Degree Of Happiness Research Articles

Enabling Recovery Experiences to Forge a More Sustainable Career

Sustainable careers involve maintaining at least some degree of productivity, health, and happiness across the career lifespan. For many, the sometimes severe social, financial, and physical deprivations and restrictions imposed, as well as physical and psychological health risks heralded by the COVID-10 pandemic, have massively increased the challenge of forging a sustainable career. Against this stressful backdrop and motivated by an impulse to help people address their prevailing career challenges, we propose that attempts to enact a sustainable career may be facilitated by drawing on the rich literature in occupational health psychology on recovering from stressful experiences. After briefly reviewing the flourishing literature on initiatives that organizations, leaders, and individuals can take to support sustainable careers, we propose that enabling oneself to have rich recovery experiences may foster career sustainability. We develop this notion by outlining how five different empirically-ground approaches to accessing richer recovery experiences may enable career sustainability, each crystallized in a related proposition. We then discuss implications for sustainable career research and practice, aiming to thereby support those striving for career sustainability amidst the array of stressors flowing from the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to Optimize the Relationship Between Public Spending and Happiness

Happiness and efficient public spending are considered to be two desirable goals. In this paper, I consider happiness in the sense of how much one likes the life one leads (Veenhoven, 1984), and emphasize negative utilitarianism (Popper, 1952) as the best approach for promoting happiness in public policies. An ethical framework about public policies implemented to improve social conditions for happiness is suggested. I give a definition of the term optimization and propose two methods to optimize the relationship between public spending and social conditions for happiness. I briefly introduce a bookkeeping method, and I then present the bases of an econometric method in which quantile regression is described as the best tool within the negative utilitarianist approach, because quantile regression makes possible to know which independent variables influence most the degree of happiness of the least happy/ the saddest. The bookkeeping and the econometric methods presented are useful for any local, regional, national or supranational authority. These methods may also be useful for optimizing the relationship between natural resources consumption and social conditions for happiness. The paper is a conceptual paper.

Exploring the relationship between the length of stay and various determinants at one of the best European destinations

Studies scrutinizing the tangible and intangible factors regarding the length of stay (LOS) in a destination are rare. The emotional factors have not always been integrated into this analysis. We have contributed to fill this gap in the literature considering the degree of happiness with the tourist destination. We used a sample of 1253 tourists and three regression models were estimated (OLS regression model, a Weibull survival model and a zero-truncated negative binomial) to study the LOS. We verified that the emotional factor related with happiness affects the LOS. Furthermore, regarding the managerial/practical implications it is important to highlight that the tourists who intend to visit the city have gastronomic and wine experiences, and, through their contact with the cultural heritage of the city, they will stay for a longer period of time. In addition to economic factors, as expenditures, there are also emotional and experiential aspects that influence LOS and these have to be included in the communication of a tourist destination. The attributes of a destination are not enough to influence the LOS. The destination must also be a set of experiences that will increase the happiness of the tourist with the destination.

Celebrating ‘Indian's’ in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors and The Roots and Shadows

The aim of this paper is an attempt that Indian cultural values should be revised meticulously and accurately leaving behind western impact and the paper rides on a new pride, as a revival of inspiration, a recuperation from centuries of British domination of India in which Hindu dignity was systematically undermined through the Macaulay education system and the invasion of Mogul. Values are what human beings live by. The value-system of any given culture determines the sense of fulfillment and degree of happiness of its members. Indian value system had been misinterpreted from the point of view of the west and imposed on the psyche of Indian women through new education. The new education has gradually made her conscious of futility or emptiness of the various long-preserved notions and taboos about the woman, and she has started opposing and breaking them. And this crusade at times makes her feel alone and alienated. Their conscious had been colonized according to the impact of western. Nevertheless, it is high time that contemporary Indian women are in position to realize their roots, meaning of life and great value system of India. Hence, tradition is the best of the past that has been carried forward for the future.

Do Financial Literacy and Financial Education Influence Smoking Behavior in the United States?

Smoking is still a serious economic, health, and social problem despite various efforts to curb its prevalence. We examined the influence of financial literacy and financial education on the smoking behavior in the United States in terms of the use of rational decision-making abilities to reduce irrational behavior. We hypothesized that financial literacy and financial education, as proxies for rational decision making, would reduce the likelihood of smoking. We used data from the Preference Parameters Study (PPS) of Osaka University conducted in the United States in 2010 and applied probit regression models to test our hypothesis on a sample of 3831 individuals. We found that financially literate people are less likely to be smokers, though we found no clear role of financial education in reducing the likelihood of smoking. Further, respondents’ gender, age, unemployment status, and risky health behaviors such as drinking and gambling, have a significantly positive association with smoking, while marital status, university degree, family size, household income, household assets, physical exercise, and level of happiness have a significantly negative association. Our findings suggest that financial literacy, as an instrument encouraging rational decision making, could be a tool to help reduce smoking in the United States.

Emotional eating across different eating disorders and the role of body mass, restriction, and binge eating.

ObjectiveDifferent subtypes of eating disorders (ED) show dysfunctional eating behaviors such as overeating and/or restriction in response to emotions. Yet, systematic comparisons of all major EDs on emotional eating patterns are lacking. Furthermore, emotional eating correlates with body mass index (BMI), which also differs between EDs and thus confounds this comparison.MethodInterview‐diagnosed female ED patients (n = 204) with restrictive (AN‐R) or binge‐purge anorexia nervosa (AN‐BP), bulimia nervosa (BN), or binge‐eating disorder (BED) completed a questionnaire assessing “negative emotional eating” (sadness, anger, anxiety) and “happiness eating.” ED groups were compared to BMI‐matched healthy controls (HCs; n = 172 ranging from underweight to obesity) to exclude BMI as a confound.ResultsWithin HCs, higher BMI was associated with higher negative emotional eating and lower happiness eating. AN‐R reported the lowest degree of negative emotional eating relative to other EDs and BMI‐matched HCs, and the highest degree of happiness eating relative to other EDs. The BN and BED groups showed higher negative emotional eating compared to BMI‐matched HCs. Patients with AN‐BP occupied an intermediate position between AN‐R and BN/BED and reported less happiness eating compared to BMI‐matched HCs.DiscussionNegative emotional and happiness eating patterns differ across EDs. BMI‐independent emotional eating patterns distinguish ED subgroups and might be related to the occurrence of binge eating versus restriction. Hence, different types of emotional eating can represent fruitful targets for tailored psychotherapeutic interventions. While BN and BED might be treated with similar approaches, AN‐BP and AN‐R would need specific treatment modules.

How Conscious Are You of Others? Further Evidence on Relative Income and Happiness

Empirical evidence indicates that an individual’s happiness is relative with respect to income, whereby it increases with one’s own income and declines as the income of a reference group increases. Several recent studies further suggest that the effect of relative income is mediated by the extent to which people compare themselves with others. In line with the empirical research examining the effects of comparison intensity, in the present study, we focus on the degree to which people are conscious of others’ living standards (hereinafter, awareness of others) and aim to ascertain whether the intensity of awareness of others interacts with the individual perception of relative income in affecting the degree of happiness. By analyzing survey data pertaining to samples representative of Japan and the U.S., we find that individuals who are highly conscious of others are unhappier in Japan but happier in the U.S. Second, the positive relationship between awareness of others and happiness found in the U.S. results from the perception of reference-group income, in that highly conscious individuals compare downward. Lastly, we further examine the extent to which the integrated effect of awareness of others and reference-group income is related to an individual’s choice that could affect the degree of happiness. Our work intends to contribute to a better understanding of how different measures of reference income and respondents’ awareness of others interact in determining individual happiness and choice behaviors.

Can happiness measures be calibrated?

Measures of happiness are increasingly being used throughout the social sciences. While these measures have attracted numerous types of criticisms, a crucial aspect of these measures has been left largely unexplored—their calibration. Using Eran Tal’s recently developed notion of calibration we argue first that the prospect of continued calibration of happiness measures is crucial for the science of happiness, and second, that continued calibration of happiness measures faces a particular problem—The Two Unknowns Problem. The Two Unknowns Problem relies on the claim that individuals are necessarily a part of the measurement apparatus in first person measures of happiness, and the claim that we have no reason to believe that the evaluation standards people employ are invariant across individuals and time. We argue that calibrating happiness measures therefore involves solving an equation with two unknowns—an individual’s degree of happiness, and their evaluation standards—which is, generally, not possible. Third, we consider two possible escape routes from this problem and we suggest that the most promising route requires yet unexplored empirical and theoretical work on linking happiness to behavioral or neural evidence.

A Study of Happiness-inducing Factors in Nursing and Midwifery Students at the Islamic Azad University of Jahrom

Introduction: In psychology, happiness is defined as a positive emotion which lasts longer than atemporary good feeling; it is a steady condition among one’s positive emotions and understanding oflife. Happiness is beneficial to the whole society, but the effects of happiness on university students,as the new blood and future makers of nations, have been of greater interest to researchers. Thepresent study aims to explore the factors that induce happiness in nursing and midwifery students.
 Methods: The present study is a descriptive-comparative work of research conducted in 2017 on 200nursing and midwifery students at the Islamic Azad University of Jahrom in the south of Iran. Thesubjects were selected based on the census sampling method. To determine the degree of happinessin the subjects, the researchers used the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire developed by Argyle et al.in 1979. The questionnaire consists of 29 multiple-choice items scored on the Likert scale between0 and 3. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire have been tested and confirmed in severalstudies. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS v. 15.
 Findings: Of the 200 students studied,81% (171) were female and 65.4% (138) were single. The mean happiness score of the subjects wasfound to be 40.1±9.1. On the happiness scale, the students’ happiness level was medium. 21.9% ofthe students had low happiness levels (a score of 0 to 28), 71.5% had acceptable happiness levels (ascore of 29 to 57), and 6.6% had high happiness levels (a score of 58 to 87). An analysis of the datashowed that there was not a significant relationship between the subjects’ levels of happiness and anyof their demographic characteristics except their term of study (p=0.05).
 Conclusion: The findingsof the present study show that the degree of happiness among nursing and midwifery universitystudents is medium. Since nursing and midwifery university students are potential labor force in thehealthcare systems of societies, it is essential that they maintain acceptable levels of happiness whichis a criterion of psychological health. Accordingly, it is recommended that organized measures betaken to improve the psychological health of students and keep it at satisfactory levels throughoutthe duration of their education.
 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(1) 2021 p.33-38

How Being In Learning Mode May Enable a Sustainable Career Across the Lifespan

A sustainable career is one in which individuals enjoy at least a moderate degree of productivity, health, and happiness across their lifespan. To elucidate what people might need to learn to enhance their career sustainability, we depict a wide range of typical career- and home-realm challenges. Being in learning mode is proposed as a self-regulatory meta-competency that shapes self-directed learning regarding how to tackle sustainable career challenges. People are in learning mode when they hold a growth mindset as they cycle through relevant approach, action, and reflection experiential learning processes. Given the relative stability yet plasticity of mindsets, we offer a dual-process model of mindsets that highlights how people may be nudged in and out of learning mode, both momentarily and over longer time frames. We outline implications for sustainable careers and mindsets theory and research, as well as practical implications for organizations, management education, vocational counseling and peer coaching, and those striving to forge a more sustainable career.

Level of Happiness and Its Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in South Gondar Zone Hospitals, North Central Ethiopia.

BackgroundHappiness is the most indicator of good quality of life particularly for pregnant women. Reduced happiness of pregnant women can result in reduced maternal health services utilization and can result in adverse newborn and maternal outcomes. Assessing the level of happiness and its factors are important for pregnant women and the next generation. Hence, the current research paper aimed to assess the level of happiness and its associated factors among pregnant women who attended antenatal care follow-up in South Gondar Zone Hospitals.MethodsInstitution-based cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2018 to February 2019 among 1606 expectant pregnant women in the last 6 months. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) was used as a measure of the degree of happiness and used four as average person score. Besides, bivariate, multivariable logistic analyses were deployed to identify associations.ResultsA total of 1606 pregnant women were participating in this study. The prevalence of low level of pregnancy happiness in this study was 24% (95% CI: 20.7 −26.6). Mothers who exposed to unintended pregnancy (AOR; 1.94, CI 95% 1.86–4.52), reported intimate partner violence (AOR; 2.42, 95% CI 1.67–3.54) and being in the third trimester (AOR; 1.89 95% CI 1.19–3.01) were the most predictor variables with the low level of happiness.ConclusionApproximately one-fourth of the pregnant women had a low level of pregnancy happiness. Mothers who were exposed to unintended pregnancy encountered intimate partner violence, who were in the third trimester were the most significant variables associated with a low level of happiness. Governmental and non-governmental organizations work on women’s reproduction rights and the zonal health department with local health offices should educate on the prevention of intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy and its consequences and also empower women to cope with changes and challenges of pregnancy and childbirth.

Measurement of Quality of Life in Spanish Regions

The present paper measures quality of life through a set of dimensions included in the following partial indicators of objective well-being: demography, economic endowment, academic training, employment, health, cultural goods, environment, housing habitability, security and family. Additionally, and independently, subjective well-being is studied to measure the degree of happiness of the population. As a result, a quality of life indicator is obtained that combines both objective and subjective indicators. The methodology used corresponds to that provided by Pena Trapero through the distance measure DP2, which has been widely used in many empirical studies on well-being and quality of life. Among the results obtained, it is worth noting that happiness diminishes as per capita income grows, and that prosperity, understood as social welfare, can be achieved without relying exclusively on material growth. Thus, the Spanish development model must be revised since the material objectives and economic growth do not guarantee the happiness of the population.

The Italian well-being: a race against time

Abstract Background Well-being is the result of many factors such as health, happiness, expectations, values. Italy has been one of European countries that in recent years has suffered most combination of economic, political and social stress, with consequences on well-being. The aims of study are i) to examine health and happiness perceptions of young adults ii) to compare actual results with a previous survey conducted in 2004. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between Jan-Dec 2017. A validated questionnaire was administered from the Italian Centre for Social Investment (CENSIS) to 1,003 young Italians, aged 18-40. The anonymous questionnaire investigated emotional aspects, health status, social life and socioeconomic status. The statistical analysis (chi-square p < 0.05) was carried out to evaluate the association between the items of the questionnaire and variables such as age, sex, education level, income, work status, Marital Status (MS), Self-Confidence (SC), social-life. Results The sample resulted quite happy (2017 vs 2004:56.1% vs 63.7%), the happiness increasing with the socio-economic level and appearing to be related to work status, MS, SC and income (p < 0.05). Good or excellent health were reported by 89.8% (2004:86.1%) with a decrease in older age, and significant differences for all studied variables (excluded MS). Although the majority declared to be satisfied with their social life (2017 vs 2004:73.4% vs 85.7%) and economic status (2017 vs 2004:49.8% vs 70.7%), the future still seems uncertain, with respondents unabled to make predictions about work (2017 vs 2004:49.9% vs 19.8%) or when having children (2017 vs 2004:44.6% vs 61.2%). Conclusions Quality of life of Italians is still satisfactory, with a good degree of happiness and health, despite a clear decrease compared to 2004. The survey highlights that young people continue to perceive the future as uncertain, mainly due to job instability, with difficulty planning their lives. Key messages In ten years the Italian well-being has been reduced, despite the perceived level of happiness and health still being positive. The lack of job opportunities, the awareness of employment instability are the main causes of the lack of confidence in the future.

السعادة النفسية وعلاقتها بالتوافق الدراسي لدى عينة من طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة

هدفت الدراسة إلى الکشف عن طبيعة العلاقة بين السعادة النفسية والتوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة، وبيان درجة السعادة النفسية لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة، اتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي في صورته الارتباطية،وتم اختيار عينة الدراسة بالطريقة العشوائية من مجتمع طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة، حيث بلغ عدد أفراد العينة (207) طالبة، ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم تطبيقمقياس السعادة النفسية إعداد روز ماري) 2006,Rosemary A Abbott) وتعريب سامية أحمد جمال، ومقياس التوافق الدراسي والمعد من قبل الزيادي (1964)، وأظهرت النتائج: أن المتوسط الحسابي الفعلي لمتغير السعادة النفسية لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة بلغ (86.03)، الأمر الذي يشير إلى ارتفاع درجة السعادة النفسية لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة. أن الوزن النسبي لدرجة السعادة النفسية لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة کانت بنسبة (77%). أن المتوسط الحسابي الفعلي لمتغير التوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة بلغ (132.02)، الأمر الذي يشير إلى ارتفاع درجة التوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة. أن مستوى التوافق الدراسي طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة جاء مرتفعا بنسبة (82.6%)،أن الوزن النسبي لدرجة التوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة کانت بنسبة (73%). أن معامل الارتباط بين السعادة النفسية والتوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة هو معامل ارتباط موجب يقدر بــ (0.354) ودلالاته الإحصائية تقل عن مستوى الدلالة (0.01≥ α) مما يدل على وجود علاقة ارتباطية طردية (موجبة) ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (0.01≥ α) بين السعادة النفسية والتوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة، عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (0،05 ≥ α) في درجة السعادة النفسية لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة تعزى إلى متغيرات: (التخصص، المستوى الدراسي، المعدل التراکمي).عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (0،05 ≥ α) في درجة التوافق الدراسي لدى طالبات کلية العلوم والآداب بمحافظة قلوة تعزى إلى متغيرات: (التخصص، المستوى الدراسي، المعدل التراکمي)، وفي ضوء النتائج تم تقديم مجموعة من التوصيات. Abstract The study aimed to reveal the nature of the relationship between psychological happiness and academic compatibility among students of the College of Science and Arts in Qalwa Governorate, and to indicate the degree of psychological happiness among students of the College of Science and Arts in Qalwa Governorate. And showing the degree of academic compatibility of students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate, the study followed the descriptive, associative approach, The study sample was randomly chosen from the community of female students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate, where the number of the sample population reached (207) female students, To achieve the aims of the study, a psychological happiness scale was prepared by Rosemary A Abbott( 2006) and Samia Ahmed Gamal was localized, And the measure of academic compatibility prepared by (Al-Ziyadi, 1964), and the results showed that there is a positive (positive) correlation relationship with a statistical significance at the level of significance (0.05≥ α) between psychological happiness and academic compatibility among students of the College of Science and Arts in Qalwa Governorate, the high degree of psychological happiness in Students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate, the degree of psychological happiness among students of the College of Sciences and Arts in Qalwa Governorate came high (86%), The degree of psychological happiness among the students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate was (77%). The degree of academic consistency among students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate was high (82.6%). The degree of academic consistency among students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate was (73%). There were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 ≥ α) in the degree of psychological happiness among students of the College of Arts and Sciences in Qalwa Governorate attributed to variables: There is no statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05 ≥ α) in the degree of academic compatibility of students of the College of Science and Arts in Qalwa Governorate attributed to variables: (specialization, academic level, cumulative average) In light of the results, a set of recommendations was presented.

¿Puede el ser humano alcanzar la felicidad?

El ser humano mueve las piezas de su propia vida para llegar a conseguir su felicidad. En el trabajo se cuestiona radicalmente la propia posibilidad de consecución de la felicidad, partiendo de una especie de agnosia sobre su concepción como estadio final. Las ideas homologadas de la felicidad siguen vivas en nuestros días, cadavez másyen más disciplinas,sobretodo en lassociedades occidentales(Bueno, 2011). Sellamalaatención sobre el aspecto bifronte de la felicidad, físico, por un lado, y espiritual por otro. Se concluye que es muy difícil que podamos alcanzar el grado máximo y permanente de felicidad o la felicidad completa. Puede que asumamos el peso ylaresponsabilidad deconseguir la máximafelicidad pero,como Sísifo,cargando unay otravez la gigantesca piedra hacia la cumbre de la montaña, nunca podamos mantenernos allí, en ese territorio ideal o emocional del que poco conocemos y que se configura como una asíntota. Con respecto a la posibilidad de ser feliz en mayor o menor medida, es sugerente la propuesta de la pirámide gradual de Abraham Maslow. La conclusión es optimista, al entender que la felicidad relativa engloba un rango muy variable y no es un punto final. Se propone la modificación del significado del término “felicidad” en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua, para identificarlo con “una variedad de estados de grata satisfacción espiritual y física”

On Happiness in Teaching: An Ordered Logit Modeling Approach

This study was conducted to explain the degree of happiness in teaching and determine its influencing socio-economic factors. Using a probabilistic sampling method, the study employed 127 junior and senior high school teachers as respondents. Primary data were collected through developed questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive measures and ordered logit modeling. Results showed that this study documented a statistically significant determinant of the feeling of happiness in teaching, namely: other sources of income, creative and enjoyable teaching experience, school compound, social relationship, and health condition. Having other sources of income has an inverse effect on the happiness of teachers, this might be due to additional responsibilities while serving the students. The study showed that teachers are more likely happy if they found their job as creative and enjoyable which positively influences their well-being and professional growth. There is also a higher chance of being happy if the school environment is conducive for learning and provides comfort to teachers. Furthermore, being socially oriented and the healthy teacher are productive and efficient in work which is more likely to be happy.

Pursuing Sustainable Happiness through Participation in Exercise for South Korean Students: Structural Relationships among Exercise, Mental Health Factors, School Satisfaction, and Happiness

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that exercise participation can be an important factor in the pursuit of sustainable happiness. For this purpose, this study focused on the causal relationships among the frequency of exercise, self-esteem, stress, depression, school satisfaction and degree of happiness in elementary, junior high and high school students (n = 11,132) in South Korea. The data used for this study were collected in 2016 by the National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI) for the “UN convention on the rights of the child.” The results were as follows; firstly, the exercise frequency had a significant causal relationship with self-esteem, stress, school satisfaction and happiness but not with depression. However, it was found that exercise frequency had an indirect effect on depression through stress. In detail, exercise frequency could positively reduce stress, and less stress affects depression. Secondly, there were significant direct or indirect effects on self-esteem, stress, depression, degree of happiness and school satisfaction. Lastly, only depression did not affect school satisfaction and happiness.

중국인의 행복에 관한 소고

The study of happiness in China has been around for a long time now. Happiness goes beyond the mere academic category and is a core value concept shared by all Chinese people, and is an important voice that expresses socialism of Chinese characteristics well. Therefore, what is the happiness felt by the Chinese people, and an analysis of the factors that make up these happiness and the path to feeling happiness is needed. This study has so far analyzed the consciousness of Chinese people’s happiness from traditional and modern perspectives, and finally analyzed the degree of happiness the Chinese people feel today. The main results are as follows: First, Chinese people think health and property are the most important factors in happiness. Second, the traditional Chinese view of happiness is based on the religious ideas of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, which are traditional Chinese religions, but new changes have emerged since the establishment of New China. In other words, socialist ideas have begun to influence the Chinese people’s happiness. Third, the interest in social security and the environment is rapidly increasing among the elements of happiness felt by the Chinese people at present.

Sustainable happiness of Thai people: Monitoring the Thai Happiness Index

ABSTRACT This research investigates and monitors Thai people’s happiness via the Thai Happiness Index developed by Senasu. The Thai Happiness Index comprises five dimensions: subjective well-being, quality of life, philosophy of living, governance, and standard of living. In addition to reflecting the level of happiness of Thai people, this index also identifies related important issues. The research data were collected from survey data using interviewed questionnaires. The primary data were from stratified multi-stage sampling in each region, province, district, and enumeration area; and simple random sampling in each enumeration area. These data were collected in 13 provinces: Bangkok and 3 provinces in each of all four regions. The data were collected over two consecutive years. There were 3,217 usable responses from the 2017 sampling, and 3,280 usable responses from the 2018 sampling. The Senasu's Thai Happiness Index (THaI) was used to calculate and monitor the happiness level of Thai people in 2017 and 2018. The result reveals the 2018 THaI value is 0.556. When people are divided according to their degree of happiness, it is found that a total of 21.1% of the population are happy. The group of happy population reflects a THaI value of 0.789, which is much higher than the THaI value of 0.494 of the not-yet-happy population. Overall, Thai people have higher happiness compared to 2017 when the happiness index was 0.506, and only 14.6% of the population were happy.

Happy Memories: Improved Subjective Happiness Through Vacation Recollection

This study aims to examine the influences of travel during a summer vacation on subsequent subjective happiness. We also investigate the roles of memories of the vacation and of recollecting these memories. The participants reported their degree of subjective happiness via two online surveys. The analyses showed that the recollection of travel had a positive influence on subsequent subjective happiness. Notably, this effect was not direct but rather mediated through satisfaction with the vacation. The results showed that not only having a fun vacation but also recalling the memories of that time have the possibility to promote vacationers' well-being. The article concludes with important implications for the success of tourism businesses as well as the enhancement of tourists' senses of well-being. Also the study's limitations provide some interesting avenues for future research.