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How happy are people today? Were people happier in the past? How satisfied with their lives are people in different societies? And how do our living conditions affect all of this? These are difficult questions to answer, but they are questions that undoubtedly matter for each of us personally.
- Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Max Roser
- 2013
Feb 17, 2022 · Life satisfaction has stronger effects on other aspects of human flourishing than does the merely emotional dimension of happiness. Human flourishing, however, extends beyond just...
Sep 21, 2022 · The bottom-up theory considers overall life satisfaction as a function of various areas of life satisfaction, whereas the top-down theory considers the areas of life satisfaction as a function of dispositional factors such as personality.
Feb 10, 2023 · Satisfaction with life tends to foster a sense of meaning in one's life (cf. section “How does satisfaction with life affect perceived meaning of life?”), and this top-down effect should be acknowledged in programs that aim to promote meaningfulness, such as currently in moral education.
May 4, 2018 · While on the one hand, satisfaction in domains of life might affect life satisfaction; on the other hand, overall life satisfaction might affect individual’s satisfaction.
- Viviana Amati, Silvia Meggiolaro, Giulia Rivellini, Susanna Zaccarin
- 10.1186/s41118-018-0032-z
- 2018
- Genus. 2018; 74(1): 7.
May 22, 2024 · Our satisfaction with our lives in these areas combines to create our overall life satisfaction. On the other hand, top-down theories state that our overall life satisfaction influences (or even determines) our life satisfaction in the many different domains.
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While happiness and life satisfaction declined substantially, the drop in meaning and purpose was noticeably smaller. Social connectedness also fell less than expected, suggesting to VanderWeele that people have been ispending more time with those they live with, or reaching out over Zoom.
