(in Polish) Subjective Well-being: Cross-Cultural,Developmental and Methodological Aspects WF-PS-NSWB
Course aims:
- Introduce students to the rapidly advancing Subjective Well-being research, the history and development of ideas in this field.
- Help students differentiate between the different concepts and theories developed within this area.
- Introduce the most common measures of Subjective Well-being and discuss measurement issues.
- Raise students’ awareness of the cross-cultural questions of Subjective Well-being research.
- Enhance students’ understanding of Subjective Well-being changes over the life course.
- Although the present course is based on the scientific explorations of Subjective well-being, students will learn many practical ideas that they can apply to their own life, in enjoying a healthy, happy and meaningful life and in improving their results at work and university.
Main topics:
1. Historic background of Subjective Well-being research
2. Concepts and theories of Subjective Well-being
3. Measurement of Subjective Well-being
4. Demographic factors and Subjective Well-being
5. Income and material wealth and Subjective Well-being
6. Interpersonal relationships, Personality, heritability, and individual differences and Subjective Well-being
7. Culture and Subjective Well-being
8. Subjective Well-being over the life course
9. Interventions for enhancing Subjective Well-being
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Assessment criteria
Students will be assessed in a variety of ways through:
- literature reviews
- group / individual presentations
- written essays
Practical placement
Not applicable.
Bibliography
The literature will be given at the first meeting.
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