Journal of Happiness Studies

Trapped in the Familiar: Longitudinal Influence of Status-Quo Bias on Emotional Well-being during War

Published on 25 Mar 2026

Unlocking Action: Meaning in Life Alleviating Exercise Procrastination Through Positive Affect and Outcome Focus

Published on 25 Mar 2026

Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Leisure Activities and Life Satisfaction Among Korean Youth

Published on 24 Mar 2026

An Illustration of Semantic Fingerprinting: What’s in a Word (of the Year)?

Published on 12 Mar 2026

A Longitudinal Examination of Locus-of-Hope, Need Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction Through a Serial Mediation Model

Published on 10 Mar 2026

Gendered Language and Female Subjective Well-being: An Inquiry into the Socio-psychological Outcomes of Linguistic Structure

Published on 10 Mar 2026

The Presence Scale: A Measure of Optimal Conscious Awareness and Being Without Thought

Published on 10 Mar 2026

Particularistic but Happy: Familial–Extrafamilial Boundaries, Happiness in China

Published on 7 Mar 2026

Understanding the Effect of Adult Children’s Education on Older Parents’ Subjective Well-being: Evidence from China

Published on 5 Mar 2026

Stressed or Flourishing? Profiles and Transitions of Adolescents’ Digital Experiences and Their Associations with Mental Health

Published on 2 Mar 2026

Does Meeting Expectations of Relative Income Improve Well-Being?

Published on 28 Feb 2026

The Impacts of Arts Interventions on Students’ Well-Being Outcomes: A Systematic Review with Pedagogical Outcomes

Published on 24 Feb 2026

Blessing or Curse? The Welfare Consequences of Cash Gift Expenditure for the Poor

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Assessing Measurement Invariance of Subjective Well-Being Across European Countries

Published on 11 Feb 2026

The Structure of Emerging Adults’ Well-being: A Psychological Network Approach of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Dimensions

Published on 11 Feb 2026

Pursuing Pleasure or Meaning: A Weekly Diary Study of Happiness Motives and Prosocial Behavior in Young Adults

Published on 10 Feb 2026

A Network Analysis of Social and Leisure Activities, Resilience, and Mental Health: Differences by Adverse Childhood Experiences

Published on 10 Feb 2026

National Estimates of Subjective Wellbeing in the UK Using the Personal Wellbeing Index

Published on 9 Feb 2026

How Does Automation in the Workplace Impact Workers’ Happiness? Disentangling the Competing Mechanisms Through Income Shock and Reduced Working time

Published on 9 Feb 2026

Which Life Makes You Happy? The Satisfaction Dividend of the Prosperous, the Exciting, the Cozy, and the Sustainable Life

Published on 7 Feb 2026

Correction to: Optimizing the Measurement of Life Satisfaction Beyond the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) Via the Development and Validation of the Satisfaction and Quality of Life Scale (SQLS)

Published on 5 Feb 2026

Who Manages Better? Gendered Perspectives on Food Security and Subjective Wellbeing in Ghana

Published on 5 Feb 2026

Exploring the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Older Adults: A Cross-National Analysis of Social, Political, Economic, and Demographic Factors

Published on 5 Feb 2026

Signature Strengths Use is More Strongly Associated with Well-being in Individualistic than in Collectivist Societies: Multilevel Evidence

Published on 31 Jan 2026

Publisher Correction: Happiness and Life Satisfaction: Understanding the Effects of Question Order on Subjective Wellbeing Measures in India

Published on 31 Jan 2026

Developing and Evaluating the Comprehensive Hierarchical Eustress Review (CHER)

Published on 31 Jan 2026

Social Support and Meaning in Life: A Meta-Analysis

Published on 28 Jan 2026

Development and Validation of the Growth Mindset Scale in the Older Adult Population

Published on 28 Jan 2026

Online Interactive Meditation Training Enhances Subjective Well-being in Older Adults

Published on 27 Jan 2026

Reciprocal Relationships Between Daily Emotion Regulation Strategies and Basic Need Satisfaction and Frustration: A Dynamic SEM Approach

Published on 27 Jan 2026

1,248 Published articles

Trapped in the Familiar: Longitudinal Influence of Status-Quo Bias on Emotional Well-being during War

Unlocking Action: Meaning in Life Alleviating Exercise Procrastination Through Positive Affect and Outcome Focus

Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Leisure Activities and Life Satisfaction Among Korean Youth

An Illustration of Semantic Fingerprinting: What’s in a Word (of the Year)?

A Longitudinal Examination of Locus-of-Hope, Need Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction Through a Serial Mediation Model

Gendered Language and Female Subjective Well-being: An Inquiry into the Socio-psychological Outcomes of Linguistic Structure

The Presence Scale: A Measure of Optimal Conscious Awareness and Being Without Thought

Particularistic but Happy: Familial–Extrafamilial Boundaries, Happiness in China

Understanding the Effect of Adult Children’s Education on Older Parents’ Subjective Well-being: Evidence from China

Stressed or Flourishing? Profiles and Transitions of Adolescents’ Digital Experiences and Their Associations with Mental Health

Does Meeting Expectations of Relative Income Improve Well-Being?

The Impacts of Arts Interventions on Students’ Well-Being Outcomes: A Systematic Review with Pedagogical Outcomes

Blessing or Curse? The Welfare Consequences of Cash Gift Expenditure for the Poor

Assessing Measurement Invariance of Subjective Well-Being Across European Countries

The Structure of Emerging Adults’ Well-being: A Psychological Network Approach of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Dimensions

Pursuing Pleasure or Meaning: A Weekly Diary Study of Happiness Motives and Prosocial Behavior in Young Adults

A Network Analysis of Social and Leisure Activities, Resilience, and Mental Health: Differences by Adverse Childhood Experiences

National Estimates of Subjective Wellbeing in the UK Using the Personal Wellbeing Index

How Does Automation in the Workplace Impact Workers’ Happiness? Disentangling the Competing Mechanisms Through Income Shock and Reduced Working time

Which Life Makes You Happy? The Satisfaction Dividend of the Prosperous, the Exciting, the Cozy, and the Sustainable Life

Correction to: Optimizing the Measurement of Life Satisfaction Beyond the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) Via the Development and Validation of the Satisfaction and Quality of Life Scale (SQLS)

Who Manages Better? Gendered Perspectives on Food Security and Subjective Wellbeing in Ghana

Exploring the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Older Adults: A Cross-National Analysis of Social, Political, Economic, and Demographic Factors

Signature Strengths Use is More Strongly Associated with Well-being in Individualistic than in Collectivist Societies: Multilevel Evidence

Publisher Correction: Happiness and Life Satisfaction: Understanding the Effects of Question Order on Subjective Wellbeing Measures in India

Developing and Evaluating the Comprehensive Hierarchical Eustress Review (CHER)

Social Support and Meaning in Life: A Meta-Analysis

Development and Validation of the Growth Mindset Scale in the Older Adult Population

Online Interactive Meditation Training Enhances Subjective Well-being in Older Adults

Reciprocal Relationships Between Daily Emotion Regulation Strategies and Basic Need Satisfaction and Frustration: A Dynamic SEM Approach

38 published articles in 2026