Chapter 1. The Study of Success and Happiness

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1. The Study of Success and Happiness 1
5. Part 1. Patterns in Lives
6. Chapter 2. Brightness and Darkness 15
7. Chapter 3. The Varieties of Experience 28
8. Part 2. Observations and Longitudinal Models
9. Chapter 4. The Qualitative Assessment of Well- Being: An Innovation in Happiness Research 51
10. Chapter 5. The Stability Model 87
11. Chapter 6. Stability Tested Quantitatively 116
12. Chapter 7. The Change Model 135
13. Chapter 8. Beyond Success: The Relationship between Career and Happiness 156
14. Part 3. Comparison and Summary
15. Chapter 9. A Conventional Measure of Happiness: A Reexamination 175
16. Chapter 10. A Paradigm for Understanding Adult Life 199
17. Chapter 11. The Forces Shaping Our Well- Being 211
18. Acknowledgments 219
19. Appendix 1: Primary Psychobiographical Sketches 223
20. Appendix 2: Sample Selection and Participation 225
21. Appendix 3: Roster of Interviews 230
22. Appendix 4: Study’s Methods of Analysis 233
23. Appendix 5: Variables and Measures 235
24. Appendix 6: Aspects of Remembered Early Life Appearing in Interviews 243
25. Appendix 7: The Creation of Remembered Early Life Affect Scale 246
26. Notes 249
27. References 261
28. Index 273