Pursuing happiness can paradoxically impair well-being. Here, the authors propose the potential downsides to pursuing happiness may be specific to individualistic cultures. In collectivistic (vs. individualistic) cultures, pursuing happiness may be more successful because happiness is viewed--and thus pursued--in relatively socially engaged ways. In 4 geographical regions that vary in level of ...

ant, in an unusually non-technical way, defines happiness as getting what one wants.1 Also unusual in his ethical writings is a lack of discussion on happiness, since one typically thinks of ethics as being inextricably linked to happiness. Kant does not discuss happiness much because happiness is not the basis of his system of ethics, in contrast to most ethical theories which make happiness t...

Pursuing happiness can paradoxically impair well-being. Here, the authors propose the potential down-sides to pursuing happiness may be specific to individualistic cultures. In collectivistic (vs. individual-istic) cultures, pursuing happiness may be more successful because happiness is viewed—and thus pursued—in relatively socially engaged ways. In 4 geographical regions that vary in level of ...

This study set out to re-examine the predictors of self-reported trait happiness as measured by the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) as well as the predictors of various happiness types proposed by Morris (2004). In all, 120 Cypriot participants completed the 4 questionnaires: OHI, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue-SF), and Morris Multip...

Happiness is generally considered a source of good outcomes. Research has highlighted the ways in which happiness facilitates the pursuit of important goals, contributes to vital social bonds, broadens people's scope of attention, and increases well-being and psychological health. However, is happiness always a good thing? This review suggests that the pursuit and experience of happiness might ...

Pamela S. Douglas, M.D., Udo Hoffmann, M.D., M.P.H., Manesh R. Patel, M.D., Daniel B. Mark, M.D., M.P.H., Hussein R. Al-Khalidi, Ph.D., Brendan Cavanaugh, M.D., Jason Cole, M.D., Rowena J. Dolor, M.D., Christopher B. Fordyce, M.D., Megan Huang, Ph.D., Muhammad Akram Khan, M.D., Andrzej S. Kosinski, Ph.D., Mitchell W. Krucoff, M.D., Vinay Malhotra, M.D., Michael H. Picard, M.D., James E. Udelson...

Angiokeratomas are verrucous, hyperkeratotic, red-black, well-demarcated papules and plaques consisting of vascular enlargement and hyperkeratosis [1]. Five different clinical variants of angiokeratoma have been identifined including angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry’s disease), angiokeratoma Mibelli, angiokeratoma Fordyce, angiokeratoma circumscriptum, solitary and multiple angiokeratomas...

our problem in this article is ibn miskawayh’s analysis of the nature of happiness, and its methodology is descriptive- analytic. ibn miskawayh considers happiness as “good” and “perfection” with respect to their holders; so, he establishes some inseparability between happiness, and good and perfection. ibn miskawayh has two definitions for the concept of good. he divides this conception into s...