Psychological and subjective wellbeing : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators
<p>This paper sets out a proposal to measure psychological and subjective states of wellbeing in individual and household surveys. In particular, it proposes a short list of seven indicators, and a module containing the relevant questions needed to construct them. The indicators address both e...
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Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
2007
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| description | <p>This paper sets out a proposal to measure psychological and subjective states of wellbeing in individual and household surveys. In particular, it proposes a short list of seven indicators, and a module containing the relevant questions needed to construct them. The indicators address both endaimonic and hedonic criteria, and cover four aspects of wellbeing: 1) meaning in life; 2) the three ‘basic psychological needs’ of autonomy, competence and relatedness, following self-determination theory; 3) domain-specific and overall life satisfaction; and 4) happiness. The article recommends that further research explore the connections between these indicators, as well as their relationship with objective measures of disadvantage. While reaffirming that perceptual states should not be treated as aims of government policy, it is argued that they may provide a richer understanding of peoples’ values and behaviour – and therefore that further research on the subject could deepen our understanding of capability poverty.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e26246d4-8119-41a0-959b-cb7aec20c9752022-03-27T10:00:37ZPsychological and subjective wellbeing : a proposal for internationally comparable indicatorsWorking paperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042uuid:e26246d4-8119-41a0-959b-cb7aec20c975EnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetOxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)2007Samman, E<p>This paper sets out a proposal to measure psychological and subjective states of wellbeing in individual and household surveys. In particular, it proposes a short list of seven indicators, and a module containing the relevant questions needed to construct them. The indicators address both endaimonic and hedonic criteria, and cover four aspects of wellbeing: 1) meaning in life; 2) the three ‘basic psychological needs’ of autonomy, competence and relatedness, following self-determination theory; 3) domain-specific and overall life satisfaction; and 4) happiness. The article recommends that further research explore the connections between these indicators, as well as their relationship with objective measures of disadvantage. While reaffirming that perceptual states should not be treated as aims of government policy, it is argued that they may provide a richer understanding of peoples’ values and behaviour – and therefore that further research on the subject could deepen our understanding of capability poverty.</p> |
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| title | Psychological and subjective wellbeing : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators |
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