Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

What is Well-Being?

A Brief History of the Scientific Study of Well-Being by James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar This column is the first in a series […]

Are There Different Types of Subjective Well-Being?

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar This column is the second in a series that will deal with a variety of issues in […]

Theories of Subjective Well-Being

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar In my last column on types of subjective well-being, I described hedonic and eudaimonic ways of thinking […]

Gratitude and Well-Being

by Philip C. Watkins and Dan Schiebe Gratitude research was rare prior to the 21st century, but in recent years research on gratitude and its […]

Joy and Well-Being

by Philip C. Watkins, Brandy Hutton, and Robert A. Emmons Joy is one of the last major unexplored positive emotions, largely neglected by emotion scientists. […]

Social Comparison Processes and Well-Being

by Pieternel Dijkstra and Abraham P. Buunk Social comparisons – comparing one’s own situation, characteristics, or achievements with those of others – are an essential […]

Subjective Well-Being and Culture

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar How would you rate your day today so far? When asked that question as part of the […]

Collective Well-Being: Looking Beyond Yourself

by Helena Águeda Marujo and Luis Miguel Neto, University of Lisbon, Portugal This article is the first in a series by well-being researchers around the […]

Materialism, Debt, and Well-Being

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D, CWB Senior Scholar In her 1913 novel The Custom of the Country, American author Edith Wharton tells the story of […]

How to Enhance International Students’ University Experiences: A View from Hungary

by Zsuzsanna Gál, MA, Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education, University of Szeged Throughout its more than 25 years of operation, the student counseling center of […]