PSY324H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Positive Psychology, Meta-Analysis
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E comparision of effect size showed that they were just about effective. Societies need subjective indicators of well-being to aid policy makers and ordinary citizens in making decisions (p. 3) We demonstrate that subjective indicators of well-being greatly augment the information provided by existing objective indicators of well-being. (p. 3). The major purpose of accounts of well-being, whether based on subjective or objective indicators, is to provide valid and useful information (p. 3) Even when measures of subjective well-being reveal problems in society or in an organization, the measures themselves will not provide specific solutions or policy agendas (p. 4) It is widely recognized that economic outcomes, though important, can tell us only part of the story about the quality of life for an individual or a nation (p. 4). Social scientists have accumulated a great deal of evidence regarding the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of such measures. We are now confident that such subjective evaluations are meaningful (p.
