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Christopher J. Boyce
Researcher at University of Stirling
Publications - 38
Citations - 2170
Christopher J. Boyce is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Life satisfaction. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 37 publications receiving 1849 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher J. Boyce include École Normale Supérieure & University of Manchester.
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Money and Happiness Rank of Income, Not Income, Affects Life Satisfaction
TL;DR: It is found that the ranked position of an individual’s income predicts general life satisfaction, whereas absolute income and reference income have no effect.
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The dark side of conscientiousness : conscientious people experience greater drops in life satisfaction following unemployment
TL;DR: In this article, a 4-year longitudinal study of 9570 individuals interviewed yearly was conducted and it was shown that the drop in an individual's life satisfaction following unemployment is significantly moderated by their conscientiousness.
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Is personality fixed? Personality changes as much as "variable" economic factors and more strongly predicts changes to life satisfaction
TL;DR: In this paper, a longitudinal analysis of 8625 individuals examined Big Five personality measures at two time points to determine whether an individual's personality changes and also the extent to which such changes in personality can predict changes in life satisfaction.
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Personality change following unemployment
TL;DR: It is shown that unemployed men and women experienced significant patterns of change in their mean levels of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness, whereas reemployed individuals experienced limited change, indicating that unemployment has wider psychological implications than previously thought.
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Money, Well-Being, and Loss Aversion: Does an Income Loss Have a Greater Effect on Well-Being Than an Equivalent Income Gain?
Christopher J. Boyce,Christopher J. Boyce,Alex M. Wood,James Banks,Andrew E. Clark,Andrew E. Clark,Gordon D. A. Brown +6 more
TL;DR: It is found that losses in income have a larger effect on well-being than equivalent income gains and that this effect is not explained by diminishing marginal benefits of income to well-well-being.