Subjective Well-Being

The question was provided with a scale of 7 points to answer from. Recent measure contains multiple items. In past years researchers have started using additional type of assessment to get a better scale of long-term feelings. For example in naturalistic experience- sampling method SWB is measured by researchers at random moments in their everyday life, usually over a period of 4 weeks. All the given data provides a reason to believe that the existing measures of SWB have some degree if validity. .
             Measuring bias: While there are encouraging findings on SWB, these measures can be contaminated by biases. People may respond to SWB scales in socially desirable ways. If they believe that happiness is normatively appropriate, they may report that they are happier than other types of assessments may indicate. Although single occasion self-reports of SWB have a degree of validity but with provided conclusions above caution is suggested.
             In future researchers should more frequently combine other types of measures with one time scales. If people are randomly signaled at many points in time and their moods in their natural life settings are recorded a more fine grained record of their experience of well-being is obtained.
             Adaptation: .
             Brickman and Campbell have suggested that all people labor on a "hedonic treadmill ". As they rise to their accomplishments and possessions, their expectations also rise. Soon they habituate to the new level, and it no longer makes them happy. On the negative side, people are unhappy when they first encounter misfortune but they soon adapt and it no longer makes them unhappy. On the basis of this reasoning it is proposed, people are destined to hedonic neutrality in the long run. The example a person who has won lottery may feel extreme happy emotions but after the time passes may be months or a year the person will return to their former level of happiness.
             Correlation of life circumstances with SWB: In research it has been found that life circumstances correlate with SWB on modest levels, which supports the idea of adaption.