OBJECTIVE The main goal of this study has been to increase the quality of life in people of over 60 years through a positive psychology intervention. METHOD We employed a program which consists of training based on autobiographical memory, forgiveness and gratitude. The sample consisted of 46 participants aged 60-93 years. State and trait anxiety, depression, general memory, specific memories...

The study of individual happiness has enriched economics with many new and sometimes challenging (preliminary) insights.1 More and more often, it is asked about the policy consequences that are to be derived from these insights. We observe that economic research on happiness has an explicit or implicit tendency to follow a “benevolent dictator” approach where the government, and individual poli...

This work examines happiness and suffering ratings of anchor periods (i.e., outstandingly meaningful life periods) among Holocaust survivors and comparison groups, and the relations of these ratings to present subjective well-being (SWB). The study included 360 participants, 141 of which were Holocaust survivors. Results showed that Holocaust survivors reported significantly lower happiness in ...

Research on happiness tends to follow a “benevolent dictator” approach where politicians pursue people’s happiness. This paper takes an antithetic approach based on the insights of public choice theory. First, we inquire how the results of happiness research may be used to improve the choice of institutions. Second, we show that the policy approach matters for the choice of research questions a...

in macroeconomic studies, social welfare is assumed as a function of inflation and unemployment. although the social welfare function which is dependent to unemployment and inflation variables has been used widely in macroeconomic theories, but this relation needs to be tested through empirical observations. this paper, using variables such as to economics of happiness area and subjective wellb...

Why unemployment has heterogeneous effects on subjective well-being remains unexplained. Using German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) data, I find that both subjective and objective income measures mediate the negative effects of unemployment and explain its heterogeneous effects on happiness. This finding suggests that the root cause of the negative effects of unemployment is pecuniary. Policy im...

BACKGROUND Most positive psychology interventions conducted in the West have been focused on the individual. Family relationships are highly valued in the Chinese collectivist culture, and it is of interest to know whether family-focused interventions can improve the well-being of Chinese people. We have previously reported the effectiveness of a positive psychology family intervention in terms...

What is the happiness that we strive for and what does it mean our understanding of being human? As pursue happiness, find complex, in many ways subjective to experiences contexts individuals or groups. Happiness also can be found attaining greater self-awareness a sense meaning/purpose. This article argues religion/spirituality has role play facilitating well-being/happiness terms tension held...

In recent years, measurement of quality life has received increased attention. We use the satisfaction with and subjective happiness scales in older adults living urban areas Maule Region, Chile; generalized linear models are used (n = 396). find that (1) gender is linked to life, (2) one’s own economic situation have significant effects on happiness, (3) health, family food most important pred...