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A Scientific Analysis of Happiness: the Causes and consequences of Well-Being

Ed Diener, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Description

Semester:

  • Winter 2004

Speakers:

Ed Diener, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lecture Time:

Fri, February 13, 2004 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Lecture Location:

Room 4212, School of Education

Speaker Webpage(s):

http://internal.psychology.illinois.edu/~ediener/bio.html
http://diener.socialpsychology.org/

Introduced By:

No introduction available.

Abstract

Over the past 20 years Ed Diener has conducted scientific research on subjective well-being life satisfaction, pleasant emotions, meaning, and satisfaction with domains such as health and relationships. In this research he has developed and validated measures of well-being. The major focuses of the talk will be the causes of subjective well-being what makes people happy and satisfied and the consequences of well-being. In terms of outcomes of well-being, the lecture will describe the benefits to work, income, health, and relationships of high subjective well-being. Finally, a national index of well-being to guide policy makers will be briefly described.

Recording & Additional Notes

No recordings available.

Introducer: Adam Grant, Organizational Psychology