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Cheung, F., Kube, A., Tay, L., Diener, E., Jackson, J. J., Lucas, R. E., Ni, M. Y., & Leung, G. M. (2020). Physical, mental, and social well-being in Syria and 162 countries from 2006-2016. Revise and resubmit, Nature Communications, in press.

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., & Diener, E. (submitted). Does Happiness Improve Health? Evidence From a Randomized Control Trial.

Lucas, R., & Diener, E. (in press). Personality and subjective well-being. In O. John, R. Robins, & L. Pervin (Eds.), Handbook of personality. New York: Guilford.

Morrison, M., Jebb, A.T., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (revise and resubmit). Subjective well-being across the lifespan worldwide: The role of culture and changing priorities.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., & Lucas, R. E. (in press). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and life satisfaction. In S. J. Lopez & L. Edwards (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology, 3rd edition. New York: Oxford University Press.

Vie, L. L., Stewart, E. P., Seligman, M. E. P., & Diener, E. (submitted). Happy Soldiers are High Achievers.

2021

Kushlev, K., Radosic, N., & Diener, E. (2021). Subjective Well-Being and Prosociality Around the Globe: Happy People Give More of Their Time and Money to Others. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211043379

Radosic, N., & Diener, E. (2021). Citation metrics in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/174569162096412

2020

Jebb, A. T., Morrison, M., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2020). Subjective Well-Being Around the World: Trends and Predictors Across the Life Span. Psychological Science, 31(3) 293– 305.

Joseph, D. L., Chan, M. Y., Heintzelman, S. J., Tay, L., Diener, E., & Scotney, V. S. (2020). The manipulation of affect: A meta-analysis of affect induction procedures. Psychological Bulletin,146(4), 355–375.

Kjell, O. N. E., & Diener, E. (2020). Abbreviated Three-Item Versions of the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Harmony in Life Scale Yield as Strong Psychometric Properties as the Original Scales, Journal of Personality Assessment. DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2020.1737093

Kushlev, K., Drummond, D. M., & Diener, E. (2020). Subjective well-being and health behaviors in 2.5 million Americans. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 12(1), 166-187.

Kushlev, K., Drummond, D. M., Heintzelman, S. J., & Diener, E. (2020). Do happy people care about society’s problems? Journal of Positive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2019.1639797

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Kanippayoor, J. M., Leitner, D., & Diener, E. (2020). Does happiness improve health? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Psychological Science, 31(7), 807-821.

2019

Biswas-Diener, R., Kushlev, K., Su, R., Goodman, F., Kashdan, T., & Diener, E. (2019). Assessing and understanding hospitality: The Brief Hospitality Scale. International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(2).

Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2019). Well-Being Interventions to Improve Societies. In Sachs, J., Layard, R., & Helliwell, Global Happiness Policy Report 2019: Global Happiness Council.

Geerling, D. M., & Diener, E. (2018). Effect size strengths in subjective well-being research. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1-19.

Heintzelman, S. J., & Diener, E. (2018). Subjective well-being, social interpretation, and relationship thriving. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 93-105.

Heintzelman, S. J., Kushlev, K., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Kanippayoor, J. M., Leitner, D., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2019). ENHANCE: Evidence for the Efficacy of a Comprehensive Intervention Program to Promote Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

Kansky, J., Allen, J. P., & Diener, E. (2019). The young adult love lives of happy teenagers: The role of adolescent affect in adult romantic relationship functioning. Journal of Research in Personality, 80, 1-9.

Krys, K., Uchida, Y., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2018). Open Society fosters satisfaction: Explanation to why individualism associates with country level measures of satisfaction. The Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/17439760.2018.1557243

Kushlev, K., Drummond, D. M., & Diener, E. (2019). Subjective Well‐Being and Health Behaviors in 2.5 Million Americans. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being.

Kushlev, K., Drummond, D. M., Heintzelman, S. J., & Diener, E. (2019). Do happy people care about society’s problems?. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-11.

Moore, S., & Diener, E. (2019). Types of subjective well-being and their associations with relationship outcomes. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, 3(2), 112-118.

2018

Diener, E., Biswas-Diener, R., et al. (2018). Social well-being: Research and policy recommendations. In J. F. Helliwell, R. Layard, & J. Sachs (Eds.), Global Happiness Policy Report: 2018. (Pp. 129-159). Global Happiness Council.

Diener, E., Diener, C., Choi, H., & Oishi, S. (2018). Revisiting “Most People Are Happy”—And discovering when they are not. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 166-170.

Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Oishi, S. (2018). Advances and Open Questions in the Science of Subjective Well-Being . Collabra: Psychology , 4(1), 15 . doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.115

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Tay, L. (2018). Advances in subjective well-being research. Nature Human Behavior. doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0307-6

Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2018). Beyond money: Progress on an economy of well-being. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 171-175.

Diener, E., Seligman, M. E. P., Choi, H., & Oishi, S. (2018). Happiest people revisited. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 176-184.

Ford, M. T., Jebb, A. T., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2018). Internet searches for affect‐related terms: An indicator of subjective well‐being and predictor of health outcomes across US states and metro areas. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being. DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12123

Jebb, A. T., Tay, L., Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2018). Happiness, income satiation and turning points around the world. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 33-38. doi: 10.1038/s41562-017-0277-0

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2018). The declining marginal utility of social time for subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 74, 124-140.

Myers, D. G., & Diener, E. (2018). The scientific pursuit of happiness. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 218-225.

Payne, L., Hawley, L., Ketchum, J. M., Philippus, A., Eagye, C. B., Morey C., Gerber, D., Harrison-Felix, C., & Diener, E. (2018). Psychological well-being in individuals living in the community with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 32(8), 980-985.

Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2018). Selecting the Right Journal Outlet for Your Paper. To appear in R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Guide to publishing in psychology journals (2nd Edition), Cambridge University Press.

Uchino, B. N., Kent de Grey, R. G., Cronan, S., Smith, T. W., Diener, E., Joel, S., & Bosch, J. (2017). Life satisfaction and inflammation in couples: An actor–partner analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41, 22-30.

Wiese, C. W., Tay, L., Su, R., & Diener, E. (2018). Measuring thriving across nations: Examining the measurement equivalence of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 10(1), 127-148.

Zuckerman, M., Li, C., & Diener, E. (2018). Religion as an exchange system: The interchangeability of God and government in a provider role. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(8), 1201-1213.

2017

Diener, E. (2017). A website system for communicating psychological science. Perspectives of Psychological Science, 12(4), 684-689.

Diener, E., Biswas-Diener. (Eds.) (2017). Introduction to Psychology: The Full Noba Collection. Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. DOI: http://noba.to/d95jpvm7

Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (Ed). (2017). Discover Psychology 2.0. Noba Textbook Series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. DOI: http://noba.to/5wjrz72n

Diener, E., & Diener, C. (2017, March 31). Governments testing well-being initiatives: A call for psychological scientists to get involved. APS Observer.

Diener, E., Heintzelman, S. J., Kushlev, K., Tay, L., Wirtz, D., Lutes, L. D., Oishi, S. (2017). Findings all psychologists should know from the new science on subjective well-being. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 58, 87-104.

Diener, E., Pressman, S., Hunter, J., & Delgadillo-Chase, D. (2017). If, why, and when subjective well-being influences health, and future needed research. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 9(2), 133-167.

Kansky, J., & Diener, E. (2017). Benefits of well-being: Health, social relationships, work, and resilience. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, 1(2), 129-169.

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2017). ENHANCE: Design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial for promoting enduring happiness and well-being. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 52, 62-74.

Martin-Krumm, C., Fenouillet, F., Csillik, A., Kern, L., Besançon, M., Heutte, J., ... & Diener, E. (2017). Changes in Emotions from Childhood to Young Adulthood. Child Indicators Research, 1-21.

Zuckerman, M., Li, C., & Diener, E. F. (2017). Societal conditions and the gender differences in well-being: Testing a 3-stage model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(3), 329-336.

2016

Diener, E. (2016). Happiness is a virtue -- Good for you and good for the world! In R. J. Sternberg, S. /t, Fiske, & D. J. Foss (Eds.), Scientists making a difference: One-hundred eminent behavioral and brain scientists talk about their most important contributions. (pp. 345-348). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Diener, E. (2016). Improving departments of psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(6), 909-912.

Diener, E., & Tay, L. (2016). New frontiers: societal measures of subjective well-being for input to policy. In L. Bruni & P.L. Porta (Eds.), Handbook of research methods and applications in happiness and quality of life, (35-52). Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Kansky, J., Allen, J. P., & Diener, E. (2016). Early adolescent affect predicts later life outcomes. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 8(2), 192-212.

Lucas, R. E., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2016). What we know about context effects in self-report surveys of well-being: comment on Deaton and Stone. Oxford Economic Papers, 68(4), 871-876.

Tenney, E. R., Poole, J. M., & Diener, E. (2016). Does positivity enhance work performance?: Why, when, and what we don’t know. Research in Organizational Behavior, 36, 27-46.

2015

Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Lyubchik, N. (2015). Wellbeing in Bhutan. International Journal of Wellbeing, 5(2), 1-13.

Diener, E., Kanazawa, S., Suh, E. M., & Oishi, S. (2015). Why people are in a generally good mood. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19(3), 235-256.

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2015). National accounts of subjective well-being. American Psychologist, 70(3), 234.

Diener, E., & Tay, L. (2015). Subjective well-being and human welfare around the world as reflected in the Gallup World Poll. International Journal of Psychology, 50(2), 135-149.

Tay, L., Kuykendall, L., & Diener, E. (2015). Satisfaction and Happiness–The Bright Side of Quality of Life. In Global Handbook of Quality of Life (pp. 839-853). Springer Netherlands.

2014

Bastian, B., Kuppens, P., De Roover, K., & Diener, E. (2014). Is valuing positive emotion associated with life satisfaction? Emotion, 14(4), 639-645.

Diener, E. (2014). Pioneer in subjective quality of life research: Edward F. Diener. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 9(1), 137-138.

Diener, E. (2014). Stable happiness dies in middle-age: A guide to future research. In K. Sheldon & R. E. Lucas (Eds). Stability of happiness (pp. 299-308). New York: Springer.

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Park, J. (2014). An incomplete list of eminent psychologists of the modern era. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 2(1), 20.

Diener, E., & Scollon, C. (2014). The what, why, when, and how of teaching the science of subjective well-being. Teaching of Psychology, 41(2), 175-183.

Diener, E., & Tay, L. (2014) Happiness and human welfare around the world. Invited article submitted to International Journal of Psychology.

Diener, E., & Tay, L. (2014). Review of the day reconstruction method (DRM). Social Indicators Research, 116(1), 255-267.

Diener & Tay (2014) Subjective Well-Being and Human Welfare Around the World as Reflected in the Gallup World Poll. International Journal of Psychology, 50(2), 135-149.

Herian, M. N., Tay, L., Hamm, J. A., & Diener, E. (2014). Social Capital, Ideology, and Health in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 105, 30-37.

Kesebir, P., & Diener, E. (2014). A virtuous cycle: The relationship between happiness and virtue. In N. Snow & F. Trivigno (Eds.), The philosophy and psychology of character and happiness. (pp. 287-306). New York: Routledge.

Newman, D. B., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2014). Leisure and subjective well-being: A model of psychological mechanisms as mediating factors. Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(3), 555-578.

Ng, W., & Diener, E. (2014). What matters to the rich and the poor? Subjective well-being, financial satisfaction, and post-materialistic needs across the world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107(2), 326-338.

Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2014). Can and should happiness be a policy goal? Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1(1), 195-203.

Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2014). Residents of poor nations have a greater sense of meaning in life than residents of wealthy nations. Psychological Science, 25(2), 422-430.

Su, R., Tay, L. and Diener, E. (2014), The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 6(3), 251-279.

Tay, L., Chan, D., & Diener, E. (2014). The metrics of societal happiness. Social Indicators Research, 117(2), 577-600.

Tay, L., Herian, M., & Diener, E. (2014). Detrimental effects of corruption and subjective well-being: Whether, how, and when. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5(7), 751-759. published online 31 March 2014.

Tay, L., Li, M., Myers, D., & Diener, E. (2014). Religiosity and Subjective Well-Being: An International Perspective. In Religion and spirituality across Cultures (pp. 163-175). Springer Netherlands.

Tay, L., Morrison, M., & Diener (2014). Living among the affluent: Boon or bane? Psychological Science, 25(6), 1235-1241.

Tay, L., Ng, V., Kuykendall, L., & Diener, E. (2014). Demographics and subjective well-being across the world. In P. L. Perrewe’, J. Halbesleben, & C. C. Rosen (Eds.), Research in occupational stress and well-being. Volume 12. Emerald e-book series.

2013

DeNeve, J-E., Diener, E., Tay, L., & Xuereb, C. (2013). The objective benefits of subjective well-being. In J. F. Helliwell, R. Layard, & J. Sachs (Eds.), World happiness report 2013. Volume 2. (pp. 54-79). New York: UN Sustainable Network Development Solutions Network.

Diener, E. (2013). The remarkable changes in the science of subjective well-being. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(6), 663-666.

Diener, E., Inglehart, R., Tay, L. (2013). Theory and validity of life satisfaction measures. SocialIndicators Research, 112(3), 497-527

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Ryan, K. (2013). Universal and cultural differences in the causes and structure of “happiness” – A multilevel review. In C. Keyes (Ed.), Mental well-being: International contributions to the study of positive mental healths. (pp. 153-176) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Diener, E., & Tay, L. (2013). The benefits of happiness for successful and healthy living. Report on wellbeing and happiness: Contributions toward the Royal Government of Bhutan’s NDP Report by IEWG members of the well-being and happiness working group.

Diener, E., Tay, L., & Oishi, S. (2013). Rising Income and the Subjective Well-Being of Nations. Journal Of Personality & Social Psychology, 104(2), 267-276.

Luhmann, M., Lucas, R. E., Eid, M., & Diener, E. (2013). The prospective effect of life satisfaction on life events. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4(1), 39-45.

Miron-Shatz, T., Diener, E., Doniger, G. M., Moore, T., & Saphire-Bernstein, S. (2013). Charting the internal landscape: Affect associated with thoughts about major life domains explains life satisfaction. Judgment and Decision Making, 8(5), 603-616.

Ng, W., & Diener, E. (2013). Daily use of reappraisal decreases negative emotions toward daily unpleasant events. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32(5), 530-545.

Pavot, W, & Diener, E. (2013). Happiness experienced: The science of subjective well-being. In S. David, I. Boniwell, & A.C. Ayers (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of happiness. (pp. 134-151). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Tay, L., Kuykendall, L. & Diener, E. (2013). Life satisfaction and happiness – The bright side of quality of life. In W. Glatzer (Ed.), Global handbook of well-being and quality of life. New York: Springer.

Tay, L., Tan K., Diener, E., & Gonzalez, E. (2013). Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: A survey and synthesis. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being, 5(1), 28-78.

Tov, W. and Diener, E. (2013). Subjective well-being. (pp. 1239-1245). In K. D. Keith (Eds.), Encyclopedia of cross cultural psychology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

2012

Biswas-Diener, R., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2012). Happiness in India. In H. Selin & G. Davey (Eds.),Happiness across cultures: Views of happiness and quality of life in non-western cultures, (pp.125-140). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer

Diener, E. (2012). New findings and future directions for subjective well-being research.American Psychologist, 67(8), 590-597.

Diener, E. (2012). Why societies need happiness and national accounts of well-being. In F. M. Prieto (Ed.), Ranking of happiness in Mexico. Puebla: Mexico: Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado Puebla.

Diener, E., Fujita, F., Tay, L., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2012). Purpose, mood, and pleasure in prediction satisfaction judgements. Social Indicators Research, 105(3), 333-341.

Diener, E., & Tov, W. (2012). National accounts of well-being. In K. C. Land, Michalos, A.C., & Sirgy, M.J. (Eds.), Handbook of social indicators and quality-of-life research (pp. 137-157). New York & London: Springer.

(IN SPANISH) Diener, E. (2012). Why societies need happiness and national accounts of well-being. In F. M. Prieto (Ed.), Ranking happiness in Mexico. Puebla, Mexico: Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado Puebla

Lischetzke, T., Eid, M., & Diener, E. (2012). Perceiving one’s own and others’ feelings around the world: The relations of attention to and clarity of feelings with subjective well-being across nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43(8), 1249-1267.

Oishi, S., Schimmack, U., & Diener, E. (2012). Progressive Taxation and the subjective well-being of nations. Psychological Science, 23(1), 86-92

2011

Diener, E., & Chan, M. Y. (2011) Happy people live longer: Subjective well-being contributes to health and longevity. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 3(1), 1-43.

Diener, E., & Diener, C. (2011). Monitoring psychosocial prosperity for social change. In R. Biswas-Diener. (Ed.), Positive psychology as social change (pp. 53-71) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Diener, E., & Gonzalez, E. (2011, Fall). The validity of life satisfaction measures. Social Indicator Network News. 108, 1-5.

Diener, E., Tay, L., & Myers, D. G. (2011). The religion paradox: If religion makes people happy, why are so many dropping out? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(6), 1278-1290.

Kobau, R., Seligman, M.E.P., Peterson, C., Diener, E., Zack, M.M., Chapman, D., & Thompson, W. (2011). Mental health promotion in public health: Perspectives and methods from positive psychology. American Journal of Public Health, 101(8), e1-e9.

Morrison, M., Tay, L., Diener, E. (2011). Subjective well-being and national satisfaction: Findings from a worldwide survey. Psychological Science, 22(2), 166-171

Nickerson, C., Diener, E., Schwarz, N. (2011). Positive Affect and College Success. Journal of Happiness Studies, 12(4), 717-746.

Oishi. S., Kesebir, S., & Diener, E. (2011). Income inequality and happiness. Psychological Science, 22(9), 1095-1100.

Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2011). Needs and subjective well-being around the world. Journal of Sersonality and Social Psychology, 101(2), 354.

Tay, L., Diener, E., Drasgow, F., & Vermunt, J.K. (2011). Multilevel Mixed-Measurement IRT Analysis: An Explication and Application to Self-Reported Emotions Across the World. Organizational Research Methods, 14(1), 177-207.

Wirtz, D., Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Drogos, K.L. (2011). The friendship effect in judgments of physical attractiveness. In J. C. Toller (Ed.), Friendships: Types, cultural, psychological and social aspects (pp. 145-162). Hauppage, NY: Nova.

2010

Biswas-Diener, R., Vitterso, J., & Diener, E. (2010). The Danish effect: Beginning to explore high well-being in Denmark. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 229-246.

Diener, E. (2010). Neuroimaging: Voodoo, new phrenology, or scientific breakthrough? Introduction to special section on fMRI. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(6), 714-715.

Diener, E., Kahneman, D., Tov, W., & Arora, R. (2010). Income’s association with judgments of life versus feelings. In E. Diener, J. Helliwell, & D. Kahneman (Eds.), International dif erences inwell-being. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Diener, E., Kahneman, D., Tov, W., & Arora, R. (2010). Income’s association with judgments of life versus feelings. International differences in well-being, 3-15. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Diener, E., Ng, W., Harter, J., & Arora , R. (2010). Wealth and happiness across the world: Material prosperity predicts life evaluation, whereas psychosocial prosperity predicts positive feeling. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(1), 52-61.

Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Kim-Prieto, C., Biswas-Diener, R., & Tay, L. S. (2010) Unhappiness in South Korea: why it is high and what might be done about it. Seoul, Korean Psychological Association.

Diener, E., & Tay, L. (2010). Needs and subjective well-being around the world. Submitted for publication.

Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, DW., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143-156.

Fulmer, A., Gelfand, M. J., Kruglanski, A., Kim-Prieto, C., Diener, E., Pierro, A., & Higgins, E. (2010). On “feeling right” in cultural contexts: How person-culture match affects self-esteem and subjective well-being. Psychological Science, 21(11), 1563-1569.

Gelfand, M.J., & Diener, E. (2010). Culture and psychological science: Introduction to the special section. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(4), 390.

Morrison, M., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2010). Subjective well-being and national satisfaction: Findings from a worldwide survey. Submitted for Publication.

Morrison, M., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2011). Subjective well-being and national satisfaction: Findings from a worldwide survey. Psychological Science, 22(2), 166-171.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (2010). Happiness experienced: The science of subjective well-being. In I. Boniwell, & S. David(Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Happiness. In preparation.

2009

Diener, E. (2009). Positive Psychology: Past, Present, and Future. In C.R. Snyder & Shane J. Lopez (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Diener, E., Kesebir, P., & Tov, W. (2009). Happiness. In M. R. Leary, & R. H. Hoyle, (Eds.), Handbook of individual differences in social behavior (pp. 147-160). New York: The Guilford Press.

Diener, E., Ng, W., & Tov, W. (2009). Balance in life and declining marginal utility of diverse resources. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 3(4), 277-291.

Diener, E., & Ryan, K. (2009). Subjective well-being: a general overview. South African Journal of Psychology, 39(4), 391-406.

Diener, E., & Tov, W. (2009). Well-being on planet earth. Psychological Topics, 18, 213-219.

Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Biswas-Diener, R., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi. D., & Oishi, S. (2009). New measures of well-being. Social Indicators Research: Assessing Well-Being, 39, 247-266.

Kim-Prieto, C. & Diener, E. (2009). Religion as a source of variation in the experience of positive and negative emotions. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(6), 447-460

Ng, W., & Diener, E. (2009). Feeling bad? The “power” of positive thinking may not apply to everyone. Journal of Research in Personality, 43(3), 455-463.

Ng, W., & Diener, E. (2009). Personality differences in emotions: Does emotion regulation play a role? Journal of Individual Differences, 30(2), 100-106.

Ng, W., Diener, E., Harter, J., & Arora, R. (2009). Affluence, feelings of stress, and well-being. Social Indicators Research, 94(2), 257-271.

Slocum-Gori, S., Zumbo, B., Michalos, A., & Diener, E. (2009). A note on the dimensionality of quality of life scales: an illustration with the satisfaction with life scale (swls). Social Indicators Research, 92(3), 489-496.

Tov, W., Diener, E., Ng, W., Kesebir, P., & Harter, J. (2009). The social and economic context of peace and happiness. In R.S. Wyer, C-y. Chiu, & Y-y. Hong, (Eds.) Understanding culture: Theory, research, and application. New York: Taylor & Francis Group.

Wirtz, D., Chiu, C., Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2009). What constitutes a good life? Cultural differences in the role of positive and negative affect in subjective well-being. Journal of Personality, 77(4), 1167-1196.

2008

Clark, A. E., Diener, E., Georgellis, Y., & Lucas, R. E. (2008). Lags and leads in life satisfaction: A test of the baseline hypothesis, The Economic Journal, 118(529), F222-F243.

Diener, E. (2008). Ed Diener: One happy autobiography. In R. Levine, A. Rodrigues, & L. Zelezny, (Eds.), Journeys in social psychology (1-17). New York, NY: Psychology Press.

Diener, E. (2008). Myths in the science of happiness, and directions for future research. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen, (Eds.). The science of subjective well-being (pp.493-514). New York: Guilford Press

Diener, E., Kesebir, P., & Lucas, R. (2008). Benefits of accounts of well-being – For societies and for psychological science. Applied Psychology, 57(s1), 37-53.

Kesebir, P., & Diener, E. (2008). In pursuit of happiness: Empirical answers to philosophical questions. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(2), 117-125.

Kuppens, P., Realo, A., & Diener, E. (2008). The role of positive and negative emotions in life satisfaction judgment across nations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(1), 66-75.

Lucas, R. E. & Diener, E. (2008). What can we learn about national differences in happiness from individual responses? A multilevel approach. In F. J. R. van de Vijver, D. A. van Hemert, Y. H. Poortinga (Eds.). Psychological data at individual and country level: Issues of aggregation and disaggregation. (pp. 223-248). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Lucas, R. E., Dyrenforth, P. S., & Diener, E. (2008). Four myths about subjective well-being. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2(5), 2001-2015.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (2008). The satisfaction with life scale and the emerging construct of life satisfaction. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 3(2), 137-152.

Suh, E. M., Diener, E., and Updegraff, J. A. (2008). From culture to priming conditions: Self-construal influences on life satisfaction judgments. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39(1), 3-15.

Tamir, M., & Diener, E. (2008). Approach-avoidance goals and well-being: One size does not fit all. A. J. Elliot (Ed.), Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation (pp. 415-430). Lawrence Erlbaum.

Tov, W., & Diener, E. (2008). The well-being of nations: Linking together trust, cooperation, and democracy. In B. A. Sullivan, M. Snyder & J. L. Sullivan (Eds.), Cooperation: The political psychology of effective human interaction (pp. 323-342). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

2007

Diener, E. (2007). Guidelines for National Indicators of Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being. On-line ISQOLS white paper (http://www.isqols.org). (Also in . Applied Research in Quality of Life, On-line; Social Indicators Research; Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being; SINET, and other outlets.)

Diener, E., & Tov, W. (2007). Culture and subjective well-being. In S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds.), Handbook of cultural psychology. (691-713). New York: Guilford.

Diener, E., & Tov, W. (2007). Subjective well-being and peace. Journal of Social Issues, 63(2), 421-440.

Nickerson, C., Schwarz, N., & Diener, E. (2007). Financial aspirations, financial success, and overall life satisfaction: Who? And how? Journal of Happiness Studies, 8(4), 467-515.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., Choi, D. W., Kim-Prieto, C., & Choi, I. (2007). The dynamics of daily events and well-being across cultures: When less is more. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(4), 685-698.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., & Lucas, R. (2007).The Optimum Level of Well-Being: Can People Be Too Happy? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2(4), 346–360.

Oishi, S., Schimmack, U., Diener, E., Kim-Prieto, C., Scollon, C. N., Choi, D. (2007). The value-congruence model of memory for emotional experiences: An explanation for cultural and individual differences in emotional self-reports. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(5), 897-905.

2006

Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2006). The subjective well-being of the homeless, and lessons for happiness. Social Indicators Research, 76(2), 185- 205.

Diener, E. (2006). Being a good reviewer. Dialogue, 21(33), 23.

Diener, E. (2006). Editorial. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1(1), 1-4.

Diener, E. (2006). Forward. In M. B. Frisch, Quality of life therapy: Applying a life satisfaction approach to positive psychology and cognitive therapy (pp. vii-viii). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Diener, E. (2006). Guidelines for National Indicators of Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1, 151-157. On-line June 2006. (Appearing also in Social Indicators Research, Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, SINET, and other outlets.)

Diener, E. (2006). Why Robert Kraut smiles. APS Observer, 19(6), 15, 32.

Diener, E., & Eid, M. (2006).The Finale: Take-home messages from the editors. In M. Eid & E. Diener (Eds.), Handbook of multimethod measurement in psychology (pp. 457-463). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Diener, E., Lucas, R., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61(4), 305-314.

Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Case for a national well-being index. Science and Spirit, 17(2), 36-37.

Diener, E., Tamir, M., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Happiness, life satisfaction, and fulfillment: The social psychology of subjective well-being. In P. A. M. van Lange (Ed.), Bridging social psychology: The benefits of transdisciplinary approaches. Hillsdale, NH: Erlbaum.

Eid, M., & Diener, E. (2006).Introduction: The need for multimethod measurement in psychology. In M. Eid & E. Diener (Eds.), Handbook of multimethod measurement in psychology (pp. 3-8). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Kuppens, P., Ceulemans, E., Timmerman, M. E., Diener, E., & Kim-Prieto, C. (2006). Universal intracultural and intercultural dimensions of the recalled frequency of emotional experience. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37(5), 491-515.

Scollon, C. N., Diener, E. (2006). Love, work, and changes in extraversion and neuroticism over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(6), 1152-1165.

2005

Biswas-Diener, R., Vittersø, J., & Diener, E. (2005). Most people are pretty happy, but there is cultural variation: The Inughuit, the Amish, and the Maasai. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, 6(3), 205-226.

Diener, E. (2005). Guidelines for National Indicators of Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being. SINET, November 2005, pp. 4-6. (Appearing also in Social Indicators Research, Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, Applied Research in Quality of Life, International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), and other outlets.)

Diener, E. (2005). Income and happiness (online supplement: The problems and opportunities of children of wealth, www.psychologicalscience.org/observer), APS Observer, 18, 35.

Diener, E. (2005). Science and APA. Dialogue, 20, 22. (Newsletter)

Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2005). Psychological empowerment and subjective well-being. In D. Narayan (Ed.), Measuring empowerment: Cross-disciplinary perspectives (pp. 125-140). Washington, DC: World Bank.

Diener, E., Biswas-Diener, R., & Scollon, C. (2005). Seligman’s concept of positive psychology. In C. B. Fisher & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science (pp. 855-859). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Oishi, S. (2005). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and life satisfaction. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.), (pp. 63-73). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2005). The nonobvious social psychology of happiness. Psychological Inquiry, 16(4), 162-167.

Elavsky, S., McAuley, E., Motl, R. W., Konopack, J. K., Marquez, D. X., Hu, L., Jerome, G. J., & Diener, E. (2005). Physical activity enhances long-term quality of life in older adults: Efficacy, esteem, and affective influences. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 30(2), 138-145.

Fujita, F., & Diener, E. (2005). Life satisfaction set-point: Stability and change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88(1), 158-164.

Kim-Prieto, C., & Diener, E. (2005). Religious affiliation as a source of cultural differences in achievement motivation. In M. L. Maehr & S. A. Karabenick (Eds.), Motivation and Religion (Advances in motivation and achievement, Volume 14), (pp. 403-418). San Diego, CA: Elsevier, Inc.

Kim-Prieto, C., Diener, E., Tamir, M., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, M. (2005). Integrating the diverse definitions of happiness: A time-sequential framework of subjective well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, 6(3), 261-300.

Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131(6), 803-855.

McCrae, R. R., Terraciano, A., & 79 members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project (2005). Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(3), 407-425.

Schimmack, U., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2005). Individualism: A valid and important dimension of cultural differences between nations. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 9(1), 17-31.

Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2005). An experience sampling and cross-cultural investigation of the relation between pleasant and unpleasant affect. Cognition and Emotion, 19(1), 27-52.

Terracciano, A., Abdel-Khalek, A. M., Adam, N., Adamovova, L., Ahn, C.-k., Ahn, H.-n., et al. (2005). National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 Cultures. Science, 310(5745), 96-100.

Vittersø, J., Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2005). The divergent meanings of life satisfaction: Item response modeling of the satisfaction with life scale in Greenland and Norway. Social Indicators Research, 74(2), 327-348.

2004

Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Tamir, M. (2004). The psychology of subjective well-being. Daedalus, 133(2), 18-25.

Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2004). Are Scandinavians happier than Asians? Issues in comparing nations on subjective well-being. In F. Columbus (Ed.), Asian Economic and Political Issues: Vol. 10 (pp. 1-25). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.

Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2004). Happiness and health. In N. B. Anderson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior: Vol. 2 (pp. 459-463). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Lucas, R. E. (2004). The evolving concept of subjective well-being: The multifaceted nature of happiness. In P. T. Costa & I. C. Siegler (Eds.), Advances in cell aging and gerontology: Vol. 15 (pp. 187-220). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Beyond money: Toward an economy of well-being. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5(1), 1-31.

Eid, M., & Diener, E. (2004). Global judgments of subjective well-being: Situational variability and long-term stability. Social Indicators Research, 65(3), 245-277.

Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E. (2004). Unemployment alters the set-point for life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 15(1), 8-13.

Lucas, R. E., & Diener, E. (2004). Well-being. In C. Spielberger (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology (pp. 669-676). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Cross-situational consistency of affective experiences across cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(3), 460-472.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (2004). Findings on subjective well-being: Applications to public policy, clinical interventions, and education. In P. A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology in practice (pp. 679-692). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (2004). The subjective evaluation of well-being in adulthood: Findings and implications. Ageing International, 29(2), 113-135.

Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S, & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Emotions across cultures and methods. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35(3), 304-326.

Solberg, E. C., Diener, E., & Robinson, M. (2004). Why are materialists less satisfied? In T. Kasser & A.D. Kanner (Eds.), Psychology and consumer culture: The struggle for a good life in a materialistic world (pp. 29-48). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Wirtz, D., & Diener, E.(2004). Happiness. In G. R. Goethals, G. J. Sorenson, & J. M. Burns (Eds.), Encyclopedia of leadership: Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2003

Diener, E. (2003). What is positive about positive psychology: The curmudgeon and Pollyanna. Psychological Inquiry, 14(2), 115-120.

Diener, E., Fraser, S.C., Beaman, A.L., & Kelem, R.T. (2003). Effects of deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween trick-or-treaters. In M.A. Hogg(Ed.) Sage benchmarks in psychology: Social psychology. London: Sage.

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being: Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual Review of Psychology, 54(1), 403-425.

Eid, M., Langeheine, R., & Diener, E. (2003). Comparing typological structures across cultures by multigroup latent class analysis: A primer. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34(2), 195-210.

Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E. (2003). Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: Reactions to changes in marital status. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(3), 527-539.

Lucas, R. E., & Diener, E. (2003). The happy worker: Hypotheses about the role of positive affect in worker productivity. In M. R. Barrick & A. M. Ryan (Eds.), Personality and work: Reconsidering the role of personality in organizations (pp. 30-59). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. (The organizational frontiers series)

Lucas, R. E., Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (2003). Measuring positive emotions. In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures (pp. 201-218). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Nickerson, C., Schwarz, N., Diener, E., & Kahneman, D. (2003). Zeroing in on the dark side of the American Dream: A closer look at the negative consequences of the goal for financial success. Psychological Science, 14(6), 531-536.

Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2003). Culture and well-being: The cycle of action, evaluation, and decision. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(8), 939-949.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (2003). Well-being (Including life satisfaction).In Encyclopedia of psychological assessment (Vol. 2, pp. 1097-1101). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Schimmack, U., & Diener, E. (2003). Editorial - Experience sampling methodology in happiness research. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, 4(1), 1-4

Schimmack, U., & Diener, E. (2003). Predictive validity of explicit and implicit self-esteem for subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 37(2), 100-106.

Scollon, C. N., Kim-Prieto, C., & Diener, E. (2003). Experience sampling: Promises and pitfalls, strengths and weaknesses. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, 4(1), 5-34.

Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The role of predicted, on-line, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological Science, 14(5), 520-524.

2002

Basabe, N., Paez, D., Valencia, J., Gonzalez, J. L., Rime, B., & Diener, E. (2002). Cultural dimensions, socioeconomic development, climate, and emotional hedonic level. Cognition & Emotion, 16(1), 103-125.

Diener, E. (2002). Learning to publish [Review of the book Guide to publishing in psychology journals]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 47(2), 212-213.

Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2002). Will money increase subjective well-being? A literature review and guide to needed research. Social Indicators Research, 57(2), 119-169.

Diener, E., & Clifton, D. (2002). Life satisfaction and religiosity in broad probability samples. Psychological Inquiry, 13(3), 206-209.

Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., Oishi, S., & Suh, E. M. (2002). Looking up and looking down: Weighting good and bad information in life satisfaction judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 28(4), 437-445.

Diener, E., Lucas, R., & Oishi, S. (2002). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and life satisfaction. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), The handbook of positive psychology (pp. 63-73). New York: Oxford University Press.

Diener, E., Nickerson, C., Lucas, R. E., & Sandvik, E. (2002). Dispositional affect and job outcomes. Social Indicators Research, 59(3), 229-259.

Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2002). Our desired future for personality psychology. Journal of Research in Personality, 36(6), 629-637.

Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13(1), 80-83.

Larsen, R. J., Diener, E., & Lucas, R. (2002). Emotion: Models, measures, and individual differences. In R. Lord, R. Klimoski, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Emotions at work (pp. 64-106). San Francisco: Jossey- Bass

Schimmack, U., Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2002). Life-satisfaction is a momentary judgment and a stable personality characteristic: The use of chronically accessible and stable sources. Journal of Personality, 70(3), 345-384.

Schimmack, U., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2002). Cultural influences on the relation between pleasant emotions and unpleasant emotions: Asian dialectic philosophies or individualism-collectivism? Cognition and Emotion, 16(6), 705-719.

Solberg, E. C., Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Lucas, R. E., & Oishi, S. (2002). Wanting, having, and satisfaction: Examining the role of desire discrepancies in satisfaction with income. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(3), 725-734.

Vittersø, J., Røysamb, E. & Diener, E. (2002). The concept of life satisfaction across cultures: exploring its diverse meaning and relation to economic wealth. In E. Gullone & R. A. Cummins (Eds.). The Universality of Subjective Well-Being Indicators. A multi-disciplinary and multi-national perspective. Social Indicators Research Book Series, Volume 16, 81 - 103. The Netherlands, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

2001

Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2001). Making the best of a bad situation: Satisfaction in the slums of Calcutta. Social Indicators Research, 55(3), 329-352.

Diener, E. (2001). Over-concern with research ethics. Dialogue, 16(2).

Diener, E. (2001). Psychology of well-being (Subjective). In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 16451-16454). Oxford: Pergamon.

Diener, E., Wirtz, D., & Oishi, S. (2001). End effects of rated life quality: The James Dean effect. Psychological Science, 12(2), 124-128.

Eid, M., & Diener, E. (2001). Norms for experiencing emotions in different cultures: Inter- and intranational differences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(5), 869-885.

Lucas, R. E., & Diener, E. (2001). Extraversion. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 5202-5205). Oxford: Pergamon.

Lucas, R. E., & Diener, E. (2001). Understanding extraverts’ enjoyment of social situations: The importance of pleasantness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(2), 343-356.

Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2001). Goals, culture, and subjective well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(12), 1674-1682.

Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2001). Re-examining the general positivity model of subjective well-being: The discrepancy between specific and global domain satisfaction. Journal of Personality, 69(4), 641-666.

Oishi, S., Schimmack, U., & Diener, E. (2001). Pleasures and subjective well-being. European Journal of Personality, 15(2), 153-167.

2000

Basabe, N., Paez, D., Valencia, J., Rime, B., Pennebaker, J., Diener, E., & Gonzalez, J. L. (2000). Sociocultural factors predicting subjective experience of emotion: A collective level analysis. Psicothema, 12(1), 55-69.

Diener, E. (2000). Introduction to special section on personality development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 78(1), 120-121.

Diener, E. (2000). Money matters [Review of the book The Psychology of Money]. Contemporary Psychology APA Review of Books, 45(6), 642-643.

Diener, E. (2000). Positive leadership: Moving into the future. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 4(2), 233-236.

Diener, E. (2000). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness, and a proposal for a national index. American Psychologist, 55(1), 34-43.

Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2000). New directions in subjective well-being research: The cutting edge. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 27(1), 21-33.

Diener, E., Gohm, C., Suh, E., & Oishi, S. (2000). Similarity of the relations between marital status and subjective well-being across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 31(4), 419-436.

Diener, E., & Lucas, R. (2000). Explaining differences in societal levels of happiness: Relative standards, need fulfillment, culture, and evaluation theory. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, 1(1), 41-78.

Diener, E., & Lucas, R. (2000). Subjective emotional well-being. In M. Lewis & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of emotions (2nd ed., pp. 325-337). New York: Guilford.

Diener, E., Napa-Scollon, C. K., Oishi, S., Dzokoto, V., & Suh, E. M. (2000). Positivity and the construction of life satisfaction judgments: Global happiness is not the sum of its parts. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Periodical on Subjective Well-Being, 1(2), 159-176.

Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2000). Money and happiness: Income and subjective well-being across nations. In E. Diener & E. M. Suh (Eds.), Culture and subjective well-being (pp. 185-218). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (2000). Measuring subjective well-being to compare the quality of life of cultures. In Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (Eds.). Culture and subjective well-being (pp. 3-12). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Lucas, R. E., & Diener, E. (2000). Personality and subjective well-being across the life span. In D. L. Molfese and V. J. Molfese (Eds.), Temperament and personality development across the life span (pp. 211-234). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lucas, R. E., Diener, E., Grob, A., Suh, E. M., & Shao, L. (2000). Cross-cultural evidence for the fundamental features of extraversion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(3), 452-468.

Schimmack, U., Oishi, S., Diener, E., & Suh, E. (2000). Facets of affective experiences: A framework for investigations of trait affect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(6), 655-688.

1999

Diener, E., & Lucas, R. (1999). Personality and subjective well-being. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 213-229). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1999). National differences in subjective well-being. In Kahneman, D., Diener, E. & Schwarz, N. (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 434-450). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E., & Smith, H. L. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125(2), 276-302.

Eid, M., & Diener, E. (1999). Intraindividual variability in affect; Reliability, validity, and personality correlates. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(4), 662-676.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Suh, E. (1999). Cross-cultural variations in predictors of life satisfaction: Perspectives from needs and values. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25(8), 980-990.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., Suh, E. M., & Lucas, R. E. (1999). Value as a moderator in subjective well-being. Journal of Personality, 67(1), 157-184.

Smith, R. H., Parrott, W. G., Diener, E., Hoyle, R. H., & Kim, S.-H. (1999). Dispositional envy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25(8), 1007-1020.

1998

Diener, E., Sapyta, J. J., & Suh, E. (1998). Subjective well-being is essential to well-being. Psychological Inquiry, 9(1), 33-37.

Diener, E., & Suh, M. E. (1998). Subjective well-being and age: An international analysis. In K.W. Schaie & M.P. Lawton (Eds.) Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics: Vol. 17. Focus on emotion and adult development (pp. 304-324). New York: Springer.

Gohm, C. L., Oishi, S., Darlington, J., & Diener, E. (1998). Culture, parental conflict, parental marital status, and the subjective well-being of young adults. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60(2), 319-334.

Oishi, S., Schimmack, U., Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (1998). The measurement of values and individualism-collectivism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24(11), 1177-1189.

Pavot, W., Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1998). The Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 70(2), 340-354.

Seidlitz, L., & Diener, E. (1998). Sex differences in the recall of affective experiences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(1), 262-271.

Suh, E., Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Triandis, H. C. (1998). The shifting basis of life satisfaction judgments across cultures: Emotions versus norms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(2), 482-493.

1997

Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1997). Social comparisons and subjective well-being. In B. Buunk & F. X. Gibbons (Eds.), Health, coping, and well-being: Perspectives from social comparison theory (pp. 329-357). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1997). Measuring quality of life: Economic, social, and subjective indicators. Social Indicators Research, 40(1), 189-216.

Diener, E., Suh, E., & Oishi, S. (1997). Recent findings on subjective well-being. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 24(1), 25-41.

Pavot, W., Fujita, F., & Diener, E. (1997). The relation between self-aspect congruence, personality, and subjective well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 22(2), 183-191.

Schimmack, U., & Diener, E. (1997) Affect intensity: Separating intensity and frequency in repeatedly measured affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(6), 1313-1329.

Seidlitz, L., Wyer, R. S., & Diener, E. (1997). Cognitive correlates of subjective well-being: The processing of valenced life events by happy and unhappy persons. Journal of Research in Personality, 31(2), 240-256.

1996

Diener, E. (1996). Traits can be powerful, but are not enough: Lessons from subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 30(3), 389-399.

Diener, E., & Diener, C. (1996). Most people are happy. Psychological Science, 7(3), 181-185.

Lucas, R. E., Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1996). Discriminant validity of well-being measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71(3), 616-628.

Suh, E., Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1996). Events and subjective well-being: Only recent events matter. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(5), 1091-1102.

1995

Diener, E. (1995). A value based index for measuring national quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 36(2), 107-127.

Diener, E., & Diener, C. (1995). The wealth of nations revisited: Income and quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 36(3), 275-286.

Diener, E., & Diener, M. (1995). Cross-cultural correlates of life satisfaction and self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68(4), 653-663.

Diener, E., Diener, M., & Diener, C. (1995). Factors predicting the subjective well-being of nations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(5), 851-864.

Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1995). Methodological pitfalls and solutions in satisfaction research. In A. C. Samli & M. J. Sirgy (Eds.), New dimensions in marketing/quality-of-life research (pp. 27-46). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1995). Resources, personal strivings, and subjective well-being: A nomothetic and idiographic approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68(5), 926-935.

Diener, E., Smith, H., & Fujita, F. (1995). The personality structure of affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(1), 130-141.

Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Smith, H., & Shao, L. (1995). National differences in reported subjective well-being: Why do they occur?. Social Indicator Research, 34(1), 7-32.

Diener, E., Wolsic, B., & Fujita, F. (1995). Physical attractiveness and subjective well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(1), 120-129.

Myers, D. G., & Diener, E. (1995). Who is happy?. Psychological Science, 6(1), 10-19.

1994

Diener, E. (1994). Assessing subjective well-being: Progress and opportunities. Social Indicators Research, 31(2), 103-157. (2005 reprinted in Citation classics from Social Indicators Research)

1993

Balatsky, G., & Diener, E. (1993). Subjective well-being among Russian students. Social Indicators Research, 28(3), 225-243.

Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1993). The experience of emotional well-being. In M. Lewis & J. M. Haviland (Eds.), Handbook of emotions (pp. 405-415). New York: Guilford.

Diener, E., Sandvik, E., Seidlitz, L., & Diener, M. (1993). The relationship between income and subjective well-being: Relative or absolute? Social Indicators Research, 28(3), 195-223.

Magnus, K., Diener, E., Fujita, F., & Pavot, W. (1993). Extraversion and neuroticism as predictors of objective life events: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65(5), 1046-1053.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (1993). Review of the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Psychological Assessment, 5(2), 164-172.

Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (1993). The affective and cognitive context of self-reported measures of subjective well-being. Social Indicator Research, 28(1), 1-20.

Sandvik, E., Diener, E., & Seidlitz, L. (1993). Subjective well-being: The convergence and stability of self-report and non-self-report measures. Journal of Personality, 61(3), 317-342.

Seidlitz, L., & Diener, E. (1993). Memory for positive versus negative life events: Theories for the differences between happy and unhappy persons. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64(4), 654-664.

1992

Diener, E., Sandvik, E., Pavot, W., & Fujita, F. (1992). Extraversion and subjective well-being in a U.S. national probability sample. Journal of Research in Personality, 26(3), 205-215.

Larsen, R. J., & Diener, E. (1992). Promises and problems with the circumplex model of emotion. In M. S. Clark (Ed.), Review of personality and social psychology, No. 13. Emotion (pp. 25-59). Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage Publications, Inc.

1991

Diener, E., Colvin, C. R., Pavot, W. G., & Allman, A. (1991). The psychic costs of intense positive affect. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 61(3), 492-503.

Diener, E., Sandvik, E., & Pavot, W. (1991). Happiness is the frequency, not the intensity, of positive versus negative affect. In F. Strack, M. Argyle, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Subjective well-being: An interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 119-139). New York: Pergamon.

Diener, E., Sandvik, E., Pavot, W., & Gallagher, D. (1991). Response artifacts in the measurement of subjective well-being. Social Indicators Research, 24(1), 35-56.

Fujita, F., Diener, E., & Sandvik, E. (1991). Gender differences in negative affect and well-being: The case for emotional intensity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61(3), 427-434.

Pavot, W., Diener, E. D., Colvin, C. R., & Sandvik, E. (1991). Further validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: Evidence for the cross-method convergence of well-being measures. Journal of Personality Assessment, 57(1), 149-161.

1990

Pavot, W., Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1990). Extraversion and happiness. Personality and Individual Differences, 11(12), 1299-1306.

Smith, R. H., Diener, E., & Garonzik, R. (1990). The roles of outcome satisfaction and comparison alternatives in envy. British Journal of Social Psychology, 29(3), 247-255.

Thomas, D. L., & Diener, E. (1990). Memory accuracy in the recall of emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59(2), 291-297.

1989

Ahadi, S., & Diener, E. (1989). Multiple determinants and effect size. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(3), 398-406.

Smith, R. H., Diener, E., & Wedell, D. H. (1989). Intrapersonal and social comparison determinants of happiness: A range-frequency analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(3), 317-325.

1988

Chwalisz, K., Diener, E., & Gallagher, D. (1988). Autonomic arousal feedback and emotional experience: Evidence from the spinal cord injured. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54(5), 820.

1987

Larsen, R. J., & Diener, E. (1987). Affect intensity as an individual difference characteristic: A review. Journal of Research in Personality, 21(1), 1-39.

Larsen, R. J., Diener, E., & Cropanzano, R. S. (1987). Cognitive operations associated with individual differences in affect intensity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(4), 767.

1986

Diener, E., & Iran-Nejad, A. (1986). The relationship in experience between various types of affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(5), 1031.

Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986). A goal-affect analysis of everyday situational choices. Journal of Research in Personality, 20(3), 309-326.

Emmons, R. A., & Diener. E. (1986). An interactional approach to the study of personality and emotion. Journal of Personality, 54(2), 371-384.

Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986). Influence of impulsivity and sociability on subjective well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(6), 1211.

Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986). Situation selection as a moderator of response consistency and stability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(5), 1013-1019.

Emmons, R. A., Diener, E. D., & Larsen, R. J. (1986). Choice and avoidance of everyday situations and affect congruence: Two models of reciprocal interactionism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(4), 815.

Larsen, R. J., Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1986). Affect intensity and reactions to daily life events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(4), 803.

1985

Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). The independence of positive and negative affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47(5), 1105-1117.

Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49(1), 71-75.

Diener, E., Horwitz, J., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). Happiness of the very wealthy. Social Indicators Research, 16(3), 263-274.

Diener, E., Larsen, R. J., Levine, S., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). Intensity and frequency: dimensions underlying positive and negative affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48(5), 1253.

Diener, E., Sandvik, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1985). Age and sex effects for emotional intensity. Developmental Psychology, 21(3), 542-546.

Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1985). Factors predicting satisfaction judgments: A comparative examination. Social Indicators Research, 16(2), 157-167.

Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1985). Personality correlates of subjective well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 11(1), 89-97.

Emmons, R. A., Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1985). Choice of situations and congruence models of interactionism. Personality and Individual Differences, 6(6), 693-702.

Larsen, R. J., & Diener, E. (1985). A multitrait-multimethod examination of affect structure: Hedonic level and emotional intensity. Personality and Individual differences, 6(5), 631-636.

Larsen, R. J., Diener, E. D., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). An evaluation of subjective well-being measures. Social Indicators Research, 17(1), 1-17.

Sandvik, E., Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1985). The opponent process theory and affective reactions. Motivation and Emotion, 9(4), 407-418.

1984

Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 95(3), 542-575.

Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1984). Temporal stability and cross-situational consistency of affective, behavioral, and cognitive responses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47(4), 871-883.

Diener, E., Larsen, R. J., & Emmons, R. (1984). Person X situation interactions: Choice of situations and congruence response models. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47(3), 580-592.

1981

Diener, E., & Woody, L. W. (1981). Television violence, conflict, realism, and action: A study in viewer liking. Communications Research, 8(3), 281-306.

1980

Diener, E., Lusk, R., DeFour, D., & Flax, R. (1980). Deindividuation: Effects of group size, density, number of observers, and group member similarity on self-consciousness and disinhibited behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(3), 449-459.

1979

Diener, E. (1979). Deindividuation, self-awareness, and disinhibition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37(7), 1160-1171.

Diener, E., & Crandall, R. (1979). An evaluation of the Jamaican anti-crime program. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 9(2), 135-146.

1978

Diener, E., & DeFour, D. (1978). Does television violence enhance program popularity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36(3), 333-341.

1977

Beaman, A. L., Diener, E., Fraser, S. C., & Endresen, K. L. (1977). Effects of voluntary and semivoluntary peer-monitoring programs on academic performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 69(2), 109-114.

Diener, E. (1977). Deindividuation: Causes and consequences. Social Behavior and Personality, 5(1), 143-155.

Fraser, S. C., Beaman, A. L., Diener, E., & Kelem, R. T. (1977). Two, three, or four heads are better than one: Modification of college performance by peer monitoring. Journal of Education Psychology, 69(2), 101-108.

Johnston, A., DeLuca, D., Murtaugh, K., & Diener, E. (1977). Validation of a laboratory play measure of child aggression. Child Development, 48(1), 324-327.

Pettus, C., & Diener, E. (1977). Factors affecting the effectiveness of abstract versus concrete information. The Journal of Social Psychology, 103(2), 233-242.

1976

Diener, E. (1976). Effects of prior destructive behavior, anonymity, and group presence on deindividuation and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 497-507.

Diener, E., Fraser, S. C., Beaman, A. L., & Kelem, R. T. (1976). Effects of deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween trick-or-treaters. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(2), 178-183.

Diener, E., & Wallbom, M. (1976). Effects of self-awareness on antinormative behavior. Journal of Research in Personality, 10(1), 107-111.

Diener, E., Whitmore, J., & Munn, J. (1976). Role playing as a training device for investigation of in-progress situations. Police Journal, 49, 261-269.

Jones, S., & Diener, E. (1976). Ethnic preference of college students for their own and other racial group. Social Behavior and Personality, 4(2), 225-231.

1975

Diener, E., Bugge, I., & Diener, C. (1975). Children's preparedness to learn high magnitude responses. The Journal of Social Psychology, 96(1), 99-107.

Diener, E., Dineen, J., & Endresen, K. (1975). Effects of altered responsibility, cognitive set, and modeling on physical aggression and deindividuation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(2), 328-337.

Sarason, I. G., Smith, R. E., & Diener, E. (1975). Personality research: Components of variance attributable to the person and the situation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32(2), 199-204.

Smith, R. E., Wheeler, G., & Diener, E. (1975). Faith without works: Jesus people, resistance to temptation, and altruism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 5(4), 320-330.

1974

Smith, R. E., Diener, E., & Beaman, A. L. (1974). Demand characteristics and the behavioral avoidance measure of fear in behavior therapy analogue research. Behavior Therapy, 5(2), 172-182.

1973

Diener, E., Westford, K. L., Diener, C., & Beaman, A. L. (1973). Deindividuating effects of group presence and arousal on stealing by Halloween trick-or-treaters. In H. D. Lindgren (Ed.), Children's behavior: An introduction to research studies (pp. 228-233). Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield. (Also appeared in 1973 APA Convention Proceedings)

Diener, E., Westford, K. L., Dineen, J., & Fraser, S. C. (1973). Beat the pacifist: The deindividuating effects of anonymity and group presence. Proceedings of the 81st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 8 APA, 221-222.

Diener, E., Westford, K. L., Fraser, S. C., & Beaman, A. L. (1973). Selected demographic variables in altruism. Psychological Reports, 33, 226.

1972

Diener, E. (1972). Maternal child-rearing attitudes as antecedents of self-actualization. Psychological Reports, 31(3), 694.

Diener, E., Matthews, R., & Smith, R. E. (1972). Leakage of experimental information to potential future subjects by debriefed subjects. Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 6(2-3), 264-267.

Unpublished

Diener, E. (1985). Affect intensity as a temperament characteristic. Unpublished manuscript.

Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., & Sandvisk, E. (1985). The dual nature of happiness: Independence of positive and negative moods. Unpublished manuscript.

Larsen, R. J., Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1984). Affect intensity as a dimension of temperament. Unpublished manuscript.

Weed, N. C., & Diener, E. (1988). Affect intensity and controlled emotional stimuli. Unpublished manuscript.

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