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Subjective Well-being Measurement Methods and Its Influencing Factors

Meng Qingyu

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More and more people are increasingly paying more attention to subjective well-being(SWB) during the period of developing and building a harmonious society today.The basic characteristics of SWB are the integrative,subjective and relative stability.There are four main methods of measuring SWB,including measuring overall life satisfaction,synthetically measuring overall life satisfaction and specific life satisfaction,the experience sampling method and the day reconstruction method.Every method has its pros and cons.Residents' SWB is influenced by subjective and objective factors.

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Key concepts: Subjective well-being, Life satisfaction, Well-being, Psychology, Quality of life (healthcare), Applied psychology, Social psychology, Happiness