Large samples of data from the World Values Survey, the US Benchmark Survey and a comparable Canadian survey are used to estimate equations designed to explore the social context of subjective evaluations of well-being, of happiness, and of health. Social capital, as measured by the strength of family, neighbourhood, religious and community ties, is found to support both physical health and sub...

background : one of the important requirements for cultural, social and even economic development is having a book-loving nation. in order to achieve this, there is a need for purposeful and continuous programming. the purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between students' study habits, happiness and depression in isfahan university of medical science. methods : this resea...

Throughout the social referencing literature, mothers were used as emoters and trained to express prototypical expressions. The concern with using trained expressions is that this may not be how mothers naturally convey emotional information to their infants. Half of the mothers were trained to present prototypical vocal and emotional expressions of fear, happiness, and neutrality as they deliv...

This study looks at what variables affect a student’s GPA, leadership skills, and overall happiness at UNCA. A particular variable that is examined is if a student belongs to a social fraternity or sorority on campus. This study was conducted through use of a survey, given to twelve different classes of Humanities students and to members of social fraternities and sororities that were willing t...

Individual differences in the expression and regulation of emotion are important components of social skill. The present study focused on the concealing of spontaneous expressions of happiness after winning in a competitive situation against peers. In a repeated measures design, spontaneous expressive behaviors in response to triumph were secretly videotaped when Ss (N = 38) were alone in a roo...

OBJECTIVES Activity has long been thought to be related to successful aging. This study was designed to examine longitudinally the relation between everyday activities and indicators of successful aging, namely well-being, function, and mortality. METHODS The study was based on the Aging in Manitoba Study, with activity being measured in 1990 and function, well-being, and mortality assessed i...

Theprincipal aimof this studywas to determine if different profiles (types) of emotional reactions following music listening (happiness and sadness) characterized different levels of emotional well-being (i.e., positive and negative affects) in adolescence. The secondary aim was to examine relationships between social congruence in music tastes with friends or parents (i.e., sharing similar mus...

OBJECTIVE To examine sexual frequency decline among American men and women between the ages of 44 and 72 born from 1933 to 1948. METHOD Using data from the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS) and the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), the decline in sexual frequency is decomposed into declines due to changes in marital status, physical health, and happiness. W...

A sample of 222 undergraduates was screened for high happiness using multiple confirming assessment filters. We compared the upper 10% of consistently very happy people with average and very unhappy people. The very happy people were highly social, and had stronger romantic and other social relationships than less happy groups. They were more extraverted, more agreeable, and less neurotic, and ...

Seeking ever-greater happiness-or what researchers refer to as "subjective well-being" (SWB; Diener, 1984; Diener, Suh, Lucas, & Smith, 1999)-is an important goal for people in almost every nation (Diener, 2000). Indeed, ever since the pursuit of happiness was immortalized in the Declaration of Independence as an inalienable right for all citizens, it has become ingrained in U.S. culture. Yet, ...