Research examining folk theories of the good life has focused on global evaluations of happiness such as life satisfaction (Diener, Wirtz, & Oishi, 2001), or have confounded moment-to-moment happiness with global happiness (King & Napa, 1998). There is, however, an abundance of evidence that moment-to-moment emotions and global or retrospective ratings of SWB can differ (Kahneman, 1999). The present research examined the relative influence of moment-to-moment emotion vs. global or retrospective happiness (RH) in folk concepts of the good life. Study 1 compared moment-to-moment happiness to retrospective reports, while Study 2 compared moment-to-moment happiness to global life satisfaction (GLS). Both studies revealed significant effects of moment-to-moment happiness, GLS, and retrospective happiness on measures of desirability and moral goodness. Similarly, individuals high in moment-to-moment happiness, GLS, and RH were judged as likely to go to heaven. Results suggest that moment-to-moment, global, and RH are essential to conceptions of the good life.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-04242006-122412 |
| Date | 25 April 2006 |
| Creators | Caldwell, Amanda Elaine |
| Contributors | Christie Scollon |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/msword |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-04242006-122412/ |
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