The Good Samaritan Health and Wellness clinic hosted its volunteer dinner in the First United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall in Fulton, Ky on Feb 4. Over 60 volunteers were present at the dinner. The volunteers enjoyed a dinner catered by Alyssa Cherry. This year was the first year that there were 3 recipients of the Mary Russell award. An award that was created as a way to honor the memory...

Background and Aim: In 2020 the rank of Iran in happiness index and gender inequality were reported to be rather low, they being, among 153 countries, 118 and 113, respectively. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between gender inequality and happiness in Iran's provinces. Materials and Methods: This ecological study was conducted based on secondary analysis of data on happiness ...

Theoretical conceptions on happiness have generally considered two broad perspectives: hedonic enjoyment and eudaemonia. However, most research on how to improve people's happiness has focused primarily on the enhancement of hedonic happiness. In this longitudinal experimental study we test the differential impact of two positive exercises-Best Possible Selves and the Lottery Question-on hedoni...

Global and school-related happiness were measured in 339 Finnish ninth graders, about 86% of whom had participated in a study on the happiness of sixth graders three years earlier. Students filled out two questionnaires, the Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999) and the School Children’s Happiness Inventory (Ivens, 2007). In addition, they chose items that they perceived would...

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that the time trend in average happiness is flat during episodes of long-run income growth. This mean-pres...

Abstract The future of the post-COVID, climate “red code” world, hugely depends on good governance and a transition to low carbon. World leaders have repeatedly stated unified goal establishing carbon–neutral society by mid-century. Analysis shows that South Asia’s strong economic expansion has paved way toward sustainable development, yet region still many unsustainable practices, except for B...

Whosoever says money cannot buy you happiness does not know where to shop. Your stand concerning this statement will depend on your level of income and the importance for well-being. Since some might argue that having is everything, it then raises question what take be happy? What government's role in endeavor? And how can sustained? This study presents principles about happiness. It suggests w...

University-based community members (N = 181) participated in a four-wave, 6-month longitudinal experiment designed to increase treatment participants’ happiness levels. Participants were randomly assigned to set goals either to improve their life circumstances (comparison condition) or to increase their feelings of autonomy, competence, or relatedness in life (treatment conditions). We hypothes...