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Keon West - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

West Keon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • I feel better naked: Communal naked activity increases body appreciation by reducing social physique anxiety.
    'Informa UK Limited', 2020
    Co-Authors: West Keon
    Abstract:

    Positive body image predicts several Measures of Happiness, well-being, and sexual functioning. Prior research has suggested a link between communal naked activity and positive body image, but has thus far not clarified either the direction or mechanisms of this relationship. This was the first randomised controlled trail of the effects of nakedness on body image. Two potential explanatory mediators of this effect were also investigated. Fifty-one participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups in which they interacted with other people either naked (naked condition) or clothed (control condition). All participants completed Measures of body appreciation before and after the intervention, as well as Measures of the relative perceived attractiveness of others and social physique anxiety immediately after the intervention. Perceived attractiveness of others was neither affected by the manipulation nor corelated with body appreciation. However, as expected, participants in the naked condition reported more body appreciation, an effect that was mediated by reductions in social physique anxiety. This research provides initial evidence that naked activity can lead to improvements in body image and evidence of a specific explanatory mechanism. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed

Erik Angner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Is it possible to measure Happiness
    European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2013
    Co-Authors: Erik Angner
    Abstract:

    A ubiquitous argument against mental-state accounts of well-being is based on the notion that mental states like Happiness and satisfaction simply cannot be measured. The purpose of this paper is to articulate and to assess this “argument from measurability.” My main thesis is that the argument fails: on the most charitable interpretation, it relies on the false proposition that measurement requires the existence of an observable ordering satisfying conditions like transitivity. The failure of the argument from measurability, however, does not translate into a defense of mental-state accounts as accounts of well-being or of Measures of Happiness and satisfaction as Measures of well-being. Indeed, I argue, the ubiquity of the argument from measurability may have obscured other, very real problems associated with mental-state accounts of well-being – above all, that Happiness and satisfaction fail to track well-being – and with Measures of Happiness and satisfaction – above all, the tendency toward reification. I conclude that the central problem associated with the measurement of, e.g., Happiness as a subjectively experienced mental state is not that it is too hard to measure, but rather that it is too easy to measure.

  • Subjective Well-Being: When, and Why, it Matters
    SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
    Co-Authors: Erik Angner
    Abstract:

    The purpose of this paper is to give a principled answer to the question of under what conditions Measures of Happiness or life satisfaction, understood as subjectively experienced mental states, can serve as proxies for well-being. According to a widely held view, Measures of Happiness and life satisfaction represent well-being because Happiness and life satisfaction are constitutive of well-being. This position, however, is untenable. Efforts to address this question in terms of Amartya Sen’s capability approach have been similarly unsuccessful. Instead, I argue, Happiness and life satisfaction matter because, and insofar as, people want to be happy and/or satisfied; consequently, Measures of Happiness and life satisfaction can serve as Measures of well-being whenever Happiness is sufficiently correlated with or causally efficacious in bringing about greater preference satisfaction. While this position entails a less expansive view of the uses of Happiness and life satisfaction Measures, I maintain that if their proponents were to take this line, many of the objections to their enterprise can be met.

Capaldi, Colin A - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries
    'Springer Science and Business Media LLC', 2020
    Co-Authors: Krys Kuba, Park Joonha, Kocimska-zych Agata, Kosiarczyk Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A, Wojtczuk-turek Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W, Uchida Yukiko, Torres Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A
    Abstract:

    Numerous studies document that societal Happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal Happiness because the most common measure of societal Happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of Happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different Measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal Happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed Measures of Happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for Happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled

  • Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal Happiness is an individualistic presumption: Evidence from fifty countries
    'Springer Science and Business Media LLC', 2020
    Co-Authors: Krys Kuba, Park Joonha, Kocimska-zych Agata, Kosiarczyk Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A, Wojtczuk-turek Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W, Uchida Yukiko, Torres Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A
    Abstract:

    Abstract Numerous studies document that societal Happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal Happiness because the most common measure of societal Happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of Happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different Measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal Happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed Measures of Happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for Happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled. Keywords Family Happiness · Interdependent Happiness · Life satisfaction · Selfconstruals · Individualism · Collectivism · Well-being · Cultur

Hussien Elkholy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Towards a cross-cultural assessment of binge-watching: Psychometric evaluation of the “watching TV series motives” and “binge-watching engagement and symptoms” questionnaires across nine languages
    Computers in Human Behavior, 2020
    Co-Authors: Maèva Flayelle, Jesús Castro-calvo, Claus Vögele, Robert S. Astur, Rafael Ballester-arnal, Gaëlle Challet-bouju, Matthias Brand, Georgina Cárdenas, Gaëtan Devos, Hussien Elkholy
    Abstract:

    Abstract In view of the growing interest regarding binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of television (TV) series in a single sitting) research, two Measures were developed and validated to assess binge-watching involvement (“Binge-Watching Engagement and Symptoms Questionnaire”, BWESQ) and related motivations (“Watching TV Series Motives Questionnaire”, WTSMQ). To promote international and cross-cultural binge-watching research, the present article reports on the validation of these questionnaires in nine languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Hungarian, Persian, Arabic, Chinese). Both questionnaires were disseminated, together with additional self-report Measures of Happiness, psychopathological symptoms, impulsivity and problematic internet use among TV series viewers from a college/university student population (N = 12,616) in 17 countries. Confirmatory factor, measurement invariance and correlational analyses were conducted to establish structural and construct validity. The two questionnaires had good psychometric properties and fit in each language. Equivalence across languages and gender was supported, while construct validity was evidenced by similar patterns of associations with complementary Measures of Happiness, psychopathological symptoms, impulsivity and problematic internet use. The results support the psychometric validity and utility of the WTSMQ and BWESQ for conducting cross-cultural research on binge-watching.