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Selflessness Meets Higher and More Stable Happiness: An Experience Sampling Study of the Joint Dynamics of Selflessness and Happiness
Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of a positive relationship between selflessness and happiness. However, none of these studies yet...
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Does Happiness Increase in Old Age? Longitudinal Evidence from 20 European Countries
Several studies indicate that happiness follows a U-shape over the life cycle: Happiness decreases after the teenage years until reaching its nadir...
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Placing Adolescents on a Trajectory to Happiness: The Role of Family Assets and Intentional Self-Regulation
Based on the positive youth development perspective, we develop a series of models including family assets, intentional self-regulation, and...
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A Public, Open, and Independently-Curated Database of Happiness Coefficients
We present a nascent database of happiness coefficients. This is a synthesis of evidence on the size of improvements to human life experience that...
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Prediction of satisfaction indicators increasing the level of happiness: evidence from the Turkish life satisfaction survey
Research on happiness, in the meaning of the ultimate goal of people’s lives, dates back to ancient times. Living well and creating suitable...
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Sustainable Development, Government Efficiency, and People’s Happiness
Today’s society appears prosperous, but it faces the challenges of unbalanced development due to climate change, economic growth, social equality,...
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Revisiting the Energy-Happiness Paradox: A Quasi-Experimental Evidence of Electricity Access in Indonesia
This study revisits the energy-happiness paradox hypothesis using the context of a develo** nation. We used Indonesia as a case study, a unique...
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In Virus Veritas Lockdown and Happiness Under COVID-19
It is widely accepted that individual happiness is not, or not solely, related to material possessions, at least once basic needs are fulfilled. It...
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Opportunities for Happiness and Its Determinants Among Children in China: A Study of Three Waves of the China Family Panel Studies Survey
Since 2010, China’s happiness research has extended its focus from adults and youths to the child population, but most of the studies are confined to...
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The Relationship Between Prosociality, Meaning, and Happiness in Everyday Life
Prosocial behaviors benefit others, but what benefits do they hold for those who enact them? Prosociality can enhance the actor’s well-being, yet...
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The Effects of an Online Positive Psychology Course on Happiness, Health, and Well-Being
This study investigated the effects of an 8-week online positive psychology course on happiness, health, and well-being. There were 65 undergraduate...
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Effect of Perception of Organizational Support on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: The Mediating Role of Employee Happiness
This study is focused on an empirical investigation of the relationship between organizational support perception (POS) and organizational...
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Eudaimonic and Uncertainty Metaphors About Life are Associated with Meaningfulness, Experiential Avoidance, Mental Health and Happiness
Metaphors are frequently used in psychological interventions, as they are assumed to have effects on cognition and behavior. However, empirical...
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Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being measured according to the way people in country...
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The Importance of Different Forms of Social Capital for Happiness in Europe: A Multilevel Structural Equation Model (GSEM)
This paper investigates the effects of different dimensions of social capital on happiness of Europeans. Unlike other studies, a categorical...
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Investigation of the relationships between academic hardiness and passion for studies with undergraduates’ affect and happiness
Personality variables contribute to the development of passion for studies leading undergraduates to different affective experiences. Academic...
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Determinants of Happiness
There are various explanatory models for factors influencing happiness. Broadly speaking, there are two theoretical models: adaptation theory which...
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A Theory of Public Happiness
The increased attention on happiness since the 1960s has been spreading simultaneously in both the practical and academic dimensions, which can be...
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Experienced-Based Food Insecurity and Subjective Happiness: A Case Study of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged People in Three Urban Areas of Indonesia
Experienced-based food insecurity is one of the critical aspects to judge people's well-being. However, its association with subjective happiness has...