Understanding subjective well-being: perspectives from psychology and public health

作者：Kirti Das, Carla Jones-Harrell, Yingling Fan, Anu Ramaswami, Ben Orlove, Nisha Botchwey · 发表于：Public health reviews · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1186/s40985-020-00142-5 · 被引用次数：405 · 研究领域：Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction、Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions、Health, psychology, and well-being

BACKGROUND: Individual subjective well-being (SWB) is essential for creating and maintaining healthy, productive societies. The literature on SWB is vast and dispersed across multiple disciplines. However, few reviews have summarized the theoretical and empirical tenets of SWB literature across disciplinary boundaries. METHODS: We cataloged and consolidated SWB-related theories and empirical evidence from the fields of psychology and public health using a combination of online catalogs of scholarly articles and online search engines to retrieve relevant articles. For both theories and determinants/correlates of SWB, PubMed, PsychINFO, and Google Scholar were used to obtain relevant articles. Articles for the review were screened for relevance, varied perspectives, journal impact, geographic location of study, and topicality. A core theme of SWB empirical literature was the identification of SWB determinants/correlates, and over 100 research articles were reviewed and summarized for this review. RESULTS: We found that SWB theories can be classified into four groups: fulfillment and engagement theories, personal orientation theories, evaluative theories, and emotional theories. A critical analysis of the conflicts and overlaps between these theories reveals the lack of a coherent theoretical and methodological framework that would make empirical research systematically comparable. We found that determinants/correlates of SWB can be grouped into seven broad categories: basic dem...