Introduction – Measuring Well-Being: Collected Theory and Review Works

摘要: Measurement is the most important activity in behavioral science, and perhaps that undervalued most. It can be argued scientific understanding measurement go hand hand. Indeed, this insight offered by Cronbach Meehl (1955) when they development of a measure underlying phenomena hand-in-hand. Many people, even researchers themselves, think as technical affair to performed slower less creative scientists, while geniuses are busy formulating grand theories. In fact, Greenwald (2001, 2002) found majority Nobel prizes sciences work on rather than theory. And above, theory usually advance together. To able something well means we must have good about phenomenon. addition, what sets science apart from other approaches knowledge, such philosophy or theology, heavy grounding it has empirical method. Thus, observing, recording, measuring core aspects their importance cannot underestimated. Several issues occur subjective well-being. One definition inclusion some exclusion others. What well-being, its components? When people respond well-being self-report measures, psychological processes involved? For example, how much do call memory versus general self-concept? How weight various areas lives? methods, self-report, experience sampling, informant reports, converge with one another? Finally, large problem artifacts?