Determinants of Subjective Well Being

Authors

  • Carla Woyciekoski UFRGS
  • Fernanda Stenert UFAM
  • Claudio Simon Hutz UFRGS

Keywords:

Subjective well-being, personality, life events, determinants of subjective well-being.

Abstract

The Subjective Well-being (SWB) refers to an individual experience and subjective evaluation of life as positive, and includes variables such as satisfaction with life and experience of positive affect. Several studies describe the main determinants of SWB, such as personality traits, social support, economic and cultural factors and life events. This study aimed to verify, through a literature review, held in the databases Web of Science and SciELO, the determinants of subjective well-being that are most frequently cited and researched. The review points out to the possibility of an interaction between personality, life events and environment influencing the subjective well-being, and thus, suggesting an interactionist approach to a better understanding of the major factors causing a higher or lower subjective well-being.

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Author Biographies

Carla Woyciekoski, UFRGS

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (1999), Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (2006) e Doutoranda em Psicologia na UFRGS.

Fernanda Stenert, UFAM

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do rio Grande do Sul (2011) e Mestranda em Psicologia na universidade Federal de Manaus.

Claudio Simon Hutz, UFRGS

Graduado em Psicologia pela Universidade de Haifa (1973), mestre em Psicologia - University of Iowa (1979) e doutor em Psicologia - University of Iowa (1981). Atualmente é Professor Titular da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2012-05-07

How to Cite

Woyciekoski, C., Stenert, F., & Hutz, C. S. (2012). Determinants of Subjective Well Being. Psico, 43(3). Retrieved from https://pucrs.emnuvens.com.br/revistapsico/article/view/8263

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Vol. 43 No. 3 (2012)

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