Journal of Happiness Studies

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Happiness Studies is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Correction to: The Importance of the Neighbourhood Environment and Social Capital for Happiness in a Vulnerable District: The Case of the Pajarillos District in Spain59
Beyond Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism: Does the Tripartite Model of Meaning in Life Matter in Predicting Future Well-Being in Adults?56
“Humor A B C” Program: Specific Strength Intervention in Facilitating the Positive Development of Left-Behind Children41
Why Do We Feel so Time Poor? A Daily Diary Study of Time Poverty and Well-Being39
Revisiting the Factor Structure of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF): Evidence for a General Wellbeing Factor?39
The Longitudinal Effect of Pre-war Investments in Hedonic Capital on Wartime Well-Being37
Informal Caregivers and Life Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands33
Sociodemographic Disparities in Positive Life Experiences33
Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction30
Relative Effects on Life Satisfaction Revisited: Social Comparison is Only Half the Story30
Temperament in Middle Childhood: Relation to Childhood Happiness and to Happiness and Health Entering Middle Adulthood28
When Humble is Humbled: The Moderating Role of Leader Underestimation in the Dual Relationship Between Employee Humility and Well-Being28
The Relationship Between Prosociality, Meaning, and Happiness in Everyday Life27
The Paradox of Wealthy Nations’ Low Adolescent Life Satisfaction26
Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries26
Paradoxical Impacts of Social Relationship on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic25
Alone in a Crowd: Is Social Contact Associated with Less Psychological Pain of Loneliness in Everyday Life?25
Energy Loss After Daily Role Stress and Work Incivility: Caring for Oneself with Emotional Wellness25
Lockdown, Infection, and Expressed Happiness in China24
Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness24
Who (Really) Wins with Basic Income: Personality and Values as Predictors of Happiness Trajectories24
What You See is What You Get: The Effect of Perceived Inequality on Subjective Well-Being24
State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-1924
The Longitudinal Association Between Self-Esteem and Social Relationships Among Chinese Adolescents: Roles of Developmental Stages and Gender23
Life Satisfaction Differences Across Trust Profiles Among Dutch Adolescents23
The Impact of Recognizing a Romantic Partner’s Character Strengths on Relationship Satisfaction23
Selflessness Meets Higher and More Stable Happiness: An Experience Sampling Study of the Joint Dynamics of Selflessness and Happiness21
Lonely in a Crowd: Cohort Size and Happiness in the United Kingdom21
Acting on Values: A Novel Intervention Enhancing Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being21
Personal Growth Initiative: Relation to Coping Styles, Strategies, and Self-Efficacy21
The Effect of Consumer Confidence and Subjective Well-being on Consumers’ Spending Behavior20
The Convergence of Positivity: Are Happy People All Alike?20
The Implicit Affiliation Motive, Evaluations of Social Life Events, and Life Satisfaction: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study with German and Zambian Adolescents20
Well-being Monism Defended19
Developmental Trajectories of Students’ Life Satisfaction and Reciprocal Relations with Parental Autonomy Support in Elementary and Secondary School19
The Association of Couplehood and Parenthood with the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being of Older Gay Men19
Development of a brief scale to measure discrete positive emotions in dementia family caregiving: the positive emotions in caregiving scale (PEC-S)18
Discovering Psychological Well-Being: A Bibliometric Review18
Unique Ways in Which the Quality of Friendships Matter for Life Satisfaction18
Psychological Interventions for Well-Being in Healthy Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis18
Psychological Well-Being Across the Perinatal Period: Life Satisfaction and Flourishing in a Longitudinal Study of Young Black and White American Women18
 The Prevalence of Positive Affect over Negative Affect in Adolescents’ Well-being: Moderating Role of Individualism18
Self-compassion Predicts Higher Affective Well-being and Lower Stress Symptoms Through Less Dysfunctional Coping: A Three-wave Longitudinal Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic17
The Effectiveness of the Best-Possible-Self Intervention in College Students from China and the Netherlands: A Cross-Cultural Study17
Effectiveness of a Psycho-pedagogical Intervention on Spiritual Intelligence, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-being for Primary School Children: A Non-randomized Controlled Trial17
Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Contentment, and Affect. Implications for Income’s Relevance17
The Influence of Experiential Avoidance, Humility and Patience on the Association Between Religious/Spiritual Exploration and Well-Being17
A Public, Open, and Independently-Curated Database of Happiness Coefficients16
Optimism and Longevity Among Japanese Older Adults16
Predictive Power of Positive Mental Health: A Scoping Review16
Honey, There´s Something on My Mind… Adverse Consequences of Negative and Positive Work Rumination on Attention to the Partner, and the Advantage of Talking About it16
From Emotion Beliefs to Regulatory Behavior: Gratitude Journaling Initiation and Outcomes16
Pursuing Pleasure or Meaning: A Cross-Lagged Analysis of Happiness Motives and Well-being in Adolescents16
The Quality of Society and Happiness: Fairness, Trust, and Community in China16
Did Religious Well-Being Benefits Converge or Diverge During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany?15
The Impact of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Chinese Formal Sector Workers15
Longitudinal and Age-Related Implications of Primary and Secondary Control for Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being15
Correction to: Evolutionary Conditions of Happiness15
The Determinants of Countercyclical Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector15
The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology Interventions for Promoting Well-being of Adults Experiencing Depression Compared to Other Active Psychological Treatments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analys15
Nostalgia, Gratitude, or Optimism: The Impact of a Two-Week Intervention on Well-Being During COVID-1914
One Size Does Not Make All Happy: Idionomic Links Between Striving for Positive States and Happiness in Experience Sampling14
The Implications of Meaning in Life on College Adjustment Among Chinese University Freshmen: The Indirect Effects via Academic Motivation14
Evolutionary Conditions of Happiness13
Well-Being and Income Across Space and Time: Evidence from One Million Households13
Young Adults’ Relationship Happiness in England During COVID-1913
Mindfulness and Subjective Well-being Among Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study and a Weekly Diary Investigation12
“Inner Peace is the Good Life’’: Conceptualizations of Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults Aged 60 and Over in Rural Northern Ghana12
From Financial Assistance to Emotional Care: The Impact of Intergenerational Support on the Subjective Well-Being of China’s Elderly12
The Disruptive Long-Term Costs of International Migration on Subjective Well-Being12
Can Good Memories of the Past Instill Happiness? Nostalgia Improves Subjective Well-Being by Increasing Gratitude12
I Join, So I Enjoy: How Customer Participation Increases Wellbeing12
Flow and Flourishing During the Pandemic: The Roles of Strengths Use and Playful Design12
Responsiveness, Social Connection, Hope, and Life Satisfaction in Everyday Social Interaction: An Experience Sampling Study12
Self-Compassion as a Means to Improve Job-Related Well-Being in Academia12
Development and Evaluation of a Prospective Group Coaching Program: Increasing Well-Being and Openness to the Future in a Subclinical Sample12
Eudaimonic and Uncertainty Metaphors About Life are Associated with Meaningfulness, Experiential Avoidance, Mental Health and Happiness12
Why is Intelligence not Making You Happier?12
Importance Weighting in Subjective Well-Being Measures: Using Marginal Utilities as Weights for Domain Satisfaction11
Conceptualizations of Happiness and Vegetarianism: Empirical Evidence from University Students in Spain11
Role of Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation in Well-being and Health: The Interplay between Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation Abilities is Linked to Mental and Physical Health11
Inequalities and Social Capital as Factors of Subjective Well-Being: Case Study from Western Province, Zambia11
Save Today for a Happier Tomorrow: Associations Between Happiness and Financial Preparation in Japan11
Seeking Pleasure is Good, but Avoiding Pain is Bad: Distinguishing Hedonic Approach from Hedonic Avoidance Orientations11
Who Matters the Most? The Differential Role of Parents, Teachers, and Peers’ Supportive Relationships in Early Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being10
Personal Well-Being Index (PWI) and its Association with Physical Health, Mental Health and Leisure Activities: Results from the Health and Lifestyle Survey10
China’s Happiness in the New Century, 2003–202110
The power of strength-oriented feedback enlightened by self-determination theory: a positive technology-based intervention10
Beyond Income: Exploring the Role of Household Wealth for Subjective Well-Being in Germany10
Pleasure or Meaning: Subjective Well-Being Orientations and the Willingness to Help Close Versus Distant Others10
Revisiting the Energy-Happiness Paradox in China: The Role of Housing Outcomes10
What Drives Happiness? The Interviewer’s Happiness10
Spatial Heterogeneity and Subjective Wellbeing: Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Metropolitan Areas Using Multilevel Modelling10
Character Strength-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Focusing on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients with Distress: A Randomized Control Trial of Positive Psychology10
My Best Self in the Past or Future: A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining Adherence, Engagement, Age and Mental Health in a Mobile-based BPS Intervention10
The Paradox of Job Retention Schemes: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach to Immediate and Prolonged Effects of Short-Time Work on Job Insecurity and Employee Well-Being10
The Division of Labour Within the Household and Life Satisfaction10
Associations of Positive Childhood Experiences with Eudaimonic and Hedonic well-being in Young Adults10
Does Self-Transcendent Wisdom Mediate the Relation between Spirituality and Well-Being? A Test Across Six Nations9
How Long do We Flourish? A Flourishing State or Trait? A Longitudinal Examination of the Diener Flourishing Scale9
Social Connection Constellations and Individual Well-Being Typologies: Using the Loglinear Modeling Approach with Latent Variables9
Network Analysis of Ideal Life Pursuit and Food Addiction Among Chinese Adults9
Uncovering the Effects of Awe on Meaning in Life9
Interpersonal Media and Face-to-Face Communication: Relationship with Life Satisfaction and Loneliness9
Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital9
The Unhappy Beliefs of Happiness: Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying the Links Between Negative Hedonic Beliefs and Diminished Well-Being9
Climbing the Career Ladder Does Not Make You Happy: Well-being Changes in the Years Before and After Becoming a Leader9
Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profile Analysis9
Feeling Important, Feeling Well. The Association Between Mattering and Well-being: A Meta-analysis Study9
Perceived Calling Enablement: Achieving Positive Work Outcomes Through Unanswered Calling9
20 Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review9
The Effects of an Online Positive Psychology Course on Happiness, Health, and Well-Being9
A Meta-Analysis of Religion/Spirituality and Life Satisfaction9
Don’t Look Up! Individual Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being of Students in Thailand8
Psychometric Evaluation of the Strength-Based Parenting Questionnaire and Comparison of Perceived Strength-Based Parenting in Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures8
Profile Membership of Self-Worth Contingencies Predicts Well-being, Virtues, and Values8
Developmental Patterns of Positive Affect Among Preadolescents in Primary School: A Two-Year Latent Growth Analysis of Peer, Teacher, and Family Influences8
How Does Interpersonal Gratitude Relate to Adolescent Life Satisfaction? The Roles of Parent–Child Relationship and Attachment Insecurity8
How Does (In)congruence in Perceived Adolescent–Parent Closeness Link to Adolescent Socioemotional Well-Being? The Mediating Role of Resilience8
Impact of Indirect Gratitude Experience on Life Satisfaction and Perceived Social Support8
The Soundtrack of a Crisis: More Positive Music Preferences During Economic and Social Adversity8
Relationship Status and Psychological Well-being: Initial Evidence for the Moderating Effects of Commitment Readiness8
Adolescent Residential Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood8
Subjective Vitality: A Benefit of Self-Directed, Leisure Time Physical Activity8
Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Optimism and Positive Affect in Older Women8
The Differential Effect of Training in Humor, Forgiveness, Savoring, and Meaning and Purpose on the Well-Being of Older Adults8
Evaluation of a Positive Psychological Intervention to Reduce Work Stress among Rural Community Health Workers in India: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study8
How Can We Cope with Self-Control Demands and Enhance Proactive Vitality Management? The Role of Leisure Crafting and Supervisor Recreational Sports Support8
Subjective Well-Being and Populist Voting in the Netherlands8
Wage Structures, Fairness Perceptions, and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data8
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