Adaptation and the Set-Point Model of Subjective Well-Being: Does Happiness Change after Major Life Events?
Hedonic adaptation refers to the process by which individuals return to baseline levels of happiness following a change in life circumstances. Dominant models of subjective well-being (SWB) suggest that people can adapt to almost any life event and that happiness levels fluctuate around a biological...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Current Directions in Psychological Science. - Sage Publications, Inc.. - 16(2007), 2, Seite 75-79 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Current Directions in Psychological Science |
| Schlagworte: | happiness subjective well-being adaptation set-point theory Behavioral sciences Philosophy Health sciences Mathematics Physical sciences |
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