The Universality of Subjective Wellbeing Indicators

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Biographical Summaries of Contributors to this Volume

   • Eleonora Gullone, Robert A. Cummins

   Pages 1-3

3. Editorial

   • Eleonora Gullone, Robert A. Cummins

   Pages 5-6

4. A Model of Subjective Well-Being Homeostasis: The Role of Personality

   • Robert A. Cummins, Eleonora Gullone, Anna L. D. Lau

   Pages 7-46

5. Subjective Quality of Life: The Affective Dimension

   • Paul Bramston

   Pages 47-62

6. Theoretical Bases for the Measurement of Quality of Life

   • Jouko Kajanoja

   Pages 63-80

7. The Concept of Life Satisfaction Across Cultures: Exploring Its Diverse Meaning and Relation to Economic Wealth

   • Joar Vittersø, Espen Røysamb, Ed Diener

   Pages 81-103

8. Quality of Life in Residential Care

   • Edward Helmes, Lynne Austin

   Pages 105-128

9. The Universality of Quality of Life: An Empirical Approach Using the Whoqol

   • Mick J. Power, M. Bullinger, The Whoqol Group

   Pages 129-149

10. Predicting Quality of Work Life: From Work Conditions to Self-Regulation

    • Georgia Pomaki, Stan Maes

    Pages 151-173

11. Substitution, Buffers and Subjective Well-Being: A Hierarchical Approach

    • Anna Nieboer, Siegwart Lindenberg

    Pages 175-189

This book is concerned with the universality of wellbeing indicators. It provides contributions from international scholars in the field of quality of life and subjective well-being. The book provides substantial conceptual coverage on issues relating to the universality of subjective wellbeing including detailed discussion of central underlying mechanisms and processes involved in subjective wellbeing. The main topics covered include: the theoretical bases for the measurement of quality of life, the affective dimension in quality of life, the roles of homeostasis and personality in the processes of quality of life assessment and maintenance, the impact of factors including residential care, economic wealth, and work-related variables on subjective wellbeing.
The book is of interest to all who want to develop their understanding of the universality, assessment, development and maintenance of subjective wellbeing.

• Nation
• issue
• quality of life
• research
• psychopharmacology

• School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  Eleonora Gullone

• School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia

  Robert A. Cummins

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