Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research

With people living longer than ever before – for an amazing demonstration of this see 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats (Rosling, 2010) – an emerging focus of interest for researchers, governments and the general public is on ensuring that this increase in life expectancy is accompanied by an increase in the quality of life lived in later years.

This first edition of the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research attempts to both identify the breadth of the field of “quality of life” and “Well-being” as well as explain its component...