Personality, Well-being, and Social Comparisons
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Psychological Sciences
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Christopher Boyce (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Boyce C
(2012)
Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as "Variable" Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction
in Social Indicators Research
Boyce C
(2012)
Do people become healthier after being promoted?
in Health Economics
Boyce CJ
(2015)
Personality change following unemployment.
in The Journal of applied psychology
Boyce CJ
(2011)
Personality prior to disability determines adaptation: agreeable individuals recover lost life satisfaction faster and more completely.
in Psychological science
Boyce CJ
(2013)
Money, well-being, and loss aversion: does an income loss have a greater effect on well-being than an equivalent income gain?
in Psychological science
Christopher Boyce (Speaker)
(2012)
Subjective well-being : an intersection between economics and psychology
Wood A
(2012)
An evolutionary based social rank explanation of why low income predicts mental distress: A 17 year cohort study of 30,000 people
in Journal of Affective Disorders
| Description | Individual differences in the impact of socio-economic events on health and well-being |
| Amount | £367,481 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/K00588X/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | The impact of socio-economic events on health and well-being: Understanding individual differences and psychological mechanisms. |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Stirling |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 11/2017 |
| Description | Altruism, happiness, and public policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Acted as a discussant on this paper at the New Frontiers in Normative Economics: Towards Behaviorally Informed Policy Making workshop in Freiburg, Germany. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Is personality fixed? : personality changes as much as "variable" economic factors and more strongly predicts changes to life satisfaction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release for "Is personality fixed? Personality changes as much as "variable" economic factors and more strongly predicts changes to life satisfaction" which led to a number of interviews, and local, national and international press coverage. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Public screening of "economics of happiness" film |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Expert speaker following the screening of the film: "Economics of Happiness" Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Who reacts the most strongly following economic events? : personality/environmental interactions as predictors of change in life satisfaction following unemployment, disability, and income gains |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to a Behavioural Economics workshop at the University of Manchester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |