Professor Emeritus Ed Diener; Associate Professor of Psychology Richard Lucas; Professor Ulrich Schimmack

Well-Being for Public Policy (Hardcover) by Ed Diener, Richard Lucas, Professor Ulrich Schimmack

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ISBN: 9780195334074
Condition: New
Hard cover
Language: English
Pages: 256
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Contains: Tables, black & white, Figures. Oxford Positive Psychology.
In this volume, the authors explain the reasons why subjective indicators of well-being are needed. They describe how these indicators can offer useful input and provide examples of policy uses of well-being measures. They describe the validity of the subjective well-being measures as well as potential problems. The authors then delve into objections to the use of subjective well-being indicators for policy purposes and discuss why these objections are not warranted. Finally, they describe the measures that are currently in use and the types of measures that are most likely to be valuable in the policy domain. The volume will be of interest to researchers in psychology and economics.

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Health, Mind & Body
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256
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English

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9780195334074. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 256. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Contains: Tables, black & white, Figures. Oxford Positive Psychology. In this volume, the authors explain the reasons why subjective indicators of well-being are needed. They describe how these indicators can offer useful input and provide examples of policy uses of well-being measures. They describe the validity of the subjective well-being measures as well as potential problems. The authors then delve into objections to the use of subjective well-being indicators for policy purposes and discuss why these objections are not warranted. Finally, they describe the measures that are currently in use and the types of measures that are most likely to be valuable in the policy domain. The volume will be of interest to researchers in psychology and economics.

ISBN: 9780195334074
Condition: New
Hard cover
Language: English
Pages: 256
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Contains: Tables, black & white, Figures. Oxford Positive Psychology.
In this volume, the authors explain the reasons why subjective indicators of well-being are needed. They describe how these indicators can offer useful input and provide examples of policy uses of well-being measures. They describe the validity of the subjective well-being measures as well as potential problems. The authors then delve into objections to the use of subjective well-being indicators for policy purposes and discuss why these objections are not warranted. Finally, they describe the measures that are currently in use and the types of measures that are most likely to be valuable in the policy domain. The volume will be of interest to researchers in psychology and economics.

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Hardcover

Fiction/nonfiction

Non-Fiction

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Health, Mind & Body

Pages

256

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