General symbolic definitions and subjective well-being

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2155014
AutoresJerry Neapolitan (Tennessee Technological University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen8
Número2
Páginas153-168
Fecha de publicación1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732173.1988.9981848
OpenAlexW2086216575
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas24

In recent years evidence has suggested that demographic factors such as income and status have only a modest relationship to subjective well‐being. As a result, much attention has been paid to internal rather than external factors. Discrepancy perceptions approaches, particularly multiple discrepancy theory, link internal subjective factors with external conditions in explaining subjective well‐being. This study suggests that discrepancy perceptions are only one way people differ in defining reality, and that symbolic interaction theory provides a broader and better framework with which to examine subjective well‐being. Specifically, using the General Social Survey, this study tests whether differing general symbolic definitions have an independent influence on subjective well‐being. Results indicate that general symbolic definitions influence subjective well‐being, and this influence does not depend on their conditioning discrepancy perceptions or demographic life conditions

Cognitive psychology · Expected utility hypothesis · Happiness · Mathematical economics · Perception · Subjective expected utility · Subjective well-being · Symbolic interactionism · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology