caa a22 4500 467917612 CHVBK 20180406152907.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-005-8671-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-005-8671-9 The Subjective Well-Being of the Homeless, and Lessons for Happiness [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Biswas-Diener, Ed Diener] The current study assessed the subjective well-being of a broad spectrum of homeless people. One-hundred-and-eighty-six homeless people from the streets of Calcutta (India), California, and a tent camp in Portland (Oregon) were interviewed, and responded to measures of subjective well-being. They answered questions about life satisfaction, satisfaction with various life domains, and their experience of positive and negative emotions. The mean rating of life satisfaction was slightly negative for both American samples but positive for the pavement dwellers in Calcutta. Satisfaction with self-related domains was positive, whereas satisfaction with material related domains was generally negative. Satisfaction with social domains appears to be the area of largest variation among the groups. We discuss the importance of social factors and basic material needs as they relate to overall subjective well-being of the homeless. Springer, 2006 homeless nationallicence quality of life nationallicence subjective well-being nationallicence well-being nationallicence Biswas-Diener Robert University of Oregon, USA aut Diener Ed Department of Psychology, University of Illinois and The Gallup Organization, 603 E. Daniel Street, 61820, Champaign, IL, USA aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 76/2(2006-04-01), 185-205 0303-8300 76:2<185 2006 76 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-8671-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-8671-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Biswas-Diener Robert University of Oregon, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Diener Ed Department of Psychology, University of Illinois and The Gallup Organization, 603 E. Daniel Street, 61820, Champaign, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 76/2(2006-04-01), 185-205 0303-8300 76:2<185 2006 76 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer