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Bibliografie

De bronnen, op één plek

Alle peer-reviewed studies, meta-analyses, boeken en dataregisters die aan deze site ten grondslag liggen.

Longitudinale studies en dataregisters

  • ·Harvard Study of Adult Development (1938 tot heden). Waldinger & Schulz, The Good Life (2023). Vaillant, Triumphs of Experience (2012).
  • ·World Happiness Report (2012 tot 2026). Editors: Helliwell, Layard, Sachs, De Neve.
  • ·World Database of Happiness. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, opgericht door Ruut Veenhoven.
  • ·CBS Sociale samenhang & welzijn (jaarlijks). Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP).
  • ·German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Basis voor Lucas et al. (2003) over hedonische adaptatie.

Sleutelpapers over geld, werk en welbevinden

  • ·Killingsworth, M. A., Kahneman, D., & Mellers, B. (2023). Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolved. PNAS.
  • ·Killingsworth, M. A. (2021). Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year. PNAS.
  • ·Kahneman, D., & Deaton, A. (2010). High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being. PNAS.
  • ·Easterlin, R. A. (1974). Does economic growth improve the human lot?
  • ·Dunn, E., Aknin, L., & Norton, M. (2008). Spending money on others promotes happiness. Science.

Interventies en meta-analyses

  • ·Choi et al. (2025). Gratitude interventions: meta-analysis. PNAS.
  • ·White, C., Uttl, B., & Holder, M. (2019). Meta-analyses of positive psychology interventions: The effects are much smaller than previously reported. PLOS ONE.
  • ·Malouff, J., & Schutte, N. (2017). Can psychological interventions increase optimism? Meta-analysis.
  • ·Goyal, M., et al. (2014). Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being. JAMA Internal Medicine.
  • ·Barton, J., & Pretty, J. (2010). What is the best dose of nature and green exercise for improving mental health?
  • ·Coventry, P. A., et al. (2021). Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health. SSM Population Health.

Eenzaamheid en sociale verbindingen

  • ·Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A meta-analytic review. PLOS Medicine.
  • ·Holt-Lunstad, J., et al. (2015). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
  • ·Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection.
  • ·Masi, C., Chen, H., Hawkley, L., & Cacioppo, J. (2011). A meta-analysis of interventions to reduce loneliness.
  • ·US Surgeon General (2023). Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.

Theoretische fundamenten

  • ·Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being.
  • ·Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin.
  • ·Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
  • ·Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Self-determination theory.
  • ·Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience.
  • ·Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology.

Ontkrachtingen en methodologische kritiek

  • ·Brown, N., Sokal, A., & Friedman, H. (2013). The complex dynamics of wishful thinking: The critical positivity ratio. American Psychologist.
  • ·Brown, N., & Rohrer, J. (2020). Reassessing the 50-40-10 rule of happiness.
  • ·Wagenmakers, E.-J., et al. (2016). Registered replication report: Strack, Martin & Stepper (1988).
  • ·Henrich, J., Heine, S., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
  • ·Orben, A., & Przybylski, A. (2019). The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use. Nature Human Behaviour.

Slaap

  • ·Walker, M. (2017). Why We Sleep. (Zie ook kritische heranalyse door Alexey Guzey, 2019.)
  • ·Baglioni, C., et al. (2011). Insomnia as a predictor of depression: A meta-analytic evaluation. Journal of Affective Disorders.
  • ·Ben Simon, E., & Walker, M. P. (2018). Sleep loss causes social withdrawal and loneliness. Nature Communications.

Filosofie

  • ·Aristoteles, Ethica Nicomachea.
  • ·Marcus Aurelius, Meditaties. Epictetus, Enchiridion. Seneca, Brieven aan Lucilius.
  • ·Epicurus, Brief aan Menoeceus.
  • ·Frankl, V. E. (1946). Man's Search for Meaning.
  • ·Camus, A. (1942). Le mythe de Sisyphe.
Deze lijst is niet uitputtend. De belangrijkste principes: waar mogelijk primaire bronnen, waar mogelijk meta-analyses in plaats van losse studies, en expliciete vermelding wanneer een claim omstreden of ingetrokken is.