Happiness In Korea Research Articles

Factor structure and measurement invariance of conceptions of happiness in Korea and Canada: an application of penalized structural equation modeling in Mplus

Factor structure and measurement invariance of conceptions of happiness in Korea and Canada: an application of penalized structural equation modeling in Mplus

Psychosocial Well-Being Differences Between the Young Old, Old-Old, and Oldest Old: A Global Comparison.

We investigate global differences in psychosocial well-being between older adult age groups. Using multinomial logistic regression, we analyzed 2018 data (n = 93,663) from 9 countries/regions in the Health and Retirement Study international family of studies to compare age group differences in depression, loneliness, and happiness. Compared to the young old, the old-old reported more depression in Southern Europe, while the oldest old had higher risk in India and Southern Europe but lower risk in the United States. The old-old reported less loneliness in the United States but more in Southern Europe, while the oldest old had greater risk in Southern Europe. The old-old reported less happiness in Korea, while the oldest old had lower reports in Korea but higher reports in the United States. The psychosocial well-being of the oldest old is exceptionally good in the United States but exceptionally poor in Southern Europe.

Social Values and Subjective Socioeconomic Status Matter for Happiness in Korea

Social Values and Subjective Socioeconomic Status Matter for Happiness in Korea

A Study of Factors Influencing Happiness in Korea: Topic Modelling and Neural Network Analysis

The aim of this study is to derive the important factors that influence levels of happiness in Korea, and to identify which factors are particularly important among these influencing factors. To achieve this goal, topic modelling analysis, machine learning analysis and neural network analysis methods were utilized. The Netminer 4.5 program was used for topic modelling analysis and machine learning analysis, and SPSS MODELER 18 was used to perform neural network analysis. Two types of analysis data were used in this study. The first consisted of 1 000 papers relating to happiness published in academic journals managed by the Springer publishing company, which were used to derive happiness-influencing factors. The second consisted of a survey conducted in 2020 by the Community Well-being Center of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University in Korea. A total of 16 655 people responded to this survey. The analysis results of the study are as follows. Important variables that affect the level of happiness of Korean residents are: family life, social status, income, health, and perceptions of inequality. Analysis using neural network analysis of the most important factors influencing happiness showed that satisfaction with family life had the most important influence. This suggests that policies that can improve the quality of family life, such as family-friendly work environments, childcare support, and domestic violence prevention and response programmes, will become important in the future

소확행 여행에 대한 탐색적 연구: 육하원칙(5W1H)에 따른 개념정리를 중심으로

Recently, discussions about happiness in Korea have been centered around the concept of ‘sohwakhaeng’ or small but certain happiness. The key of sohwakhaeng is that small but certain happiness has different perspectives compared to previous studies in which special consumption affects happiness. The trend of sohwakhaeng has also greatly influenced tourism and travel behavior, which is one of the major happiness pursuit activities of modern people. In this situation, this study aimed to conduct an exploratory study on the subject of sohwakhaeng as a recent trend of leisure and tourism consumption. As a result of the study, contrary to the expectation that sohwakhaeng travel will have a deep relationship with individual travel, it was found many people still feel small but certain happiness when traveling with family, friends, or lovers rather than having a travel alone. In addition, it has been found that there is no favorite travel time for sohwakhaeng travelers, and the purpose of the travel is mainly leisure, entertainment and vacation.

What Types of Happiness do Korean Adults Pursue?-Comparison of Seven Happiness Types.

Although Korea has achieved successful economic, social, cultural, and technological development over the past decades, Korean people do not seem to be particularly happy. To enhance an individual’s happiness, we need to be aware of what situations and environmental conditions are conducive for happiness and explore the values of happiness we pursue. This study investigated the types of happiness expressed by Korean people using a mixed-method approach. Personal in-depth (n = 15) and focus group (n = 16) interviews were conducted with people who reported feeling a high level of happiness. Happiness categorization was conducted using Q methodology (n = 63). Subsequently, we surveyed 999 nationally representative samples of Korean adults to generalize the results of the Q analysis. The findings revealed seven types of adult happiness in Korea: (1) Self-actualization, (2) Belongingness, (3) Mission, (4) Social recognition, (5) Enjoyment, (6) Material success, and (7) Parenting. The combined results of the qualitative and quantitative analyses showed that in Korea, people pursuing money or social success feel the unhappiest, whereas people pursuing a mission or sense of belonging feel the happiest. In conclusion, we discussed the need for happiness literacy education, to provide each adult an opportunity to understand the type of happiness they pursue.

대한민국 행복 지도:소셜미디어를 활용한 대한민국 지역별 행복 비교

최근 행복에 대한 관심이 증가하는 가운데 개인의 행복을 예측하는 다양한 심리적인 변인들에 대한연구가 많이 이루어졌다. 그러나 아직까지 국내에서는 거시적 수준에서의 환경적인 요인들을 고려한 행복 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 개인의 행복 수준을 예측하는 거시적인 요인으로 지역을 살펴보았고, 대한민국에 거주하고 있는 사람들의 주관적 안녕감이 17개 권역에 따라 어떻게 다른 지를 조사하였다. 이를 위해 소셜미디어에서 수집한 데이터를 활용하여 총 1,039,426명의 2,261,667건수의 응답을 분석하였다. 본 연구는 대규모 데이터를 활용함으로써 제한된 표본을 가진 기존 연구의 한계를 극복하였으며 기존 연구에서 사용한 측정치를 보완한 종합적인 행복 측정치인 안녕지수를 활용하였다. 다층적인 구조를 가지고 있는 자료의 특성을 고려하여 저자들은 위계적 선형 모형(hierarchical linear modeling)을 이용하였으며, 분석 결과 응답자들의 행복은 17개 권역에 따라 유의미한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

한국과 일본의 행복 감정 표현성에 대한 대조문화적 연구

한국과 일본의 행복 감정 표현성에 대한 대조문화적 연구

Theoretical and Empirical Examinations of Happiness in Korea

This study begins to overview the causes of a “positive turn” that tends to place a greater emphasis upon joy, fun or pleasure rather than deferred gratification. External factors of socio-cultural changes, such as increasing non-work time and increasing disposable income due to the diffusion of high technologies in the world of work, are examined. Internal, intrapersonal factors, the rise of post-materialist values, the shift in life interest from production to consumption and changing conceptions of work-life balance are also considered. Next, models of happiness that encompass the main thrusts of the past research on happiness across areas of philosophy, economics, psychology and sociology are explored. Then, the “component model,” “need satisfaction model,” “additive integration model” and the “multiplicative integrated model” are discussed. Given the discussion, a “cubic model of happiness,” that takes into account the effects of utility, need and value is suggested. Finally, based on the selections of world survey data on happiness, the levels and correlates of happiness are compared and the current state of the happiness in Korean society is explicated in terms of typical mentalities of contemporary Koreans including relationalism, inner-worldliness and returnism. In that process, special attention is paid to the discrepancies between economic indices and social indices, and policy measures that help to promote GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness), or overall life satisfaction of the nation, is proposed.

The folk psychology of happiness in Korea

Happiness research has primarily been conducted based on the American model of happiness. The agentic concept of happiness in the West emphasizes the positive feeling state stemming from individual achievement and positive interpersonal relationships. However, previous studies on lay theories of happiness in other East Asian countries, such as China and Japan, have suggested that these meanings of happiness differ from those of the Western cultural context. The present study examined the lay theory of happiness among Koreans using qualitative and quantitative approaches. Furthermore, the authors compared the Korean model of happiness with that of the Japanese and Americans from Uchida and Kitayama (2009). The findings from the present research indicate that the Korean model of happiness involves both positive and negative states and consequences of happiness, unlike the uniformly positively connoted happiness in Western cultural contexts. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the current findings on happiness research in the Korean culture.

Comparative Analysis of Family Values and a Sense of Happiness in Korea, China and Japan

Comparative Analysis of Family Values and a Sense of Happiness in Korea, China and Japan

The Analysis on the Determinants of Happiness in Korea

The Analysis on the Determinants of Happiness in Korea

Happiness in Korea: Who is Happy and When?

본 연구는 행복과 관련된 개인적 특성과 상황적 맥락을 파악함으로써, 한국사회에서 누가 그리고 언제 행복한가의 질문에 답하고자 했다. 이를 위해서 응답자의 행복 수준을 회고식 평가 방식(연구 1)과 경험 표집 방식(연구 2)으로 측정하여 다양한 인구학적, 심리적, 상황적 변인들과의 관계를 검토했다. 그 결과, 선행연구에서와 마찬가지로 한국사회에서도 행복한 삶을 살아가는데 외적, 상황적 요인보다 개인의 심리적 특성이 중요하다는 사실이 재확인되었다. 본 연구에서 성격 특성과 행복에 대한 긍정적 관점은 회고적 행복 판단을 18% 예측했으며, 실시간적 행복 경험의 경우 40% 이상이 내적 동기와 의미감에 의해 설명되었다. 반면에 인구학적 특징에 따른 행복의 차이는 매우 미약했다. 개인이 경험하는 행복 수준은 연령, 성별, 결혼여부, 종교, 학력 및 직업에 따라 차이가 없었고, 소득을 포함한 모든 인구학적 변인은 행복의 개인차를 단지 3%만 설명했다. 이러한 결과는 학벌이나 소득과 같은 개인의 외적 요소가 강조되는 한국 사회에서도 행복의 개인차가 객관적 삶의 여건보다 심리적 요인에 의해서 더 잘 설명될 수 있음을 시사한다. 끝으로 한국인의 행복 증진을 위한 사회적 노력의 방향에 대해 논의했다.