The Psychology of Quality of Life

This book summarizes much of the research in subjective well-being and integrates this research into a parsimonious theory.

The theory posits that much of the research on subjective well-being can be construed in terms of the personal strategies that people use to 'optimize' their happiness and life satisfaction.

These strategies include bottom-up spillover, top-down spillover, horizontal spillover, balance, re-evaluation, goal selection, and goal implementation.