By Shigehiro Oishi(auth.), Mark Snyder(eds.)
The mental Wealth of Nationsreviews the diversity of recent clinical learn on the topic of person and societal happiness.
- Presents a accomplished evaluate of happiness, from conceptual and size concerns to an exploration of predictors and results of happiness
- Explores the psychology and economics of happiness and examines the correlations among societal wealth, productiveness, and happiness in several countries
- Offers compelling insights into the methods person happiness affects the mental wealth of total society
- Features a hugely interdisciplinary method, with issues of philosophy, sociology, economics, political sciences, in addition to psychology
Content:
Chapter 1 what's mental Wealth? (pages 1–17):
Chapter 2 The size of mental Wealth (pages 18–33):
Chapter three the fabric and mental Wealth of people (pages 35–56):
Chapter four Relational and mental Wealth (pages 57–72):
Chapter five character and mental Wealth (pages 73–90):
Chapter 6 Interventions in mental Wealth (pages 91–102):
Chapter 7 the advantages of mental Wealth (pages 103–125):
Chapter eight optimum degrees of mental Wealth: Is extra continuously higher? (pages 126–134):
Chapter nine what's an exceptional Society? (pages 135–144):
Chapter 10 fabric Wealth and mental Wealth of countries (pages 145–158):
Chapter eleven mental Wealth of countries past funds (pages 159–172):
Chapter 12 chuffed members, satisfied Society? (pages 173–182):
Chapter thirteen precis and end (pages 183–191):
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0001). 58, respectively, on a five-point scale, which is a rather large effect. 20. 55 difference on a 0–10 point scale). Unlike Kahneman and colleagues (2006), Lucas and Schimmack also showed that the differences beyond $50,000 were as large as below those $50,000. Moreover, Easterlin (2005a) showed that, once income data is logtransformed, the relationship between family income and self-reported happiness is linear (Kahneman & Deaton, 2010 did use log-transformation and still found a curvelinear relation on positive and negative affect).
Abercrombie and colleagues (2004) found that breast cancer patients had flatter cortisol patterns than a control group. Interestingly, the control group had higher cortisol levels in the morning, but cancer patients remained at relatively high levels throughout the afternoon and evening. Among the participants in the control condition, the flatter slope was associated with perceived stress, lack of social support, and lower scores in immediate recall and delayed recall memory tests (see Sephton & Spiegel, 2003 for a review).
Nakazato, Schimmack, and I (2011) analyzed the German Socio-Economic Panel data on 3,658 people over 20 years to answer this question. 3, moving significantly increased people’s satisfaction with their housing.