Abstract
<p>The purpose of the present study was to offer predictive model of happiness on the basis of positive psychology constructs. It is among correlational studies through applying causal modeling. The statistical population of the study included BA students at the University of Isfahan and Industrial University. A sample of 420 individuals was selected via multi-stage clustered random sampling method. The measurement instruments included Oxford’s happiness questionnaire (Argyle, 1989), psychological well-being (Ryff, 1989), quality of life (Cummins, 1997), Polotzin and Elison’s spiritual Well-Being (1982) and Bar-On’s Emotional Intelligence (2000). The data were analyzed through Amos22 software. Results showed that the model with supposed indexes owned an appropriate goodness of fit. The results implied that the greatest amount of variance of happiness is explained by the direct effect of quality of life and indirect effect of emotional intelligence with mediating of quality of life. The direct effect of emotional intelligence with mediating psychological wellbeing and indirect effect of emotional intelligence on happiness with mediating spiritual wellbeing explains the variable of happiness at medium level. Finally the role of positive psychology constructs especially quality of life and emotional intelligence is confirmed in happiness and the results state the importance of positive psychology constructs in happiness.</p>
Highlights
Happiness and well-being have been among the basic and important issues from the time of human creation philosophical systems and religions have continuously been seeking to answer the question of how to reach an accordance, internal peace and happiness
Through considering Pearson coefficients related to the relationship of each variable with happiness it can be stated that the relationship between subjective life quality, objective life quality, spiritual wellbeing, emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing and happiness is estimated direct and strong; that is, happiness increases through increasing or reinforcing subjective and objective life quality, emotional intelligence, spiritual health and psychological wellbeing
Regarding the relationship between independent variables of the study with each other it can be suggested that: a) there is a direct and medium relationship between objective and subjective life quality and there is a direct and strong relationship between the variables of spiritual wellbeing and subjective wellbeing. b) A direct relationship is estimated between variables of objective life quality and subjective life quality, spiritual wellbeing, and psychological wellbeing. c) There is a significant relationship between the variables of subjective life quality and variables of spiritual wellbeing and psychological wellbeing. d) Through considering Pearson coefficient amounts the relationship between the variables of spiritual wellbeing and the variable of psychological wellbeing is estimated direct and medium
Summary
Happiness and well-being have been among the basic and important issues from the time of human creation philosophical systems and religions have continuously been seeking to answer the question of how to reach an accordance, internal peace and happiness. Stewart (2010) has stated that happiness is one of the most important subjects proposed in positive psychology. The new approach of positive psychology is introduced as a way for approaching the authentic happiness (Compton & Hoffman, 2012). Happiness is considered as owning a positive inner experience and as a powerful motivation for the human healthy behaviors (Argyle, 2001). Happiness is estimated as an overall and persistent satisfaction of life (Bekhet et al, 2008). Too, happiness has been considered as an index regarding how the person spends his/her life moment by moment and a combination of transient moment experiences which can form a scale for the wellbeing and health (Wren-Lewis, 2014)
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