Medvedeva E.I., Yarasheva A.V., Makar S.V. Happiness and well-being: the main determinants in the modern world. Diskussiya [Discussion], 117, 14–26.

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Abstract

The object of the study is the categories of happiness and well-being. The subject of the study is the characteristic features of understanding and defining happiness and well-being in the humanities and social practice. The purpose of the study is to identify in the domestic economic science the categories associated with the categories of happiness and well-being and to propose approaches to determining their quantitative values. Applied general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, dialectical approach to concepts and phenomena, methods of interpretation of secondary data of sociological research. The results of the study are conclusions confirmed by sociological surveys and indicate the following: – Russians most often associate a state of happiness with material well-being (income), which allows them to satisfy various needs; – in the interpretation of happiness as a state of life satisfaction, gender differences are practically not expressed, at the same time age characteristics are very significant; – in meeting their needs, Russians increasingly associate a sense of happiness and well-being with spending on maintaining their health; – experts note negative external effects: emotional exhaustion from prioritizing the desire for income growth and the intergenerational nature of the negative consequences of overestimating expectations; – situational rethinking of the factors directly influencing the stereotypes and the format of a happy and prosperous person is in demand; clarification of the elements necessary to measure happiness and well-being as separate quantities; – economic behavior of a person is aimed at satisfying his needs and, thus, is associated with well-being and a sense of success as an attribute of a sense of happiness; – a sustainable environment is included in the set of indicators of a happy and prosperous life of a Russian; – an individual's self-assessment of his own life is the main method of forming subjective indicators of human satisfaction; – life expectancy is a complex indicator reflecting the impact of objective and subjective factors of a person's satisfaction with their life (factors affecting human happiness) and their indicators. The author's structural model of Human Happiness is proposed, which combines factors that influence an individual's perception of the state of happiness.