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Sub­jec­tive wellbeing

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Subjective wellbeing (SWB) is a self-reported measure of a person’s wellbeing.

Further reading

Diener, Ed, Shigehiro Oishi & Louis Tay (2018) Advances in subjective well-being research, Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 2, pp. 253–260.

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34 points
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3 points
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[Question] Can “pride” be used as a sub­jec­tive mea­sure like “hap­piness”?

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8 points
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23 points
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7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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acristiaDec 5, 2020, 11:04 AM
41 points
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De­sir­able? AI qualities

brb243Mar 21, 2022, 10:05 PM
7 points
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Affec­tive fore­cast­ing: The challenge of pre­dict­ing fu­ture feel­ings and the im­pli­ca­tions for global pri­ori­ties research

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57 points
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51 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
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Notes on sup­port­ing Hap­pier Lives Institute

Pawel SysiakOct 6, 2022, 1:01 PM
20 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

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3 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Emer­gence re­search as a high-im­pact cause area

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13 points
0 comments15 min readEA link

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EsmiJan 23, 2022, 6:15 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Wel­lbe­ing height and depth visualizations

brb243Nov 3, 2021, 2:59 AM
7 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

A re­view of two books on sur­vey-making

NunoSempereMar 1, 2020, 7:11 PM
39 points
0 comments12 min readEA link

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Samuel DupretDec 21, 2022, 1:10 PM
46 points
17 comments23 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Hap­pier Lives In­sti­tute: 2021 An­nual Review

Barry GrimesApr 14, 2022, 7:55 PM
52 points
2 comments12 min readEA link

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EA HandbookJul 3, 2022, 11:00 PM
18 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

E.A. Me­gapro­ject Ideas

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15 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Pain re­lief: a shal­low cause exploration

Samuel DupretJan 27, 2023, 9:55 AM
85 points
17 comments37 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

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Dhruv MakwanaFeb 11, 2023, 9:27 PM
23 points
12 comments3 min readEA link
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Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:17 PM
10 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

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SebastianSchmidtJul 8, 2023, 8:15 PM
61 points
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LondonGalJul 30, 2023, 1:39 PM
78 points
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StrongMinds (4 of 9) - Psy­chother­apy’s im­pact may be shorter lived than pre­vi­ously es­ti­mated

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62 points
1 comment24 min readEA link

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57 points
0 comments52 min readEA link

Vida Plena’s 2023 Im­pact Re­port: Mea­sur­ing Progress and Look­ing Ahead

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69 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Wel­lbe­ing al­ign­ment—pro­posal to The Hap­pier Lives In­sti­tute with fo­cus on sys­temic changes

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24 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

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15 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

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2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
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