TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure of everyday happiness is best captured by a latent subjective well-being factor
AU - Busseri, Michael A.
AU - Quoidbach, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Research by the first author is supported by an Insight grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Reseach Council of Canada. The second author thanks the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España ( RYC-2016-21020 ) and the BBVA Foundation for financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - We examined the structure of subjective well-being (SWB), comprising life satisfaction (LS), positive affect (PA), and negative affect (NA), in everyday life. 4,286 French adults (Mage = 30 years; 72% female) rated momentary LS, PA, and NA on at least four occasions over 25 days (average). A random intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed strong loadings from LS, PA, and NA on latent SWB factors within and across occasions, but weak and inconsistent cross-lagged effects. Correlations among LS, PA, and NA were consistent across age, sex, day of the week, and time of day. Further, most individuals were characterized by a positive LS-PA correlation along with negative LS-NA and PA-NA correlations, providing evidence of generalizability across individuals.
AB - We examined the structure of subjective well-being (SWB), comprising life satisfaction (LS), positive affect (PA), and negative affect (NA), in everyday life. 4,286 French adults (Mage = 30 years; 72% female) rated momentary LS, PA, and NA on at least four occasions over 25 days (average). A random intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed strong loadings from LS, PA, and NA on latent SWB factors within and across occasions, but weak and inconsistent cross-lagged effects. Correlations among LS, PA, and NA were consistent across age, sex, day of the week, and time of day. Further, most individuals were characterized by a positive LS-PA correlation along with negative LS-NA and PA-NA correlations, providing evidence of generalizability across individuals.
KW - Experience sampling
KW - Structure
KW - Subjective well-being
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104177
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104177
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121260570
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 96
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104177
ER -