An everlasting love: The relationship of happiness and meaning.

is of great importance to people. Although constitutes a central theme in psychology, the absence of a unifying theory and inconsistent terminology undermine scientific progress. The present article goes beyond attempting to define "types of happiness" or its contributing factors and addresses the role of (i.

A within-study cross-validation of the values-as-ideals measure: levels of value orientation explain variability in well-being.

There is a consensus that values serve as ideal standards that motivate and influence behavior. Previous research concludes that certain universal values promote well-being and others undermine it. In line with the idea that values behave as a dynamic system and do not influence well-being as independent elements, the present findings indicate that all universal values may contribute to well-being.

A relationship that makes life worth-living: levels of value orientation explain differences in meaning and life satisfaction.

When people talk about their values they refer to what is meaningful to them. Although meaning is associated with life satisfaction, previous studies report inconsistent results regarding the association of values and well-being. A cross-sectional study ( = 276) addresses the research question, do values influence experiences of meaning and subjective evaluations of life satisfaction? To assess whether providing a definition of "meaningful" is necessary when employing meaning measures, we assigned participants to condition where some provided their definition and others read a definition of "meaningful".

Psychological Balance Scale: Validation Studies of an Integrative Measure of Well-Being.

Studies infer Psychological Balance from the absence of psychopathology. In this article, we investigated this construct as an antecedent of well-being. We present empirical evidence toward the validation of a new theoretical model regarding Psychological Balance, a dynamic state with relatively constant characteristics, comprising Consistency and Flexibility and influenced by a Self/Others Ratio.