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Hedonic and Transcendent Conceptions of Value [PDF]

, 2004
In this paper we introduce a conceptual distinction between a hedonic and transcendent conception of value. We posit three linguistic earmarks by which one can distinguish these conceptions of value.
Besharov, Marya, Podolny, Joel M
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The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties in an Adult Japanese Sample

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Hedonic pleasure orientation (seeking enjoyment), hedonic relaxation orientation (seeking comfort), and eudaimonic orientation (seeking meaning) are major ways that people pursue well-being.
Ryosuke Asano, Tasuku Igarashi, Saori Tsukamoto   +2 more
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Food-related well-being in times of crisis: Conceptual considerations and empirical findings for Syrian refugees in Germany

Journal of Migration and Health, 2020
Migration to a new country generally entails a variety of social and economic adversities, often reflected in food practices. This paper aims to explore the hedonic dimension of well-being in a food context among a diasporic Syrian community in Stuttgart,
Lubana Al-Sayed, Claudia Bieling
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Measuring Well-Being: A Review of Instruments [PDF]

, 2016
Interest in the study of psychological health and well-being has increased significantly in recent decades. A variety of conceptualizations of psychological health have been proposed including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, quality-of-life, and ...
Connor, Korey, Cooke, Philip J., Melchert, Timothy P.   +2 more
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Examining hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in emerging adults from Hong Kong: Does amor Fati account for well-being beyond the role of affectivity?

Acta Psychologica
This study examines the significance and utility of amor fati—an existential construct reflecting complete life affirmation—as a positive psychological variable in predicting both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being among emerging adults in Hong Kong ...
Stephen Cheong Yu Chan, Qi Lu Huang, Edward C. Chang   +2 more
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Environmental justice, capabilities, and the theorization of well-being [PDF]

, 2015
Environmental justice (EJ) scholarship is increasingly framing justice in terms of capabilities. This paper argues that capabilities are fundamentally about well-being and as such there is a need to more explicitly theorize well-being.
Edwards, Gareth A. S., Hunter, Colin, Reid, Louise   +2 more
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Usages des médias numériques, santé mentale et bien-être : nouvelles perspectives pour un développement des dimensions sociales dans les recherches

Revue Française des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication
This article, firstly, provides a critical synthesis of recent research on the links between digital media use and well-being, little known in the French-speaking community.
Didier Courbet, Marie-Pierre Fourquet-Courbet   +1 more
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Well-Being Analysis vs. Cost-Benefit Analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the primary tool used by policymakers to inform administrative decisionmaking. Yet its methodology of converting preferences (often hypothetical ones) into dollar figures, then using those dollar figures as proxies for ...
Bronsteen, John, Buccafusco, Christopher, Masur, Jonathan S.   +2 more
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Customer perception of switch-feel in luxury sports utility vehicles [PDF]

, 2008
Successful new product introduction requires that product characteristics relate to the customer on functional, emotional, aesthetic and cultural levels.
Pitts, Matthew J., Wellings, Tom, Williams, M. A. (Mark A.)   +2 more
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Unpleasantness, motivational oomph, and painfulness [PDF]

, 2014
Painful pains are, paradigmatically, unpleasant and motivating. The dominant view amongst philosophers and pain scientists is that these two features are essentially related and sufficient for painfulness.
Corns, Jennifer
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