TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ng, Weiting
A1  - Tov, William
A1  - Veenhoven, Ruut
A1  - Rothmann, Sebastiaan
A1  - Chambel, Maria José
A1  - Chen, Sufen
A1  - Cole, Matthew L.
A1  - Consiglio, Chiara
A1  - Costantini, Arianna
A1  - Datu, Jesus Alfonso Daep
A1  - Di Blasi, Zelda
A1  - Gumbau, Susana Llorens
A1  - Huber, Alexandra
A1  - Kelders, Saskia M.
A1  - Klibert, Jeff
A1  - Knoop, Hans Henrik
A1  - Mayer, Claude-Hélène
A1  - Nel, Mirna
A1  - Salanova, Marisa
A1  - Schotanus-Dijkstra, Marijke
A1  - Shankland, Rebecca
A1  - Shimazu, Akihito
A1  - Klooster, Peter M. ten
A1  - Vera, Maria
A1  - Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Maria A. J.
A1  - Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus van
T1  - In memory of Edward Diener: reflections on his career, contributions and the science of happiness
T2  - Frontiers in psychology
N2  - Prof. Edward (Ed) Diener (1946-2021), a pioneer in positive psychology, passed away on the 27th of April 2021 at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake City Tribune, 2021). As one of the most influential psychologists of the discipline, Ed Diener pushed the boundaries of our understanding of positive psychological functioning, subjective well-being, and happiness (Layous, 2020). As one of the Top 200 most cited researchers across all disciplines and fields, he will be most remembered for founding the scientific study of subjective well-being (SWB) and happiness (Bakshi, 2019). Diener developed the concept of subjective well-being by exploring the factors that influence people's life satisfaction (Diener et al., 2017a). He studied the individual causes of subjective well-being, such as close social relationships, income, meaning and purpose, personality, and societal causes, such as economic development, low corruption and crime, and a healthy environment (Diener et al., 2018). His research has discovered both universal and culture-specific causes and consequences of SWB and influenced governmental policy (Oishi et al., 1999). In respect of his memory, the purpose of this paper is threefold: (a) to reflect upon his career journey, (b) to celebrate his significant contributions to the discipline, and (c) to provide personal reflections of those who worked closely with him over the past 50 years.
KW  - Ed Diener
KW  - subjective well-being
KW  - life satisfaction
KW  - happiness
KW  - positive psychology
KW  - obituary
KW  - obituary announcement
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62008
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-620082
SN  - 1664-1078
VL  - 12
IS  - art. 706447
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -