@article{WenningerKrasnovaBuxmann2019,
  author    = {Wenninger, Helena Eva and Krasnova, Hanna and Buxmann, Peter},
  title     = {Understanding the role of social networking sites in the subjective well-being of users},
  series = {European Journal of Information Systems},
  volume    = {28},
  journal   = {European Journal of Information Systems},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0960-085X},
  doi       = {10.1080/0960085X.2018.1496883},
  pages     = {126 -- 148},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Given the rising popularity of social networking sites (SNSs), the influence of these platforms on the subjective well-being (SWB) of their users is an emerging topic in information systems research. Building on the norm of reciprocity and the social functional approach to positive emotions, we posit that targeted reciprocity-evoking forms of SNS activities are best suited to promote users' positive emotions. The favourable potential of these activities is likely to be particularly pronounced among adolescents who pay special attention to social acceptance, which can be channelled with the help of reciprocal communication. Therefore, we conducted a quantitative 7-day diary study of 162 adolescent Facebook users attending German schools, looking at the impact of their daily SNS activities on their SWB. Based on a linear mixed model analysis, our results confirm a positive link between targeted reciprocity-evoking activities - such as chatting, giving and receiving feedback - and adolescents' positive emotions. Our findings provide a reassuring perspective on the implications of the sociotechnical design of SNS communication channels. Specifically, by encouraging targeted activities, providers, users, and other stakeholders can ensure the beneficial impact of this technology on users' SWB.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HuettelBalderjahnHoffmann2020,
  author    = {H{\"u}ttel, Alexandra and Balderjahn, Ingo and Hoffmann, Stefan},
  title     = {Welfare beyond consumption},
  series = {Ecological economics},
  volume    = {176},
  journal   = {Ecological economics},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0921-8009},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106719},
  pages     = {13},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In developed regions worldwide, so-called anti-consumers are increasingly resisting high-level consumption lifestyles or shifting to alternative forms of consumption. A general reduction in consumption levels is considered necessary to attain global sustainability goals. However, knowledge regarding the factors driving people to deliberately consume less and how anti-consumption affects individuals' well-being is limited. Against this background, this study considers the influence of human values and the well-being effects of two types of anti-consumption: voluntary simplicity and collaborative consumption. Based on representative data from the US (N = 1075) and Germany (N = 1070), the findings show that the two anti-consumption types do not reduce the well-being of individuals' but in some cases, even improve it, which suggests that lowering consumption can not only help protect environmental resources but also serve the greater good of society. In particular, this relationship holds among collaborative consumers with a strong need for cognition, i.e., a cognitive thinking style that involves a high level of decision control. According to the study results, opposite value orientations are the drivers of voluntary simplicity and collaborative consumption (i.e., a focus on self-transcendence versus self-enhancement). These findings are comparable in both countries; however, the strength of the effects differs.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FritschRiedererSeewann2023,
  author    = {Fritsch, Nina-Sophie and Riederer, Bernhard and Seewann, Lena},
  title     = {Living alone in the city},
  series = {Applied research in quality of life},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {Applied research in quality of life},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Springer Netherlands},
  address   = {Dordrecht},
  issn      = {1871-2584},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11482-023-10177-w},
  pages     = {2065 -- 2087},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Over the past decades, the number of single households is constantly rising in metropolitan regions. In addition, they became increasingly heterogeneous. In the media, individuals who live alone are sometimes still presented as deficient. Recent research, however, indicates a way more complex picture. Using the example of Vienna, this paper investigates the quality of life of different groups of single households in the city. Based on five waves of the Viennese Quality of Life Survey covering almost a quarter of a century (1995-2018), we analyse six domains of subjective well-being (satisfaction with the financial situation, the housing situation, the main activity, the family life, social contacts, and leisure time activities). Our analyses reveal that, in most domains, average satisfaction of single households has hardly changed over time. However, among those living alone satisfaction of senior people (60+) increased while satisfaction of younger people (below age 30) decreased. Increasing differences in satisfaction with main activity, housing, or financial situation reflect general societal developments on the Viennese labour and housing markets. The old clich{\´e}d images of the "young, reckless, happy single" and the "lonely, poor, dissatisfied senior single" reverse reality.},
  language  = {en}
}