• Dr Kang Soon-Hock
  Associate Professor, School of Human and Behavioural Sciences
  Singapore University of Social Sciences
   
• Dr Ng Weiting
  Associate Professor, School of Human and Behavioural Sciences
  Singapore University of Social Sciences

Journal Articles

Ng, W., Kua, W. S. R., & Kang, S.-H. (2019). The Relative Importance of Personality, Financial Satisfaction, and Autonomy for Different Subjective Well-Being Facets. The Journal of Psychology, 153(7), 680–700.

Ng, W. (2015). Processes Underlying Links to Subjective Well-being: Material Concerns, Autonomy, and Personality. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(6), 1575–1591.

Ng, W., & Diener, E. (2014). What matters to the rich and the poor? Subjective well-being, financial satisfaction, and postmaterialist needs across the world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107(2), 326–338.

Conferences

The Second International Conference on Well-Being
1 - 2 November 2018
School of Humanities & Behavioural Sciences

The (Inaugural) International Conference on Well-being: National Accounts of Happiness and Social Development
31 October – 1 November 2016
School of Humanities & Behavioural Sciences
(formerly "School of Arts & Social Sciences")

Commentary

It's all about feeling respected
Dr Ng Weiting, and Dr Kang Soon-Hock, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences

• Work, Well-being, and Resilience
  This upcoming longitudinal study will examine the opportunities and challenges in the growing mature workforce in Singapore.
  
  
• The Relative Importance of Personality, Financial Satisfaction, and Autonomy for Different Subjective Well-Being Facets
  Using a nationally representative sample from Singapore, this study examined whether personality, financial satisfaction, and autonomy were important to subjective well-being (SWB), and how the importance of these predictors varied across different SWB facets — life satisfaction, happiness, positive feelings, and negative feelings.
  
  
• Affluence and Subjective Well-Being
  This study examined whether national income inequality moderated the effects of affluence on subjective well-being.

For information, feedback, or matters related to this present research, you may contact us at measure_well_being@suss.edu.sg or +65 6248 0355. Alternatively, you may reach the principal investigator, Dr Kang Soon-Hock, at shkang@suss.edu.sg or +65 6248 0132.

Address:
Singapore University of Social Sciences
463 Clementi Road
Singapore 599494