Concepts and Theories of Well-Being

In this chapter is a review of the concept and theories of well-being. The conceptual development of well-being, including western concepts and Chinese understanding of well-being, is presented in Section 1. The concepts of well-being, including subjective well-being, psychological well-being and social well-being are reviewed in Section 2. Modern theoretical perspective of well-being and specific factors that affect well-being are also discussed in this chapter.