Consumers prefer to watch television programs without commercials. Yet, in spite of most consumers’ extensive experience with watching television, we...
We investigated the long-standing—yet previously untested—idea that an abundance of desirable life experiences may undermine people’s ability to savor simpler...
Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined life-satisfaction and housing satisfaction before and after moving (N = 3,658 participants from 2,162 households)...
Once basic needs are satisfied, the relation between income and subjective well-being is small, and materialism leads to diminished well-being....
This research examines why consumers desire unusual and novel consumption experiences and voluntarily choose leisure activities, vacations, and celebrations that...
Documented with 2 experiments a phenomenon of duration neglect in people's global evaluations of past affective experiences. In Study 1,...
The emotion of gratitude is thought to have social effects, but empirical studies of such effects have focused largely on...
The present research examined whether happy and unhappy people perceived the value of Olympic medals (i.e., Gold, Silver, and Bronze)...
We investigate how perceived meaning influences labor supply. In a laboratory setting, we manipulate the perceived meaning of simple, repetitive...
To identify molecular mechanisms underlying the prospective health advantages associated with psychological well-being, we analyzed leukocyte basal gene expression profiles...