Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 143-162.

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The Structure of Subjective WellBeing: Diagnosis of the Dual Classification Schema of Affective and Cognitive Elements

*Author:Wang Peigang, School of Public Health, WuhanUniversity.   

  1. *Author:Wang Peigang, School of Public Health, Wuhan University.
  • Online:2010-07-20 Published:2010-07-20
  • Contact: *Author:Wang Peigang, School of Public Health, Wuhan University E-mail: wpg926@163.com
  • About author:*Author:Wang Peigang, School of Public Health, Wuhan University
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    **Project Supported by Hubei Province Social Sciences Fund 2009(206039).]

Abstract:

The subjective wellbeing in the traditional quality of life perspective consists of the

affective measurement of happiness and cognitive measurement of satisfaction. But a recent study

has indicated that this traditional classification schema is substantively faulty. Based on

CGSS2003 and CGSS2005 survey data from urban China, the current study has confirmed the rightness

of this traditional classification schema and its feasibility in China. It has also found a rise in

the subjective wellbeing and happiness of urban residents and a shift in the conception of well

being from socially experiencing to prudentially cognizing.

Key words: affective elements , cognitive elements ,  structure of subjective wellbeing