Validity of Importance Weighting in Subjective Well-Being Research

The practice of giving certain life domains (such as health, family life) more weight in calculating an overall score, known as importance weighting, has been a subject of debate in subjective well-being (SWB) research for decades. In this paper, we present evidence by analyzing data from 513 Chines...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied social science 2020-09, Vol.14 (2), p.212-222
Hauptverfasser: Hsieh, Chang-ming, Li, Qiguang
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The practice of giving certain life domains (such as health, family life) more weight in calculating an overall score, known as importance weighting, has been a subject of debate in subjective well-being (SWB) research for decades. In this paper, we present evidence by analyzing data from 513 Chinese adults to caution readers that findings of importance weighting in the SWB studies should be interpreted carefully. Given the many unsettled issues in assessing importance weighting, findings are often not clear-cut or definitive and overgeneralization can mislead our understanding of well-being. Future research on the topic of importance weighting should acknowledge study assumptions and limitations to avoid potential overgeneralization of findings.
ISSN:1936-7244
1937-0245
DOI:10.1177/1936724420947336