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Metrics of Subjective Well-Being: Limits and Improvements

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Editors:
  1. Gaël Brulé

    1. Happiness Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam Happiness Studies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Filomena Maggino

    1. Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" , Roma, Italy

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  • Analyses the quantification of the effect of factors measuring subjective well-being
  • Shows how the application of correct metrics can make studies less vulnerable
  • Reflects on different factors influencing quantification
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Happiness Studies Book Series (HAPS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Towards More Complexity in Subjective Well-Being Studies

    • Gaël Brulé, Filomena Maggino
    Pages 1-17

  4. Measurement Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Measures of Happiness: Which to Choose?

      • Ruut Veenhoven
      Pages 65-84

    3. Explaining the Decline in Subjective Well-Being Over Time in Panel Data

      • Katia Iglesias, Pascale Gazareth, Christian Suter
      Pages 85-105

    4. Reducing Current Limitations in Order to Enhance the Quality of Subjective Well-Being Research: The Example of Mindfulness

      • Rebecca Shankland, Ilios Kotsou, Caroline Cuny, Lionel Strub, Nicholas J. L. Brown
      Pages 107-132

    5. Measuring Indecision in Happiness Studies

      • Stefania Capecchi
      Pages 133-153

  5. Comparability Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Evaluating Comparability of Survey Data on Subjective Well-being

      • Ingebjørg Kristoffersen
      Pages 157-184

    3. Label Scale and Rating Scale in Subjective Well-Being Measurement

      • Ester Macri
      Pages 185-200

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 263-264
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About this book

This volume analyses the quantification of the effect of factors measuring subjective well-being, and in particular on the metrics applied. With happiness studies flourishing over the last decades, both in number of publications as well as in their exposure, researchers working in this field are aware of potential weaknesses and pitfalls of these metrics. Contributors to this volume reflect on different factors influencing quantification, such as scale size, wording, language, biases, and cultural comparability in order to raise awareness on the tools and on their conditions of use. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Happiness Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam Happiness Studies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Gaël Brulé

  • Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" , Roma, Italy

    Filomena Maggino

About the editors

Gaël Brulé(PhD) is a post-doc researcher in happiness studies at Erasmus University of Rotterdam. His areas of expertise are cross-national and cross-cultural comparison and comparability of happiness. 

Filomena Maggino is professor of Social Statistics at the University of Florence (Italy) and chief of the Laboratory of Statistics for Research in Social and Educational field. In the field of statistics applied to social research, her twenty-year research covers mainly data (i) production (with particular reference to subjective data assessment), (ii) analysis (with particular reference to multivariate analysis, scaling models and composite indicator construction), and presentation and dissemination (with particular reference to defining a model aimed at assessing the quality of communication in statistics). Her research interests aim at seeing these topics in the perspective of quality of life assessment. 

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