Contents	6
	Contributors	8
	Endorsements	10
	Editor’s note concerning source publications	12
	Introduction – MeasuringWell-Being: Collected Theory and Review Works	13
	Progress on AssessingWell-Being	13
	Overview of this Volume	14
	References	17
	Temporal Stability and Cross-Situational Consistency of Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Responses	19
	Method	22
	Mood Form	23
	Results	25
	Discussion	31
	References	34
	Assessing Subjective Well-Being: Progress and Opportunities	37
	Progress to Date: The Current Status of SWB Measurement	39
	Correlates of SWB	46
	Divergent Validity	47
	Advancing Subjective Well-Being Measurement: Developments in Other Areas of Psychology	48
	Developing New Measures	63
	Future Research	67
	Conclusion	67
	References	69
	The Evolving Concept of SubjectiveWell-Being: The Multifaceted Nature of Happiness	78
	Evolving Conceptions of Subjective Well-Being: The Multifaceted Nature of Happiness	78
	Hierarchical Structure: The Components of SWB	82
	Temporal Sequence and Stages	90
	Stability and Consistency of SWB	93
	Affect vs. Cognition	95
	The Functioning Mood System	97
	Tradeoffs	98
	Implications for Measurement	99
	Implications for Research on Aging	102
	Conclusions: The Take-Home Message(s) and Directions for Future Research	104
	References	105
	Review of the SatisfactionWith Life Scale	112
	Characteristics of the SWLS	114
	Discussion	123
	Appendix: Satisfaction with Life Scale	125
	References	125
	SubjectiveWell-Being: The Convergence and Stability of Self-Report and Non-Self-Report Measures	129
	Method	135
	Results	137
	Discussion	145
	References	146
	Measuring Positive Emotions	149
	Definition and Models of Positive Emotions	150
	Methods of Assessment	153
	Future Developments in the Measurement of Positive Emotions	160
	Conclusion	161
	Appendix 1: Intensity and Time Affect Survey (ITAS)	161
	Appendix 2: The Satisfaction With Life Scale	162
	References	162
	Experience Sampling: Promises and Pitfalls, Strengths andWeaknesses	166
	What is ESM? A Brief History	167
	Promises and Strengths	168
	Pitfalls and Weaknesses	173
	Future Direction	183
	Conclusions	184
	References	185
	Life-Satisfaction Is a Momentary Judgment and a Stable Personality Characteristic: The Use of Chronically Accessible and Stable Sources	190
	Integrating the Social Cognition and the Personality Tradition	191
	Why Do People Use Certain Types of Information?	192
	Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Models of Life-Satisfaction	193
	Studying Chronically Accessible Sources: The Validity of Source Reports	194
	Overview	196
	Part I: The Validity of Source Reports	196
	Part II: Chronically Accessible and Stable Sources Mediate the Influence of Personality Traits on Life-Satisfaction	214
	General Discussion	217
	References	218
	Happiness is the Frequency, Not the Intensity, of Positive Versus Negative Affect	221
	Introduction	221
	Measurement	222
	The Composition of Happiness	225
	Intense Positive Affect	230
	Conclusions	236
	References	238
	Income’s Differential Influence on Judgments of Life Versus AffectiveWell-Being	240
	Introduction	240
	Methods	243
	Results	244
	References	251
	New Measures ofWell-Being	253
	Why New Scales?	254
	The Current Study	259
	Results	262
	Discussion	266
	Future Research	267
	Appendix: The Scales	268
	PsychologicalWell-Being Scale (PWB)	269
	Positive Thinking Scale (PTS)	269
	References	270
	Conclusion: Future Directions in Measuring Well-Being	273
	What We Have Learned So Far	273
	Methodological Issues Beyond Measurement	275
	What We Do Not Need	276
	What We Need Now	276
	Conclusions	279
	References	279