scholarly journals Validation of a Measure of Subjective Well-Being: An Abbreviated Version of the Day Reconstruction Method

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e43887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Miret ◽  
Francisco Félix Caballero ◽  
Arvind Mathur ◽  
Nirmala Naidoo ◽  
Paul Kowal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Day Reconstruction Method

Time well spent versus a life considered: changing subjective Well-Being in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
By Shu Cai ◽  
Albert Park ◽  
Winnie Yip
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Adaptation Theory ◽  
Day Reconstruction Method ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
Experienced Utility ◽  
Positive Feelings

Abstract Using unique longitudinal survey data that employed the Day Reconstruction Method to measure experienced utility (EU) in rural China, this study reveals striking differences in the trends for life satisfaction and EU. We find that reported life satisfaction changed little over the period from 2006 to 2009. However, EU increased significantly during the same period. The improvement in EU is mainly due to more positive feelings about specific activities rather than changes in the time spent on different activities. These findings are consistent with the predictions of aspiration adaptation theory.

Accounting for the Richness of Daily Activities

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1000-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew P. White ◽  
Paul Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Day Reconstruction Method ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Affective Component ◽  
Private Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Serious consideration is being given to the impact of private behavior and public policies on people's subjective well-being (SWB). A new approach to measuring well-being, the day reconstruction method (DRM), weights the affective component of daily activities by their duration in order to construct temporal aggregates. However, the DRM neglects the potentially important role of thoughts. By adapting this method to include thoughts as well as feelings, we provide perhaps the most comprehensive measure of SWB to date. We show that some activities relatively low in pleasure (e.g., work and time with children) are nonetheless thought of as rewarding and therefore contribute to overall SWB. Such information may be important to policymakers wishing to promote behaviors that are conducive to a broader conception of SWB.

scholarly journals Informing behavioural policies with data from everyday life

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
LEONHARD K. LADES ◽  
LUCIE MARTIN ◽  
LIAM DELANEY
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Day Reconstruction Method ◽  
Monitoring Tool ◽  
Behavioural Interventions ◽  
Monitoring Tools ◽  
The Everyday

AbstractNaturalistic monitoring tools provide detailed information about people's behaviours and experiences in everyday life. Most naturalistic monitoring research has focused on measuring subjective well-being. This paper discusses how naturalistic monitoring can inform behavioural public policy-making by providing detailed information about everyday decisions and the choice architecture in which these decisions are made. We describe how the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) – a naturalistic monitoring tool popular in the subjective well-being literature – can be used to: (i) improve ecological validity of behavioural economics; (ii) provide mechanistic evidence of the everyday workings of behavioural interventions; and (iii) help us to better understand people's true preferences. We believe that DRM data on everyday life have great potential to support the design and evaluation of behavioural policies.

Well-being of North Eastern Migrant Workers in Bangalore

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Divya Pradeep ◽  
K. C. Adaina ◽  
Sonia Kahmei
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
North East ◽  
Material Conditions

This paper explores the quality of life and subjective well-being of north-east migrant workers engaged in various formal and informal jobs in Bangalore. The composite well-being index reveals moderate well-being for the majority of workers. The disaggregated analysis, however, shows poor material conditions of life. Using the Day Reconstruction Method, we also find positive emotions associated with activities such as socialising but negative emotions for work and commuting. With respect to interacting partners, the negative emotions were highest while dealing with clients and customers. We also found positive correlations between life satisfaction and quality of life indicators, most strongly, with job quality. Lower quality of jobs, reported by women in comparison to men, suggests that organisations should aim to create more equal and enabling work spaces for all genders.

Daily use of time, personal characteristics and experienced well-being

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgardo Ayala ◽  
David Flores ◽  
Claudia Quintanilla ◽  
Raquel Castaño
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Day Reconstruction Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to seek to provide a more comprehensive view of the determinants of experienced well-being by incorporating personal characteristics suggested to be significant predictors of global well-being, such as income, materialism, religiosity, community mindedness and sleep quality (Diener et al., 1999; Frey and Stutzer, 2002), as well as time-use activities (Kahneman and Krueger, 2006) and contextual elements, such as day of the week (Csikszentmihalyi and Hunter, 2003; Kahneman et al., 2004a) and the presence of companions, into a single model of predictive experienced well-being using the day reconstruction method (Kahneman et al., 2004a). Design/methodology/approach The authors applied the day reconstruction method to a sample of 1,823 episodes from 104 undergraduate students at a private university in Mexico to determine time assignment and emotional experience. Data were analyzed using a panel data regression model. Findings It is currently accepted that experienced well-being depends on how people assign their time; however, the results suggest marginal and interaction effects between time assignment and sharing activities with others. Individuals experience an increase in well-being when any activity is done with others, independent of the valence or the duration of the activity. Also, while money does not produce higher well-being, the share of the budget that is spent with others does cause people to experience more well-being. Finally, the results indicate that personal characteristics are equally important to experienced well-being. Research limitations/implications The sample was restricted to students; thus, to achieve external validity, it is necessary to replicate this analysis within different populations as well as groups of different ages and occupations. Originality/value The authors provided an integrative model of experienced well-being that combines personal characteristics, time assignment and contextual factors. In addition, this model provides a more accurate gauge of the impact of personal characteristics on well-being than previous studies by controlling for time assignment and by measuring the impact on experienced, rather than global, well-being.

scholarly journals New method of measuring subjective well-being: prospective validation study of the ‘Daily Experience Sampling Questionnaire’ (DESQ) in patients with psoriasis and healthy subjects in Germany

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e039227
Author(s):  
Christine Blome ◽  
Natalia Kirsten ◽  
Ibrahim Nergiz ◽  
Ulrich Schiffner ◽  
Marina Otten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Sensitivity To Change ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Daily Experience ◽  
Healthy Participants

ObjectivesTo validate the newly developed Daily Experience Sampling Questionnaire (DESQ) that measures affective subjective well-being (SWB). The DESQ is an end-of-day diary in which respondents retrospectively rate their SWB at six different, randomly determined moments; it is completed over 1 week. The DESQ shall provide an alternative or complementary approach to existing methods of near-time SWB measurement (experience sampling, Day Reconstruction Method). The primary research objective was to determine criterion validity of the DESQ.DesignProspective, non-interventional study.SettingParticipants were recruited in Hamburg, Germany, at a specialised outpatient clinic (patients) and via different channels (healthy participants).Participants101 adults with diagnosed and stable psoriasis (46 women, 55 men); 105 adults without psoriasis (49 women, 56 men).Primary and secondary outcome measuresParticipants completed the DESQ for 3 weeks. In weeks 2 and 3, they also performed experience sampling. Criterion validity was determined by weekwise intraclass correlations (ICC) between both methods. Sensitivity to change was determined by the correlation between changes in both methods from weeks 2 to 3. For convergent validity, related concepts such as life satisfaction were measured. Retest reliability was determined using DESQ values of weeks 2 and 3.ResultsCriterion validity was excellent (ICC: patients=0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91; healthy participants=0.86, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.91). Sensitivity to change was r=0.57 and r=0.56, respectively. Correlations with convergent criteria were mostly significant and higher in constructs more proximal to SWB. The ICC indicating retest reliability was 0.77 in patients (95% CI 0.68 to 0.84) and 0.81 in healthy participants (95% CI 0.73 to 0.86).ConclusionsThe DESQ is a valid, reliable and feasible instrument for SWB measurement in people with psoriasis and healthy people. Its approach of end-of-day evaluations of single moments may also lend itself to the measurement of other highly time-variant constructs such as pain, fatigue or depression.

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