Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:34:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ECFerreira.pdf: 845142 bytes, checksum: e77019da6850908cff3683b0b780c547 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-09 / This study aimed to identify and describe associations between subjective well-being, construct formed by general satisfaction with life and positive and negative affects, and self-efficacy for drug abstinence in cocaine/crack in the process of withdrawal. Used to assess the variables, the Scales of Positive and Negative Affects, General Satisfaction with Life, Self-efficacy for Withdrawal of Drug Evaluation for Change, University of Rhode Island and a questionnaire on socio-demographic and socio-cultural. 70 men participated, cocaine/crack, young and low education. They were people of incomes of up to three minimum wages (63%) who were hospitalized more than once (65%), self-reported abstinence at the time of data collection. Participants had average levels of self-efficacy for abstinence from drugs, low levels of subjective well-being, and were satisfied with their lives. Calculations of Pearson correlation revealed no association between subjective well-being and self-efficacy for abstinence from drugs, including readiness to change drug use and subjective well-being, nor between readiness to change drug use and self-efficacy for abstinence drugs. Results of analysis of variance revealed no differences in the levels of subjective well-being among different groups of readiness for change nor between the mean self-efficacy for abstinence from drugs among different groupings of readiness for change in drug use. The discussion touched on the results of the fact that the admission of participants was voluntary or involuntary, length of stay, their stage of readiness to change their behavior of drug and the characteristics of their group withdrawal on the literature of the area. Finally, he pointed out, in conclusion, limitations and future research agenda. / Este estudo teve por objetivo identificar e descrever associações entre bem-estar subjetivo, construto formado por satisfação geral com a vida e afetos positivos e negativos,e autoeficáciapara abstinência de drogas em dependentes de cocaína/crack em processo de abstinência. Utilizou, para avaliar as variáveis, as Escalas de Afetos Positivos e Negativos, de Satisfação Geral com a Vida, de Autoeficácia para Abstinência de Drogas, de Avaliação para Mudança da Universidade de Rhode Island e um questionário de dados sócio-demográficos e socioculturais. Participaram 70 homens, dependentes de cocaína/crack, jovens e de baixa escolaridade.Eram pessoas de rendimentos de até três salários mínimos (63%), que foram internadas mais de uma vez (65%), autodeclaradas abstinentes no momento da coleta dos dados. Os participantes possuíam níveis médiosde autoeficácia para abstinência de drogas, níveis baixos de bem-estar subjetivo, e estavam satisfeitos com suas vidas. Cálculos de correlação de Pearson revelaram que não há associação entre bem-estar subjetivoe autoeficácia para abstinência de drogas, entre prontidão para mudança no consumo de drogas e bem-estar subjetivo, nem entre prontidão para mudança no consumo de drogas eautoeficácia para abstinência de drogas. Resultados de análise de variância revelaram que não houve diferençasnos níveis de bem-estar subjetivo entreos diferentes os agrupamentos de prontidão para mudanças nem entre as médias de autoeficácia para abstinência de drogas entre os diferentes agrupamentos de prontidão para mudanças no consumo de drogas. A discussão abordou os resultados diante do fato de a internação dos participantes ter sido involuntária ou voluntária, do tempo de internação, do seu estágio de prontidão para mudar seu comportamento de consumo de drogas e das características de seu grupo de abstinência diante da literatura da área. Finalmente, apontou, em conclusão, limitações e agenda de pesquisa futura.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:34:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MaisaOliveira.pdf: 1441077 bytes, checksum: a86fd7dc98715e65d08b719c1ecaa61e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research had the purpose to investigate the moderating role of team potency on the relationship between social support perception and subjective well-being among scout teenagers through longitudinal delineation. The team potency are related to the members belief in effectiveness of the team, while the social support is the person´s belief in getting support from his social network. As for the subjective welfare it shows how a person is satisfied with his own life.This research had the participation of 249 teenagers from 53 teams. Each team was made up of three to seven members and their average age was 13,85 years old (SD= 1,86), and 57,4 per cent was male. The research happened among scout troops whose centers were located in Belo Horizonte and Contagem, Minas Gerais. The method used was a questionnaire that each scout should fill in. It had three scales which measured the three variables of this study. The results demonstrated that the social support perception and the team potency influenced positively and significantly the teenager subjective welfare, however, team potency was not able to moderate the relationship between social support perception and subjective welfare. The teenagers kept levels of social support perception and belief in team potency in similar plateaus. Therefore, they enjoyed well-being and mental health, condition that has remained over time. Such evidence assure the role promoter of subjective well-being as well as social support and team potency in individuals mental health. / Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar o papel moderador de potência de equipes sobre as relações entre percepção de suporte social e bem-estar subjetivo, mediante delineamento longitudinal. A potência de equipes refere-se à crença dos membros na eficácia de sua equipe, enquanto o suporte social é à crença do indivíduo em receber apoio de sua rede social. Já o bem-estar subjetivo demonstra o quanto uma pessoa está satisfeita com sua própria vida. Participaram da pesquisa 249 adolescentes, provenientes de 53 equipes, cada uma composta por três a sete membros, idade média 13,85 anos (DP = 1,86), 57,4% do sexo masculino. O estudo foi realizado em grupos de escoteiros com sedes localizadas em Contagem e Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. O instrumento utilizado foi um questionário de autopreenchimento, composto por três escalas que aferiram as três variáveis deste estudo. Os resultados demonstraram que a percepção de suporte social e a potência de equipes influenciaram positiva e significativamente o bem-estar subjetivo dos adolescentes, porém, potência de equipes não foi capaz de moderar a relação entre percepção de suporte social e bem-estar subjetivo. Os adolescentes também mantiveram seus níveis de percepção de suporte social e de crença na potência de equipes em patamares semelhantes. Logo, os adolescentes desfrutavam de bem-estar e saúde psíquica, condição que se manteve ao longo do tempo. Tais evidências asseguram o papel promotor de bem-estar subjetivo tanto de percepção de suporte social quanto de potência de equipes na saúde mental do indivíduo.

The aim of this study is to explore the patterns of emotion recognition in Mexican bilinguals using the JACFEE (Matsumoto & Ekman, 1988). Previous cross cultural research has documented high agreement in judgments of facial expressions of emotion, however, none of the previous studies has included data from Mexican culture. Participants were 229 Mexican college students (mean age 21.79). Results indicate that each of the seven universal emotions: anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise was recognized by the participants above chance levels (p < .001), regardless of the gender or ethnicity of the posers. These findings replicate reported data on the high cross cultural agreement in emo- tion recognition (Ekman, 1994) and contribute to the increasing body of evidence regardingthe universality of emotions. / Este estudio presenta un meta-análisis sobre la relación entre los valores de Schwartz y el bienestar subjetivo en distintos contextos culturales, con estudiantes, sus familiares e inmigrantes en España. Los resultados confirman una asociación significativa entre los valores y el bienestar. Auto trascendencia y apertura al cambio, y con menor intensidad, conservación, se asocian positivamente con mayor bienestar. Auto trascendencia se asocia con felicidad y satisfacción de forma positiva no homogénea, siendo los inmigrantes quienes presentan medias más bajas. Apertura al cambio se asocia con felicidad, siendo más fuerte la asociación en inmigrantes que en estudiantes. Los valores conservacionistas se asocian homogéneamente. Un segundo estudio sobre criterios de salud psicosocial y bienestar subjetivo -analizando un país sudamericano colectivista y jerárquico como Brasil, y otro europeo más individualista e igualitario como España- confirma que los valores conservacionistas, así como los de apertura al cambio y auto trascendencia, son deseables y favorecen el bienestar.

A revisão da literatura mostrou que há uma carência de estudos específicos para a avaliação do abuso emocional e de suas repercussões especialmente no Brasil. Esta dissertação consistiu em dois estudos: o primeiro foi uma revisão da literatura sobre as relações entre abuso emocional, autoestima, bem-estar subjetivo e estilos parentais percebidos. O segundo, teve como objetivo analisar as relações entre a memória de abuso emocional, autoestima, bem-estar subjetivo e verificar diferenças na incidência de memória de abuso emocional nos diferentes estilos parentais percebidos. Participaram 305 universitários (64,7% mulheres), de 17 a 62 anos (M= 21,6) de Porto Alegre. Os sujeitos responderam questionários para investigar: dados sócio-demograficos, abuso emocional, autoestima, afeto positivo e negativo, satisfação de vida e estilos parentais. Foram encontradas correlações negativas entre abuso emocional, autoestima e afeto positivo e satisfação de vida e correlações positivas entre abuso emocional, idade e afeto negativo. Os resultados também mostraram diferenças significativas entre as médias de memória de abuso emocional, autoestima e bem-estar subjetivo entre os diferentes estilos parentais. Os resultados do segundo estudo sugerem que os estilos parentais autoritário e negligente são prejudiciais ao desenvolvimento da autoestima, do bem-estar subjetivo e estão relacionados com memórias de abuso emocional. / The revision of literature showed a lack of specific instruments for the assessment of emotional abuse especially in Brazil. The present study consisted of two studies: the first one, a theoretical research about the relations between emotional abuse, self-esteem, subjective well-being and perceived parenting styles. The second study aimed to examine empirically the links between the memory of emotional abuse and self-esteem, subjective well-being and to verify the differences in the incidence of the memory of emotional abuse in the different perceived parenting styles. The participants consisted of 305 university students (64.7% women and 35.3% men), ranging from 17 to 62 years of age (M=21.6 years; SD=5.4), of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Subjects answered self-report questionnaires comprising demographics, emotional abuse in childhood, self-esteem, subjective well-being, and parenting styles. Negative correlations were found between emotional abuse and self-esteem, positive affect and life satisfaction. Positive correlations were found between emotional abuse, age and negative affect. Significant differences were found between the means of the memories of emotional abuse, self-esteem and subjective well-being between the different the parenting styles. The results shown in the second study suggest that the authoritarian and negligent parenting styles are harmful to the development of self-esteem, subjective well-being and are related with memories of emotional abuse.

A influência ambiental é tida como certa no desenvolvimento humano. Contudo, alguns ambientes específicos exercem influências tardias no desenvolvimento. A psicologia militar tem se estabelecido como campo de pesquisa e atuação profissional desde a Primeira Grande Guerra, principalmente nos Estados Unidos e Europa. O ambiente militarizado, costumeiramente relacionado com a fase adulta de vida, tem sido pouco estudado no Brasil, suscitando uma lacuna importante de conhecimentos psicológicos. Neste estudo, cadetes da Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (N=373) e universitários (N=73) responderam instrumentos psicológicos sobre bem-estar subjetivo, estilos parentais e personalidade. Para fins de análise, a amostra militar foi subdividida por diversos critérios: ter pai militar, ter estudado em Colégios Militares, ter parentes militares (que não o pai). Diferenças significativas foram encontradas entre a amostra militar e universitária e entre filhos de militares e não-filhos de militares. Filhos de pais militares apresentaram maior satisfação de vida e maior freqüência de pais e mães responsivos que outros cadetes. Ex-alunos de Colégio Militar mostraram-se mais autônomos e propensos a novas experiências, além de melhor adaptação ao meio militar. Observou-se que a pontuação na escala de Afiliação foi significativamente mais alta entre os militares, entre outras diferenças nas escalas do IFP, mas não houve diferença na Escala de Desejabilidade Socia!. Os resultados apontam a necessidade de novos estudos na área e com diferentes populações. / There seems to be no doubt that the environment has an influence in human psychological development. Nevertheless, it also seems that some specific environments may have an influence in development later on life. Military Psychology was established as research and work field since World War I, mainly at United States and Europe. The military environment, usually related to the adult stage of life, has received little attention from Brazilian psychologists and little is known of its effects in our country. The present study attempts to fill this gap investigating possible psychological differences between persons who live in a military environment and those who do not have any contact with it. Participants were 373 male students at Academia Militar de Agulhas Negras (a military school for training officers for the Brazilian army) and 73 male undergraduate students who never had any contact with a military environment. The military sample was further divided into groups of students who 1) have studied in military schools, 2) have a parent serving in the armed forces, and 3) have other relatives serving in the armed forces. The participants responded to scales to assess subjective well-being, parental styles, and personality traits. The results showed significant differences between the military and the undergraduate sample and between participants who had a father serving at the armed forces and those who did not. Participants whose father was serving presented higher subjective well-being scores and perceived their father and mother as more authoritative. Those who had studied at military secondary schools presented more autonomy and were more open to new experiences. The non-military undergraduate participants tended to perceive their parents as more authoritarians. Affiliation scale score was higher to army cadets, among other significant differences, but Social Desirability scale shown no difference. The results stress the need to study the influence of military environments on psychological development in a more systematic way in Brazil.

The aim of the study was to measure the presence of work engagement and wellbeing among Gestalt play therapists in South Africa. A literature study was undertaken to examine the concepts of work engagement and well-being, and a conceptual framework was given of the Gestalt play therapist and the work that they do with traumatized children within the South African context. This literature study forms the theoretical framework in which the study was done. After completion of the literature study, the empirical study was conducted. The researcher made use of a biographical questionnaire and four psychometric instruments to compile research data; it is the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Scales of Psychological Well-being. The data obtained was quantatively analysed, research findings were discussed and recommendations were made. The empirical data indicated work engagement and well-being to be statistically significant present in Gestalt play therapists in South Africa. / M. Diac. (Play Therapy) / Social Work

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:34:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Erika Correia Silva.pdf: 4371264 bytes, checksum: c727946c71b9ad0007e8ab0b4e59c96c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-05 / Considering the expansion of higher education and the increase in the number of university students, the higher the demands and the need to promote the integral development of the student. Before it, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and the subjective well-being of students. This is a descriptive study, quantitative and cross-sectional design, in which were used the Instrument to Assess Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref) from the World Health Organization - WHO, the Scale of Subjective Well-being and a Questionnaire of Sociodemographic Characteristics. Participated in this study 257 students of both genders and six undergraduate courses in a national university. The data analysis of the quality of life showed that the area with the highest average score (15.23) was the social relations and the worst (12.87) was the environment. When compared to other studies these students in general showed a worse quality of life. As for the scale factors of subjective well-being was found higher mean score (3.80) at the frequency of negative emotions in comparison with the positive emotions (3.27) and with the satisfaction with life (3.57). The majority of students, 185 (72 %) showed subjective well-being moderate. Through these results, it is necessary to think of actions for the prevention and health promotion with the aim of minimizing or eliminating the negative aspects found to strengthen the positive. The results of this study indicate the need for expansion of the policies to assist the student, with psychosocial interventions with the aim of improving the indices of subjective well-being and quality of life. / Considerando a expansão do ensino superior e do aumento do número de estudantes universitários, aumentam-se as demandas e a necessidade de se promover um desenvolvimento integral para o estudante. Diante disso, esse estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade de vida e o bem-estar subjetivo de estudantes universitários. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, quantitativo e de delineamento transversal, no qual foram utilizados o Instrumento de Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida (WHOQOL-Bref) da Organização Mundial da Saúde - OMS, a Escala de Bem-Estar Subjetivo - EBES e um Questionário de Caracterização Sociodemográfica. Participaram desse estudo 257 estudantes de ambos os gêneros e de seis cursos de graduação de uma universidade federal. A análise dos dados da qualidade de vida mostrou que o domínio com maior média (15,23) foi o de relações sociais e o pior (12,87) foi o de meio ambiente. Quando comparado a outros estudos, esses estudantes, em geral, apresentaram pior qualidade de vida. Quanto aos fatores da Escala de Bem-Estar Subjetivo foi encontrado maior média (3,80) na frequência de emoções negativas em comparação com as emoções positivas (3,27) e com a satisfação com a vida (3,57). A maioria dos estudantes, 185 (72%) apresentaram bem-estar subjetivo moderado. Através desses resultados, faz-se necessário pensar em ações de prevenção e promoção da saúde com o objetivo de amenizar ou eliminar os aspectos negativos encontrados e de fortalecer os positivos. Os resultados desse estudo apontam para a necessidade de uma ampliação das políticas de assistência ao estudante, com intervenções psicossociais que objetivem melhorar os índices de bem-estar subjetivo e de qualidade de vida.

A presente tese agrupa quatro estudos que objetivam investigar as relações dos recursos pessoais com os índices de bem-estar dos indivíduos. Foi realizada uma revisão de literatura sobre a iniciativa ao crescimento pessoal, a fim de compreender em profundidade o construto de iniciativa ao crescimento pessoal. Posteriormente, foram desenvolvidos três estudos empíricos. O primeiro artigo empírico refere-se ao estudo de adaptação e avaliação das propriedades psicométricas da versão brasileira da Escala de Iniciativa ao Crescimento Pessoal – II (Personal Growth Initiative Scale – II, PGI-II). Foi observado que a versão brasileira da PGI-II constitui-se como um instrumento confiável para investigar os índices de disponibilidade para mudança, planejamento, comportamento intencional e uso de recursos, apresentando uma estrutura de quatro fatores de primeira ordem. O segundo artigo empírico avaliou se as relações das dimensões da iniciativa ao crescimento pessoal com os níveis de bem-estar subjetivo eram mediadas pela presença de sentido de vida. Foi observado que a presença de sentido de vida media o impacto das dimensões planejamento e comportamento intencional sobre os níveis de satisfação com a vida, afetos positivos e negativos. As dimensões disponibilidade para mudança e uso de recursos não estiveram relacionadas aos índices de presença de sentido de vida. As dimensões disponibilidade para mudança e uso de recursos estiveram negativamente associadas aos níveis de bem-estar subjetivo. O terceiro artigo empírico avaliou se as relações entre otimismo, pessimismo e autoestima com os índices de estresse, satisfação com a vida, afetos positivos e negativos eram mediados pelos níveis de presença de sentido de vida. Os resultados demonstraram que as relações entre o otimismo e autoestima com os índices de estresse, afetos positivos e negativos foram parcialmente mediados pelos níveis de presença de sentido de vida. Entretanto, as relações dos índices de pessimismo com estresse, satisfação com a vida, afetos positivos e negativos não foram mediados pelos níveis de presença de sentido de vida. Estudos futuros devem avaliar se as relações dos recursos pessoais com bem-estar subjetivo e estresse são replicáveis a outras amostras. A principal contribuição desta tese foi disponibilizar uma escala para investigar a iniciativa ao crescimento pessoal no contexto brasileiro. Além disso, os resultados deste estudo avançam o conhecimento sobre as relações entre os recursos pessoais e as dimensões de bem-estar. / This thesis join up four studies that aims to investigate the relationship of levels of personal resources with well-being of individuals. A literature review on the personal growth initiative was carried out in order to understand in depth the construct of personal growth initiative. Later, three empirical studies were developed. The first empirical paper refers to the study of adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Personal Growth Initiative Scale - II (Personal Growth Initiative Scale - II, PGI-II). It was observed that the Brazilian version of PGI-II was established as a reliable instrument to investigate the levels of readiness for change, planfulness, intentional behavior and using resources, with a four first-order factor structure. The second empirical research evaluated if presence of meaning in life mediated the relationships of the dimensions of personal growth initiative with subjective well-being. It was observed that the presence of meaning in life measured the impact of dimensional planning and intentional behavior on levels of satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect. The dimensions readiness for change and using resources were not related to levels of presence of meaning in life. The dimensions readiness for change and using resources were negatively associated with levels of subjective well-being. The third empirical research has evaluated if presence of meaning in life mediated the relationships of optimism, pessimism and self-esteem with levels of stress, life satisfaction, positive and negative affect. The results showed that the relationship between optimism and self-esteem with levels of stress, positive affect and negative were partially mediated by levels of presence of meaning in life. However, the relations of pessimism with stress, life satisfaction, positive affect and negative were not mediated by levels of presence of meaning in life. Future studies should evaluate if the relations of personal resources with subjective well-being and stress are replicable to other samples. The main contribution of this thesis was to provide a scale to investigate the initiative to personal growth in the Brazilian context. In addition, the results of this study advance the understanding of the relationship between personal resources and well-being.

Esta tese tem como objetivos verificar as propriedades psicométricas dos instrumentos de bem-estar: Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS) e Core Affects Scale (CAS); apresentar o bem-estar nos grupos de pais e filhos adolescentes; e verificar a relação entre o bem-estar subjetivo de pais e seus filhos adolescentes a partir de diferentes medidas de avaliação. Foram realizados três estudos, com 543 adolescentes com idades entre 12 e 16 anos (68,3% meninas) e seus respectivos pais, com idade média aproximada de 44 anos. Os resultados apontam que o PWI e as escalas SWLS, BMSLSS e CAS apresentam, no geral, bons índices de ajuste quando da realização da análise fatorial (exploratória e confirmatória) para a amostra de adolescentes e para a de pais. Verificam-se diferenças significativas entre as médias de diferentes domínios de bem-estar, sendo as médias mais altas para os adolescentes do que para os pais. Com relação às diferenças por sexo, para as medidas de bem-estar globais observa-se que tanto as meninas como as mães apresentam médias mais baixas do que os meninos e os pais. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas por idade para os adolescentes e para os pais, apesar de haver uma diminuição nas médias de diversas medidas para os adolescentes com o aumento dos 12 aos 16 anos. Houve diferenças para classe social, sendo as médias de bem-estar mais baixas para os participantes de classe média baixa. Especificamente, há diferenças entre a interação de classe social e sexo, e as participantes do sexo feminino de classe média baixa apresentam as menores médias de bem-estar. Finalmente, a relação entre o bem-estar de pais e filhos foi analisada, chegando-se a 5 itens que apresentam correlação de 0,41 entre pais e filhos: a satisfação com a família, com o lugar onde vive, com as condições onde vive, com o nível de vida e com a segurança, formando uma dimensão denominada de satisfação com o microssistema. Os resultados para os modelos de interdependência ator-parceiro (APIM) apresentam efeitos significativos entre a satisfação e a felicidade global com a vida dos pais e o bem-estar dos filhos adolescentes, apesar de pequenos. / This thesis aims to examine the psychometric properties of the well-being instruments: Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS) and Core Affects Scale (CAS); to present the well-being in the groups of parents and children, and to verify the relation of the subjective well-being of parents and their adolescent children using different assessment measures. Three studies were conducted with 543 adolescents aged between 12 and 16 years (68.3% girls) and their respective parents with an average age of approximately 44 years. The main results show that the scales SWLS, PWI, BMSLSS and CAS have good overall fit indices when performing factor analysis (exploratory and confirmatory) for the sample of adolescents and parents. There are significant differences between the averages of different well-being domains and the averages are higher for teenagers than for parents mostly. With respect to gender differences, for some of the measures of well-being it is observed that girls as mothers present lower average than boys and parents. Considering age, in general there were no significant differences found for adolescents and parents, despite a decrease in the mean for several measures for adolescents when increasing age. There were differences in social class, and the means of well-being are lower for participants from lower middle class. Specifically, there are differences between the interaction of social class and gender, and female participants from lower middle class have lower average well-being. Finally, the relationship between the well-being of parents and children was analyzed, reaching up to 5 items that show a correlation of 0.41 between parents and children: satisfaction with family, where you live, with the conditions of where you live, with the standard of living and security, forming a dimension called satisfaction with the microsystem. The results for the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) show significant effects between the overall satisfaction and happiness with life of parents and the well-being of adolescent children, though small.

This thesis investigates the sensitivity of derived monetary valuations of the well-being effects of non-market goods, by considering, in turn, the four components that contribute to these calculations. Comparisons are made to the current subjective well-being (SWB) literature by altering one component at a time in a willingness to pay (WTP) function, in addition to varying the estimator used when calculating WTP. The first component varied is the measure of income used; a more robust, up-to-date measure is proposed that takes into account household size, economies of scale and composition, plus other improvements over current income scaling approaches including equivalence scales. Secondly, anticipation and adaptation effects are examined, in order to allow for the dynamics of SWB in WTP valuations. Thirdly, due to the ordered nature of the dependent variable, the effects of both cardinal and ordinal models on WTP derivations are investigated. Such models include the ordered logit fixed effects (FE) model (see for example Das and Van Soest (1999), Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Frijters (2004) and Baetschmann et al. (2011)). The final input to be varied is whether income endogeneity is accounted for. A control function approach is used in this case. A key finding is that all four inputs in the WTP calculation contribute significantly to the estimated WTP values. However, the degree to which each input influences the variation in WTP values differs substantially. The three main contributing factors to WTP variations are the income variable chosen, anticipation and adaptation effects, and controlling for endogeneity. Additionally, this thesis proposes a new way to define WTP that is also valid for ordered estimators. Whilst the standard WTP approach relies simply on coefficient ratios at a point in time, the method proposed here uses the finding that statistically significant anticipation and adaptation effects, along with adaptation to all non-market events (except for unemployment) suggest that there are concerns with taking WTP values as yearly valuations that assume constant effects on SWB. By instead defining WTP as the summation of the value of all WTP effects over all lag and lead effect periods, the total value of an event can be calculated. This definition presents further weaknesses of the original method by showing that because of significant lag and lead effects for events such as divorce and widowhood, these events have substantially larger WTP values than first thought. This leads to the major finding in this study that rank orders are not preserved when controlling for income endogeneity, even when comparing two model specifications that are identical in all other respects. Therefore, despite absolute WTP valuations appearing more similar for linear and ordered estimators when a more appropriate model specification is in place, the rank orders are affected. This finding argues against papers such as Powdthavee and van den Berg (2011) that find that rank orders are preserved for WTP valuations when modelling SWB. In conclusion, given rank orders are generally not preserved when a small change is made in the model specification, the validity of the WTP method is significantly reduced. Finally, the above methodology is applied to education, with the main contribution to the education literature being that the positive effects on SWB from education only exist in terms of lead effects.