“Hedonic well-being” describes a form of happiness related to the experience of pleasure and avoidance of displeasure or pain—as opposed to “eudaimonic well-being,” which is thought to ...

There is a cultural connotation for both sets of behaviors. Hedonic habits, or hedonism, is considered bad, while eudaimonic behavior is considered good. However, the reality is a bit more ...

Past studies have indicated that eudaimonic measures of well-being are more closely linked to assessments of disease biomarkers than hedonic measures of well-being. 9 More work is necessary to ...

The scale includes eleven items related to different domains of remembered well-being (general, hedonic, eudaimonic, and social well-being) and ten items related to experienced well-being (i.e ...