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Overview

Joar Vittersø is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily spans psychology and social sciences, with contributions also intersecting subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, general health professions, organizational behavior and human resource management, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including psychological well-being and life satisfaction, social and intergroup psychology, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, cultural differences and values, COVID-19 and mental health, health disparities and outcomes, and workplace health and well-being.

Vittersø's recent publications include:

  • Happiness, Meaning, and Psychological Richness (2020), published in Affective Science
  • Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international approach (2021), published in International Journal of Psychology
  • Winter is coming: Wintertime mindset and wellbeing in Norway (2020), published in International Journal of Wellbeing
  • Ticket to Ride: A Longitudinal Journey to Health and Work-Attendance in the JD-R Model (2021), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Here, There, and Everywhere: Applying Vignettes to Investigate Appraisals of Job Demands (2021), published in Sustainability

Vittersø has collaborated frequently with several other researchers, including Benedicte Langseth-Eide, Shigehiro Oishi, Hyewon Choi, Minkyung Koo, and Iolanda Costa Galinha.

The scientist's work appears in a number of academic journals, notably:

  • Affective Science
  • International Journal of Psychology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • International Journal of Wellbeing
  • Sustainability

Best Publications

  • VALUE CO-CREATION SIGNIFICANCE OF TOURIST RESOURCES

    Nina K. Prebensen;Joar Vittersø;Tove I. Dahl

  • Measuring well-being across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and preliminary findings

    Felicia A. Huppert;Nic Marks;Andrew E. Clark;Johannes Siegrist

  • Personality and technology acceptance: the influence of personality factors on the core constructs of the Technology Acceptance Model

    GunnvaldB. Svendsen;Jan-AreK. Johnsen;Live Almås-Sørensen;Joar Vittersø

  • Tourist experiences and attractions

    Joar Vittersø;Marit Vorkinn;Odd Inge Vistad;Jorid Vaagland

  • Personality traits and subjective well-being: emotional stability, not extraversion, is probably the important predictor

    Joar Vittersø

  • Most people are pretty happy, but there is cultural variation: The Inughuit, the Amish, and the Maasai.

    Robert Biswas-Diener;Joar Vittersø;Ed Diener

  • Subjective well-being. Sex-specific effects of genetic and environmental factors

    Espen Røysamb;Jennifer R Harris;Per Magnus;Joar Vittersø

  • The Conceptual and Relational Structure of Subjective Well-Being, Neuroticism, and Extraversion: Once Again, Neuroticism Is the Important Predictor of Happiness

    Joar Vittersø;Fredrik Nilsen

  • Subjective Well-Being versus Self-Actualization: Using the Flow-Simplex to Promote a Conceptual Clarification of Subjective Quality of Life

    Joar Vittersø

  • Stability in Depressed Mood in Adolescence: Results from a 6-Year Longitudinal Panel Study

    Ingrid Holsen;Pål Kraft;Joar Vittersø

  • Can a Happy Relationship Predict a Happy Life? A Population-Based Study of Maternal Well-Being During the Life Transition of Pregnancy, Infancy, and Toddlerhood.

    Gunvor Marie Dyrdal;Espen Røysamb;Espen Røysamb;Ragnhild Bang Nes;Joar Vittersø

  • The Divergent Meanings of Life Satisfaction: Item Response Modeling of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Greenland and Norway

    Joar Vittersø;Robert Biswas-Diener;Ed Diener

  • Happiness, inspiration and the fully functioning person: Separating hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in the workplace

    Lisa Vivoll Straume;Joar Vittersø

  • Life satisfaction goes with pleasure and personal growth goes with interest: Further arguments for separating hedonic and eudaimonic well-being

    Joar Vittersø;Yngvil Søholt

  • Impacts of Home-Based Telework on Quality of Life for Employees and Their Partners. Quantitative and Qualitative Results From a European Survey

    Joar Vittersø;Sigmund Akselsen;Bente Evjemo;Tom Erik Julsrud

  • Life Satisfaction is not a Balanced Estimator of the Good Life: Evidence from Reaction Time Measures and Self-Reported Emotions

    Joar Vittersø;Hella I. Oelmann;Anita L. Wang

  • Was Hercules Happy? Some Answers from a Functional Model of Human Well-being

    Joar Vittersø;Yngvil Søholt;Audun Hetland;Irina Alekseeva Thoresen

  • Structural Equation Modeling of Users' Response to Wilderness Recreation Fees

    Daniel R. Williams;Christine A. Vogt;Joar Vitterso

  • The Concept of Life Satisfaction Across Cultures: Exploring Its Diverse Meaning and Relation to Economic Wealth

    Joar Vittersø;Espen Røysamb;Ed Diener

  • Flow Versus Life Satisfaction: A Projective Use of Cartoons to Illustrate the Difference Between the Evaluation Approach and the Intrinsic Motivation Approach to Subjective Quality of Life

    Joar Vittersø

  • Daniel Kahneman, Ed Diener and Norbert Schwarz (eds.), Well-Being: The Foundation of Hedonic Psychology.

    Joar Vittersø

Frequent Co-Authors

Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Ed Diener
Ed Diener University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Felicia A. Huppert
Felicia A. Huppert University of Sydney
Kristian Tambs
Kristian Tambs Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Craig A. Smith
Craig A. Smith Vanderbilt University
Maike Luhmann
Maike Luhmann Ruhr University Bochum
Shigehiro Oishi
Shigehiro Oishi University of Chicago
Eunkook M. Suh
Eunkook M. Suh Yonsei University
Bente Wold
Bente Wold University of Bergen
Maya Tamir
Maya Tamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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