Published June, 2012
By M. Joseph Sirgy and Joseph Sirgy
Publisher: Springer (Springer Netherlands)
Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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The new updated edition of this popular text uses a proposed theory to posit that much of the research on subjective well-being can be construed in terms of psychological strategies people use to optimize their happiness and life satisfaction.

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Published September, 2011
By Valerie Moller and Valerie Møller
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Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy has gained it world recognition. Sixteen social scientists, experts in fields as wide-ranging as economics, politics, and development planning, have compiled a social report on South Africa two years into democracy.

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Published December, 2010
By M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, A. Coskun Samli and Joseph Sirgy
Publisher: Springer
Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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This volume is relevant to quality-of-life researchers working in the areas of social medicine, sustainable development, social indicators research and health psychology/behavioral medicine.

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Published December, 2010
By A.C. Michalos and Alex C. Michalos
Publisher: Springer
Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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Since initiating the journal Social Indicators Research in 1974, Alex C. The final paper, on multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), is the author's unique contribution to an empirically testable new foundation for theories of utility, satisfaction and happiness.

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Published December, 2010
By Anne Dannerbeck, Ferran Casas, Marta Sadurni and Germa Coenders
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This title is a must-read for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of the behaviours of children and adolescents.

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Published December, 2010
By Bruno D. Zumbo
Publisher: Springer
Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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The knowledge base in the domains of quality of life, well-being, and subjective well-being is continuing to grow at a rapid rate.

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Published November, 2010
By Heidrun Mollenkopf and Alan Walker
Publisher: Springer
Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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This volume brings together leading researchers on quality of life in old age to focus on one of the most important issues in both gerontology and quality of life studies. For these reasons and the high quality of the authors we have assembled, this will be a seminal text for both gerontology and quality of life researchers.

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Published November, 2010
By Asher Ben-Arieh and Robert M. Goerge
Publisher: Springer (Springer Netherlands)
Series: Social Indicators Research Series
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Published November, 2010
By Valerie Moller, Denis Huschka and Valerie Møller
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While stability, trust, equal access to resources and the social integration of disadvantaged members of society enhance well-being, poverty, social exclusion, congestion in cities, HIV/AIDS and global warming pose threats to both modern and traditional lifestyles.

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Published October, 2010
By Daniel T.L. Shek, Ying Keung Chan and Paul S.N. Lee
Publisher: Springer
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The majority of studies on the quality of life have been conducted in Western contexts and are based on Western participants. Also, there are fewer QOL studies based on children and adolescents, or studies that examine the relationship between QOL and economic disadvantage.

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