Abstract
Subjective well-being (SWB) encompasses cognitive components such as life satisfaction and affective components such as positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). This chapter provides an overview of the current state of research on the development of these different components of SWB, focusing primarily on describing and explaining the development of SWB across adulthood. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies come to divergent conclusions about the development of life satisfaction and PA and NA and it is therefore not yet possible to draw strong conclusions about the shape of the average trajectories of these variables. Potential mechanisms of the development of SWB include personality, life circumstances, and intentional activities. This chapter concludes with an outlook on future research on the development of SWB.
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