Ed servant

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Edward Francis Diener (* 1946 in Glendale , California ) is an American psychologist and author. He has been researching cross- cultural happiness research or subjective well-being for over 25 years and is one of the most cited and best-known researchers in this field with 260 specialist articles cited in more than 30,000 scientific papers.

Diener has been a Senior Scientist at the Gallup Organization since 1999, advising on well-being and positive psychology .

Life

Diener was born in Glendale, California in 1946 .

In 1968 he received his first degree ( Bachelor in Psychology) from California State University ; 1974 PhD from the University of Washington . In 2008, after 34 years of faculty at the University of Illinois , he retired from teaching.

The focus of his research on happiness and subjective well-being began in the early 1980s. In 1980 Diener began his first year of research in the Virgin Islands with the explicit aim of changing the focus of his research. His publication Subjective Well-Being (Psychological Bulletin, 1984) became the first more comprehensive and later much-cited work in the field.

From 1998 to 2003 he was editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and is still editor of the Journal of Happiness Studies . He co-founded the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science .

In 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin .

In 2012, Diener won the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions , a prize for significant theoretical or empirical contributions to basic psychological research. In the same year he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Ed Diener is married to the psychologist Carol Diener. Three of his five children (including Robert Biswas-Diener ) are also psychologists.

Works

  • Ed Diener: The Science of Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener . Springer Netherlands; Edition: 2009 (October 10, 2008). ISBN 978-90-481-2349-0
  • Ed Diener: Culture and Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener . Springer Netherlands; Edition: 2009 (October 10, 2008). ISBN 978-90-481-2351-3
  • Ed Diener: Assessing Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener . Springer Netherlands; Edition: 2009 (October 10, 2008). ISBN 978-90-481-2353-7
  • Ed Diener, Robert Biswas-Diener: Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth . John Wiley & Sons; Edition: 1st edition (August 1, 2008). ISBN 978-1-4051-4661-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ed Diener's Biographical Sketch ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Biography on Diener's homepage @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / internal.psychology.illinois.edu
  2. ^ Ed Diener, Ph.D. - Biography on the Gallup Organization website . Accessed March 31, 2018
  3. ↑ Michael Eid , Randy J. Larsen: The Science of Subjective Well-Being . Guilford Pubn; Edition: 1 (November 12, 2008). ISBN 978-1-60623-073-2 . Page 2.
  4. ^ Happiness researcher Ed Diener receives an honorary doctorate from the Free University - Jan Hambura in: Campusleben . Journal of the Free University of Berlin , May 27, 2010
  5. ↑ U. of I. psychology professor receives APA distinguished scientist award - News page from the University of Illinois
  6. ^ APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions - List of recipients on the APA website

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personal data
SURNAME Servant, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diener, Edward F .; Servant, Edward Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendale , California