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Table 1 Summary of reviewed studies

From: Understanding subjective well-being: perspectives from psychology and public health

S. No.

Article

Discipline

Temporal coverage

Study population

SWB dimension

Determinants and correlates of SWB

Basic demographics

SES

Health and functioning

Personality

Social Support

Religion and culture

Geography and infrastructure

1

Abbott and Byrne 2012 [53]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA

  

D

 

X

  

2

Abdel-Khalek 2011 [54]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA

  

X

  

D

 

3

Allen et al. 2012 [55]

PSY

CROSS

Ages 63+

EVA

  

X

D

   

4

Andrews 1986 [56]

PSY

CROSS

Multiple (Review)

EVA+EMO

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

5

Ardelt and Edwards 2015 [57]

PSY

CROSS

Ages 71–77

EVA

X

X

X

D

X

  

6

Arent et al. 2000 [58]

PH

CROSS + LONG

Older adults (60+)

EMO

  

D

    

7

Bradburn and Caplovitz 1965 [59]

PSY

CROSS

Adults

EMO

X

X

X

    

8

Bradburn 1969 [60]

PSY

CROSS

Adults

EMO

X

X

X

 

X

  

9

Braun 1978 [61]

PSY

CROSS

Ages 16–74

EVA+EMO

X

X

X

  

X

 

10

Brdarić et al. 2015 [62]

PH

CROSS

Avg. age 28.93

EVA+EMO

  

D

    

11

Calys-Tagoe et al. 2014 [63]

PH

CROSS

Ages 50+

EVA

D

X

     

12

Campbell et al. 1976 [64]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

13

Campbell 1981 [65]

PH

LONG

Adults

EVA+EMO

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

14

Cantril 1965 [66]

PSY

CROSS

Multiple countries

EVA

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

15

Chen and Page 2016 [67]

PH

LONG

Ages 17–25

EVA

D

X

     

16

Cheng 2004 [68]

PSY

CROSS

Adult

EVA+EMO

D

X

X

 

X

  

17

Chou 1999 [69]

PSY

CROSS

Young adults

EMO

X

   

D

  

18

Clemente and Sauer 1976 [70]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

D

X

X

 

X

X

 

19

Clemente and Sauer 1976 [71]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

X

D

X

  

X

 

20

Costa and McCrae 1980 [72]

PSY

CROSS + LONG

Adults

EVA+EMO

   

D

   

21

Cramm et al. 2010 [73]

PSY

CROSS

Poor

EVA

 

D

X

 

X

  

22

Cubí-Mollá et al. 2014 [74]

PH

CROSS

Parkinson’s patients

EVA

X

X

D

    

23

Derdikman-Eiron et al. 2011 [75]

PSY

CROSS

Adolescents

EVA

D

X

X

 

X

  

24

Deserno et al. 2017 [76]

PH

CROSS

Autism spectrum disorder patients

EVA

X

 

X

 

D

  

25

Diener et al. 2003 [36]

PSY

CROSS

NA (Review)

EVA+EMO

   

X

 

D

 

26

Dierk et al. 200 [77]

PSY

CROSS

Obese

EVA+EMO

X

X

D

 

X

  

27

Edelstein et al. 2016 [78]

PH

CROSS

Glioblastoma patients

EMO

  

D

    

28

Emerson and Hatton 200 [79]

PH

CROSS

Mentally disabled

EVA

X

X

D

 

X

  

29

Fox 1999 [121

PH

CROSS

Multiple (Review)

EVA

  

D

    

30

Freudiger 1983 [80]

PH

CROSS

Adult women

EVA

X

D

X

  

X

 

31

Frey and Stutzer 2010 [81]

PSY

LONG

NA (Review)

EVA

 

D

 

X

   

32

George and Landerman 1984 [82]

PH

CROSS + LONG

NA (Review)

EVA+EMO

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

33

Grant et al. 2009 [83]

PSY

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

   

D

   

34

Guite et al. 2006 [84]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

X

X

    

D

35

Gull and Dawood 2013 [85]

PH

CROSS

Elderly

EVA+EMO

X

X

   

D

 

36

Hamilton et al. 2007 [86]

PSY

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

X

 

D

    

37

Hammond et al. 2014 [87]

PH

CROSS

Caregivers

EVA

X

D

     

38

Hnilica 2011 [88]

PH

CROSS

Ages 15+

EVA+EMO

 

X

  

D

  

39

Ickovics et al. 2006 [89]

PH

LONG

Female HIV patients

EMO

X

X

D

    

40

Jia et al. 2017 [90]

PSY

CROSS

Migrant adolescents

EVA+EMO

X

X

 

D

D

  

41

Jivraj and Nazroo 2014 [57]

PH

CROSS

Ages 50+

EVA

X

X

X

    

42

Jivraj et al. 2014 [91]

PSY

LONG

Ages 50+

EVA

D

X

X

 

X

  

43

Ju et al. 2013 [92]

PH

CROSS

Elderly women

EVA+EMO

 

X

X

D

   

44

Kahneman and Deaton 2010 [93]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

X

D

X

  

X

 

45

Kaliterna Lipovčan et al. 2007 [94]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

 

D

     

46

Kasl and Harburg 1975 [95]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EMO

X

X

    

D

47

Khan and Husain 2010 [96]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA

   

D

X

  

48

Kim et al. 2012 [97]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA+EMO

  

X

D

X

  

49

Krause 2003 [98]

PSY

CROSS

Elderly

EVA

X

X

 

X

 

D

 

50

Kunzmann et al. 2000 [99]

PSY

CROSS + LONG

Elderly

EMO

X

 

D

    

51

Kutek et al. 2011 [100]

PH

CROSS

Rural men

EVA

X

X

D

 

X

  

52

Lamu and Olsen 2016 [101]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

X

X

X

 

X

  

53

Lee and Browne 2008 [102]

PH

CROSS

Rural residents

EVA

X

X

D

    

54

Lemola et al. 2013 [103]

PH

CROSS

General population

EVA+EMO

X

X

D

    

55

Li and Fung 2014 [104]

PSY

CROSS

Married couples

EVA

X

X

  

X

  

56

Li et al. 2016 [105]

PSY

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

X

D

     

57

Librán 2006 ]139]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA+EMO

   

D

   

58

Linna et al. 2013 [106]

PH

CROSS

Young adult twins

EVA

X

X

D

    

59

Liu et al. 2016 [107]

PH

CROSS

Ages 95+

EVA+EMO

X

X

D

    

60

Lu et al. 2015 [108]

PH

CROSS

Adult caregivers

EVA

X

D

X

    

61

Lu 2006 [109]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA

X

    

D

 

62

Ludwig et al. 2012 [110]

PH

LONG

Program participants

EVA

X

X

    

D

63

Ma et al. 2015 [111]

PSY

CROSS

Adolescents

EVA

X

  

D

   

64

Magallares et al. 2014 [112]

PSY

CROSS

Obese

EVA+EMO

X

   

X

  

65

Malathi et al. 2000 [113]

PH

LONG

Staff

EVA

  

D

 

X

  

66

McDonough et al. 2014 [114]

PSY

LONG

Breast cancer survivors

EVA

X

X

X

 

D

  

67

Medley 1980 [115]

PH

CROSS

Adults (22+)

EVA

X

D

X

    

68

Mhaoláin et al. 2012 [116]

PSY

CROSS

Elderly

EVA

X

X

D

X

   

69

Michalos 1980 [22]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

X

X

X

X

X

  

70

Moskowitz et al. 2009 [10]

PSY

CROSS + LONG

Multiple (Review)

EMO

  

D

    

71

Olsson et al. 2014 [117]

PH

CROSS

Ages 69–79

EVA

X

 

D

    

72

Ozcakir et al. 2014 [118]

PH

CROSS

Patients

EVA

X

X

D

    

73

Palmore 1979 [119]

PH

LONG

Older adults (60+)

EVA

X

X

D

    

74

Pérez-Garín et al. 2015 [120]

PSY

CROSS

Mentally disabled

EVA+EMO

  

D

    

75

Persoskie et al. 2014 [17]

PH

LONG

Adult patients

EVA+EMO

X

X

D

X

   

76

Pinquart and Sörensen et al. 2000) [121]

PH

CROSS

Elderly

EVA

X

X

X

 

X

  

77

Reis et al. 2013 [122]

PH

LONG

Adult patients

EVA+EMO

  

D

    

78

Riddick 1980 [123]

PH

CROSS

Women (representative sample for the US)

EVA

 

D

X

    

79

Rijken et al. 1995 [124]

PSY

CROSS

Elderly women

EVA

  

D

X

   

80

Sand and Gruber 2018 [125]

PH

CROSS

Elderly

EMO

X

X

X

    

81

Sandstrom and Dunn 2014) [126]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA+EMO

   

X

D

  

82

Sharma et al. 2008 [127]

PSY

LONG

Adults

EVA

  

D

    

83

Shiah et al. 2016 [128]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

     

D

 

84

Soto 2015 [129]

PSY

LONG

Nationally representative sample for Australia

EVA+EMO

   

D

   

85

Spinhoven et al. 2015 [130]

PSY

LONG

Adults with an emotional disorder

EMO

X

X

X

D

   

86

Spreitzer and Snyder 1974 [131]

PH

CROSS

Older Adults (65+)

EVA

X

X

X

  

X

 

87

Steverink et al. 2001 [132]

PSY

CROSS

Ages 40–85

EVA+EMO

D

X

X

 

X

  

88

Strobel et al. 2011 [133]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA

   

D

   

89

Strózik et al. 2016 [134]

PSY

CROSS

Ages 8–12

EVA

 

X

X

 

X

 

X

90

Tanksale 2015 [135]

PSY

CROSS

Ages 30–40

EVA+EMO

   

D

   

91

Taylor et al. 2000 [136]

PSY

CROSS + LONG

Multiple (Review)

EMO

  

X

D

   

92

Tian 2016 [137]

PSY

CROSS

Elderly

EVA+EMO

   

X

D

  

93

Uppal 2006 [138]

PH

CROSS

Disabled

EVA

X

X

D

  

X

 

94

van Campen et al. 2013 [139]

PH

CROSS

Caregivers and non-caregivers

EVA

X

D

X

    

95

Vos et al. 2010 [140]

PH

CROSS

Disabled

EVA

X

 

D

    

96

Wadsworth and Pendergast 2014 [141]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

X

X

D

   

X

97

Wang 2016 [142]

PSY

CROSS

Elderly

EVA+EMO

    

D

  

98

Winstanley et al. 2015 [143]

PH

CROSS

Adults

EVA

X

X

D

X

   

99

Wolinsky et al. 1985 [144]

PH

LONG

White elderly

EVA

X

X

X

 

X

  

100

Wyller et al. 1997 [145]

PH

CROSS

Elderly

EVA

X

 

D

    

101

You and Shin 2017 [146]

PH

CROSS

Middle-aged adults

EVA+EMO

X

 

D

    

102

Yu and Chen 2016 [147]

PSY

CROSS

Adults

EVA+EMO

X

D

X

   

X

103

Yue et al. 2017 [148]

PSY

CROSS

College students

EVA

D

  

X

   

104

Zank and Leipoid 2001 [149]

PH

CROSS

Dementia patients

EVA

X

X

D

    

105

Zautra and Hempel 1984 [11]

PH

CROSS + LONG

NA (Review)

EVA+EMO

  

D

    
  1. Public health (PH); psychology (PSY); cross-sectional (CROSS); longitudinal (LONG); evaluation (EVA); emotions (EMO); evaluation and emotions (EVA+EMO); dominant or primary study determinant/correlate (D)