Alex C. Michalos

Global Report on Student Well-Being (eBook, PDF)

Life Satisfaction and Happiness

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first volume of a 4-volume reference work on student happiness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 253
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461230984
• Artikelnr.: 44179709

Inhaltsangabe

1 Literature Review.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 The Question.
1.3 General Problems with Surveys and Interviews.
1.4 Mood versus Stability.
1.5 Measuring Instruments.
1.6 Satisfaction and Happiness Explained by Domain Satisfaction and Background Conditions.
1.7 Discrepancy Theories.
2 Multiple Discrepancies Theory.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Seven Discrepancies.
2.3 The Social Construction of Knowledge and Value.
2.4 Mediators, Background Conditioners and Action.
3 Samples, Methods and Instruments.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Samples and Methods.
3.3 Instruments.
4 Descriptive Statistics.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Country Totals.
4.3 Males and Females.
4.4 World Norms.
5 Life Satisfaction and Happiness Explained by Domain Satisfaction and Background Conditions.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Previous Research.
5.3 World Sample, Males and Females.
5.4 Country Analyses.
5.5 Prediction Success Ratios.
5.6 Religion and Other Special Cases.
6 Life Satisfaction and Happiness Explained by MDT.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 World Sample.
6.3 Males and Females.
6.4 Thirty
Eight Countries.
6.5 Prediction Success Ratios.
6.6 MDT with Social Support and Self
Esteem.
7 Concluding Remarks.
References.
Appendix 1. Participating scholars.
Appendix 2. Abbreviations and definitions.
Appendix 3. Results of regressions of life satisfaction and happiness scores on 12 domain satisfaction and 9 demographic scores for university samples and combined country samples, alphabetically by country.
Appendix 4. Satisfaction and happiness with life as a whole explained by MDT, alphabetically by country and university.
Appendix 5. Satisfaction and happiness with life as a whole explained by MDT including measures of social support and self
esteem, alphabetically by countries.