with standard of living were also strong predictors of life evaluation. Although the meeting of basic and psychological needs mediated the effects of income on life evaluation to some degree, the strongest mediation was provided by standard of living and ownership of conveniences. In contrast, feelings were most associated with the fulfillment of psychological needs: learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the ability to count on others in an emergency. Thus, two separate types of Prosperity-economic and social psychological-best predict different types of well-being.
James K Harter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
-
wealth and happiness across the world Material Prosperity predicts life evaluation whereas psychosocial Prosperity predicts positive feeling
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2010Co-Authors: Ed Diener, Weiting Ng, James K Harter, Raksha AroraAbstract:: The Gallup World Poll, the first representative sample of planet Earth, was used to explore the reasons why happiness is associated with higher income, including the meeting of basic needs, fulfillment of psychological needs, increasing satisfaction with one's standard of living, and public goods. Across the globe, the association of log income with subjective well-being was linear but convex with raw income, indicating the declining marginal effects of income on subjective well-being. Income was a moderately strong predictor of life evaluation but a much weaker predictor of positive and negative feelings. Possessing luxury conveniences and satisfaction with standard of living were also strong predictors of life evaluation. Although the meeting of basic and psychological needs mediated the effects of income on life evaluation to some degree, the strongest mediation was provided by standard of living and ownership of conveniences. In contrast, feelings were most associated with the fulfillment of psychological needs: learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the ability to count on others in an emergency. Thus, two separate types of Prosperity-economic and social psychological-best predict different types of well-being.