An alternative viewpoint, which has equally ancient antecedents, is that well-being consists of more than just happiness and requires the actualisation of human potential. This is based on eudaimonism, the belief that well-being consists of realising one’s daimon or true nature (Ryan & Deci, 2001). Aristotle for example believed that true happiness came from the expression of virtue. According to eudaimonic theory, not all desires which are pleasure producing necessarily result in wellness, therefore subjective happiness does not equate with well-being (.). One model of eudaimonic well-being, which uses the term psychological well-being (PWB) to distinguish it from SWB, operationalises.
