1. Introduction: The Dynamics of Happiness and the Dynamics of Happiness Research

   • Hilke Brockmann
   • Jan Delhey

   EditorialNotes 18 December 2009 Pages: 1 - 5

2. The Set Point Theory of Well-Being Has Serious Flaws: On the Eve of a Scientific Revolution?

   • Bruce Headey

   OriginalPaper 06 February 2010 Pages: 7 - 21

3. Why are Middle-Aged People so Depressed? Evidence from West Germany

   • Hilke Brockmann

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2009 Pages: 23 - 42

   

4. Agency, Values, and Well-Being: A Human Development Model

   • Christian Welzel
   • Ronald Inglehart

   OriginalPaper Open access 18 February 2010 Pages: 43 - 63

   

5. From Materialist to Post-Materialist Happiness? National Affluence and Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Cross-National Perspective

   • Jan Delhey

   OriginalPaper 18 December 2009 Pages: 65 - 84

   

6. Economic, Social, and Cultural Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Are there Differences Between Asia and Europe?

   • Wolfgang Jagodzinski

   OriginalPaper 31 December 2009 Pages: 85 - 104

   

7. Life is Getting Better: Societal Evolution and Fit with Human Nature

   • Ruut Veenhoven

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 105 - 122