M. Joseph Sirgy

The Psychology of Quality of Life (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book summarizes much of the research in subjective well-being and integrates this research into a parsimonious theory. The theory posits that much of the research on subjective well-being can be construed in terms of the personal strategies that people use to `optimize' their happiness and life satisfaction. These strategies include bottom-up spillover, top-down spillover, horizontal spillover, balance, re-evaluation, goal selection, and goal implementation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 281
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401599047
• Artikelnr.: 44182658

Autorenporträt

M. Joseph Sirgy is a personality/social/industrial psychologist who has written extensively on the subject of quality-of-life. He is the director of the Office of Quality-of-Life Measurement (OQOLM) and a professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the USA. He is also the executive director of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction.- Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures of Wellbeing.- Further Distinctions among Major Concepts of Wellbeing.- Positive Outcomes of Wellbeing.- Part II: Objective Reality and Effects on Wellbeing.- Effects of Technological, Economic, Political, and Socio-Cultural Factors on Wellbeing.- Effects of Resources (Time, Money, Income, and Wealth) on Wellbeing.- Effects of Demographic Factors on Wellbeing.- Effects of Personal and Consumption Activities on Wellbeing.- Effects of Biology, Drugs, Life Events, and the Environment on Wellbeing.- Part III: Subjective Reality and Effects on Wellbeing.- Effects of Personality on Wellbeing.- Effects of Affect and Cognition on Wellbeing.- Effects of Beliefs and Values on Wellbeing.- Effects of Needs and Need Satisfaction on Wellbeing.- Effects of Goals on Wellbeing.- Effects of Self-Concept on Wellbeing.- Effects of Social Comparisons on Wellbeing.- Part IV: Life Domains and Effects on Wellbeing.- Effects of Domain Dynamics on Wellbeing.- Work Wellbeing.- Residential Wellbeing.- Material Wellbeing.- Social, Family, and Marital Wellbeing.- Health Wellbeing.- Leisure Wellbeing.- Wellbeing in Other Life Domains.- Part V: Population Segments and Wellbeing.- The Wellbeing of Children and Youth.- The Wellbeing of Older Adults.- The Wellbeing of Women.- The Wellbeing of Geographic Population Segments.- The Wellbeing of Specialty Population Segments.- Part VI: Epilogue.- Integrative Models of Wellbeing.- Philosophy and Public Policy Issues Related to Wellbeing.

Rezensionen

From the reviews of the second edition:
"Written by one of the field's most preeminent theoreticians, the volume is an essential reference work for all researchers and scholars of quality of life. Personally, I enjoyed reading this book because it shows clearly and directly the necessity of integrating both micro- and macro-level views into the study of quality of life." (Graciela Tonon, Applied Research in Quality of Life, April, 2013)