Open AccessHappiness as an Interdisciplinary Construct: Options for Sociological Conceptualization and Operationalization
Author(s) -
Nikolay Narbut,
Irina Trocuk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo fonda fundamentalʹnyh issledovanij. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki/vestnik rffi. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-8956
pISSN - 2587-6090
DOI - 10.22204/2587-8956-2021-104-02-50-64
Subject(s) - happiness , operationalization , conceptualization , construct (python library) , empirical research , social psychology , sociology , psychology , perception , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , programming language
The project seeks to clarify the conceptual and operational definitions of happiness to be referred to in empirical sociological studies, and to systematize methodological approaches to the sociological analysis of happiness, outlining the cognitive potential and limitations of these approaches. Conceptually, the project indicates that the achievements to date can be grouped into two conventional areas of further studies: the objectivistic econometric approach (happiness indices based on social and economic indices) and the subjectivistic social and psychological approach (self-assessments in terms of happiness derived from public surveys). In terms of methods, the authors of the project organized the indicators and methods used in the empirical study of happiness, allowing the use of diverse survey tools in the observational studies aimed at identifying commonplace perception of happiness and adequately “measuring” its level.