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Happiness and Social Connectivity
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
While there are many definitions of happiness, happiness is an emotional state involving positive feelings. For example, happiness can be distinguished by feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment. Happiness can also refer to the present moment or, more broadly, to someone’s overall feelings about his or her life at a given time (Oishi & Westgate, 2021; Lyubomirsky, 2007). Because happiness is a broad construct with many definitions, and often difficult to measure, well-being and affect are constructs that are well studied, as they impact subjective happiness. The personal and professional happiness of nurses is greatly impacted by their experiences of positive and negative affect and their social connectivity, both of which will be explored in this chapter. Table 6.1 defines happiness, as well as other key terms, that will be used throughout this chapter.
Positive Psychology and Relational Connectedness
Published in Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak, Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan, 2021
Despite the potential large impact of genetics of 50–80% in study populations,66,67,68 research suggests that individuals can engage in a variety of intentional activities to increase their personal happiness levels and improve their well-being.69,70 Even short boosts in happiness levels can offer physiologic benefits, such as increasing heart rate variability.
Pick Your Own Adventure, Finding a Career in the Nonprofit World
Published in Lori R. Kogan, Phyllis Erdman, Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists, 2021
I remember how, during my PhD, an undergraduate student asked if the rats are happy. It wasn’t an uncommon thing for students to ask. We had a stock answer that lab rats were healthy and lived longer than those in the wild and were well cared for. While technically accurate, for a reply by a psychologist in a psychology lab, it was somewhat devoid of . . . psychology. On that one occasion, for some reason, I really heard the question as it was intended—and it occurred to me that I thought the answer was no. Happiness is a little more and different from health, care, and longevity. My career goals changed around that time because I knew I wanted to make things better for animals, make them happier. And I wanted more people to take on that goal for the animals in their community and their industries.
Predicting sexual satisfaction in Iranian women by marital satisfaction components
Published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2023
Farideh Dehghani Champiri, Akram Dehghani
As stated by Popenoe and Whitehead (1999), in the contemporary society, for many individuals, marriage is no more considered as a social structure which is built for the purpose of successful child rearing (Smock, 2000), rather marriage is now considered more like an intimate relationship in which sexual intimacy and close friendship are the highly valued aspects. A satisfying intimate relationship significantly influences an individuals’ subjective well-being, provides social support, functions as a significant source of happiness, and improves the quality of life (Akpan & Ottu, 2011). Be, Whisman, and Uebelacker (2013) concluded that marital satisfaction and life satisfaction function as correlates even years after marriage. Moreover, marital satisfaction of each partner can increase life satisfaction in the other.
The Psychometric Properties of the Prioritizing Positivity Scale
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment, 2021
Lahnna I. Catalino, Aaron J. Boulton
We hypothesize that prioritizing positivity will be related to constructs that reflect psychological well-being. We make these predictions not only because previous research has documented these associations (e.g. Datu & King, 2016; Passmore, Howell, & Holder, 2018), but also given existing theory on the integrative model of sustainable happiness (Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005). According to this model, a genetic set point, circumstances, and intentional activities make up a person’s chronic level of happiness, suggesting that pleasant activities may be an effective route to increase happiness. As such, we predict that people who take into account their potential happiness when organizing their daily lives (i.e. prioritize positivity) will experience more well-being. We predict there will be small-to-medium (i.e. r = .2 to .4) positive associations with prioritizing positivity and positive aspects of well-being, such as positive emotions (Fredrickson et al., 2003), satisfaction with life (Diener et al., 1985) and flourishing symptoms (Keyes, 2009). We also predict small-to-medium (i.e. r = .2 to .4) negative associations with prioritizing positivity and negative aspects of well-being, such as negative emotions (Fredrickson, et al., 2003) and depressive symptoms (Radloff, 1977).
Psychological well-being and happiness among Middle-aged women: A cross-sectional study
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2021
Hamid Allahverdipour, Zahra Karimzadeh, Nilufar Alizadeh, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Zeinab Javadivala
Authors have demonstrated that happiness is influenced by socio-demographic factors. For example happiness has been found to vary substantially by socio-demographic attributes among middle aged women; with the increase in the level of education and income the average score of happiness also increases (Baetschmann, 2014; Hsieh, 2011; Zanjani, Sadeghi, Shojaeizadeh, Montazeri, & Taghdisi, 2017). Happiness is a distinctive trait for people, has effects on mental health status and is influenced by the integrity of mental capabilities (Fowler & Christakis, 2008). The evidence shows a strong link between mental state and happiness; people without depression, anxiety and stress achieve higher scores of happiness than those with depression, anxiety and stress (Ghasempour et al., 2013; Heizomi et al., 2015).