well-being
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27 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Types
- Subjective and objective well-being
- Individual and community well-being
- Other types
- Theories of well-being
- Hedonism
- Desire theories
- Objective list theories
- Others
- Components and contributing factors
- Feelings, emotions, and life satisfaction
- Achievements and meaning
- Friendship and other relationships
- Health and disabilities
- Other components
- Models
- In various fields
- Positive psychology
- Philosophy
- Other fields
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
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Well-being is what is ultimately good for a person. Also called "welfare" and "quality of life", it is a measure of how well life is going for someone. It is a central goal of many individual and societal endeavors.