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Enacting a Eudaimonic View: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being in the Workplace 制定一个幸福观：工作场所幸福问卷的开发和验证

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Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01048-w

Yusuf Arslanparcasi

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Subjective Well-Being and Voting for Protest Parties. A Mediation Analysis for Election Survey Data From Belgium, 2024 主观幸福感与抗议政党的投票。对2024年比利时选举调查数据的中介分析

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Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01061-z

Marc Hooghe, Steven De Keyser, Dieter Stiers

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Purpose as a Psychological Need: Evaluation Against Established Criteria, Development of a Measure, and Empirical Evidence for a Link to Well-being 目的作为一种心理需求：对既定标准的评估，测量的发展，以及与幸福感联系的经验证据

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Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01063-x

Jose A. Espinoza, John P. Meyer

{"title":"Purpose as a Psychological Need: Evaluation Against Established Criteria, Development of a Measure, and Empirical Evidence for a Link to Well-being","authors":"Jose A. Espinoza, John P. Meyer","doi":"10.1007/s10902-026-01063-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01063-x","url":null,"abstract":"It is established that a sense of purpose in life is linked to well-being, but the case has yet to be made that purpose is a fundamental psychological need. In this research, we identify the purpose component from the tripartite model of meaning in life (George & Park, 2016; Martela & Steger, 2016) as having distinct motivational properties that might qualify it as a need according to Baumeister and Leary’s (1995) established criteria. We provide some evidence from the extant literature, but note that it is limited by the absence of measures of purpose conceptualized as a need. Thus, our primary objective was to develop and evaluate the Satisfaction and Frustration of Purpose Scales (SFPS) to use in more direct tests of the need for purpose against the established criteria. We applied established measure-development procedures and used data from an online sample of adults (<italic>N</italic> = 232) to select four items each to measure need satisfaction and frustration. In a second study with a nationally representative U.S. sample (<italic>N</italic> = 399), we confirmed the psychometric properties of the SFPS and demonstrated that the measures were distinct from satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness from self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000). We also found that purpose accounted for unique variance in several well-being indices beyond the SDT needs. These findings fulfill some core criteria, including that a ‘new’ need not be derivative of established needs. Importantly, the SFPS are now available for continued evaluation of purpose as a psychological need.","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Eudaimonic but not Hedonic or Extrinsic Motives Predict Less Academic Distress Among Adolescents—Indirect Effect via Flourishing 幸福动机而非享乐动机或外在动机预测青少年学业压力减少——通过繁荣产生的间接影响

IF 4.6 2区心理学

Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01069-5

Li Lin, Hoi-Wing Chan, Joyce Lok Yin Kwan

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Does Social Media Use Really Matter for Students’ Well-Being? The Cross-Cultural Generalizability Across 52 Societies 社交媒体的使用真的对学生的健康有影响吗？52个社会的跨文化概括性

IF 4.6 2区心理学

Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01070-y

Ying Tang, Jiesi Guo, Xiang Hu

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Why Did the Gender Gap in Adolescent Life Satisfaction Grow? Evaluating Methodological and Demographic Explanations 青少年生活满意度的性别差异为何扩大？评估方法学和人口统计学解释

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Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01068-6

Julia M. Rohrer, Richard McElreath, Gregor Kachel

{"title":"Why Did the Gender Gap in Adolescent Life Satisfaction Grow? Evaluating Methodological and Demographic Explanations","authors":"Julia M. Rohrer, Richard McElreath, Gregor Kachel","doi":"10.1007/s10902-026-01068-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01068-6","url":null,"abstract":"The city of Leipzig in Germany conducts large-scale school surveys of adolescents in secondary schools. While in 2010 and 2015 girls were somewhat less satisfied than boys, in 2023 this gender gap had doubled. Why? When asking such a reverse causal question, answers often focus on broad narratives, such as the psychological impact of social media. Here, we illustrate how to probe alternative explanations, such as demographic changes and methodological issues. First, we rule out that the observed pattern is a simple scaling artifact. Second, we find that the widening of the gender gap is much more pronounced among students with a migration background. This could plausibly be explained by a shift in the composition of the underlying population, with a strong increase in the proportion of Syrian students, and a relative decrease of Vietnamese students. Third, part of the increasing gender gap could potentially be attributed to survey mode: In 2023, for the first time, the survey was conducted on tablets—and unexpectedly, girls (but not boys) reported significantly lower satisfaction when surveyed on tablet rather than on paper. Lastly, beyond these patterns, we still find significantly widening gender gaps in satisfaction with leisure time activities and relationships to friends. Thus, there may be a substantive increase in the gender gap in satisfaction in those two domains that is not readily attributable to changes in demographics and survey mode.","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148355650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What Do Happy People Think About? A New Paradigm for Assessing Self-Generated Thoughts in the Laboratory 快乐的人都在想什么？在实验室中评估自我产生思维的新范式

IF 4.6 2区心理学

Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01062-y

Hamidreza Fereidouni, Michael D. Robinson

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How Awe in Nonwork Activities Promotes Proactive Behavior in Employees: A Spillover Model 非工作活动中的敬畏如何促进员工的主动行为：一个溢出模型

IF 4.6 2区心理学

Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01074-8

Che-Chun Kuo

{"title":"How Awe in Nonwork Activities Promotes Proactive Behavior in Employees: A Spillover Model","authors":"Che-Chun Kuo","doi":"10.1007/s10902-026-01074-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01074-8","url":null,"abstract":"To understand how individuals engage in meaning-making, scholars have primarily examined work-related factors, such as change-related resources and job crafting.Building on this research, the present study examines whether engagement in leisure activities can enhance meaning-making, with effects that can influence work behavior. Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study is framed around the idea that experiencing awe improves meaning-making, which in turn promotes proactive work behavior. Moreover, this process is proposed to vary according to individuals’ regulatory leisure coping styles. A 4-week diary study with 91 employees (N = 330 observations) revealed that experiencing awe during sporting events enhances weekly meaning-making and contributes to proactive work behavior. Regulatory leisure coping styles moderate the relationship between weekly meaning-making and proactive work behavior, and a moderated mediation model demonstrated that for individuals high in avoidant leisure coping style, awe-driven meaning-making further increased proactive behavior at work. The paper concludes by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of the study.","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"199 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148355651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Savoring is the Key to Happiness: The Effects of Consumption Type, Savoring, and Materialism on Well-being 品味是幸福的关键：消费类型、品味和物质主义对幸福的影响

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Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01055-x

Bin Li, Yidan Wu, Shuying Zhang, Lai Jin, Qin Zhu

{"title":"Savoring is the Key to Happiness: The Effects of Consumption Type, Savoring, and Materialism on Well-being","authors":"Bin Li, Yidan Wu, Shuying Zhang, Lai Jin, Qin Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s10902-026-01055-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01055-x","url":null,"abstract":"Previous studies have indicated that different categories of consumption, such as experiential purchases and material purchases, have varying effects on well-being. However, the psychological mechanism underlying these effects remains unclear. Based on the broaden-and build theory and through three studies, we examined the mediating mechanism of savoring in consumption type and consumer well-being, while also investigating the moderating impact of materialism. The studies found that experiential purchases result in higher levels of savoring and stronger estimated impacts on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being compared to material purchases under different time orientations (past, future, and present). Additionally, the types of consumption impact perceived consumer well-being through the mediation effect of savoring. Moreover, materialism has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between consumption type and well-being via savoring. These findings provide a unique perspective on the link between consumption type and well-being, expanding our understanding of this association from the viewpoint of broaden-and-build theory. Moreover, these results offer practical insights for the development of happy consumption models.","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Theoretical Framework and The Development of a Multidimensional Scale of Purpose in Life 人生目标多维尺度的理论框架与发展

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Journal of Happiness Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-026-01067-7

Louis Fang, Alfred Allan, Joanne M. Dickson

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