Happy Relationship Research Articles

Analysis of the Relationship of Happiness to Economic Achievement and Other Factors in US States

Overall emotional well-being, notably happiness, has been the subject of numerous studies in psychology, business, and other disciplines. In this study, happiness, aka life satisfaction, is measured by people’s own personal assessment of happiness, not measured by “how happy people ought to be” based on “well-being” measures such as income or community amenities. The top ten happiest states, in order, are Louisiana (happiest), Hawaii, Florida, Tennessee, Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, Alabama, and Maine. The ten unhappiest states, in order, are New York (unhappiest), Connecticut, New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, California, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The findings indicate that happier states on average are significantly more religious and more politically conservative. Findings show that the happier states had a significantly lower per capita GDP; thus, money does not buy happiness. Businesses can facilitate happiness among employees, by supporting work-life balance of employees, being parent-friendly, being marriage-friendly, and enabling employees to integrate their spiritual values in their job roles.

Analysis of the relationship of happiness to economic achievement and other factors in US states

Analysis of the relationship of happiness to economic achievement and other factors in US states

Analysis of the relationship of happiness to economic achievement and other factors in US states

Overall emotional well-being, notably happiness, has been the subject of numerous studies in psychology, business and other disciplines. In this study, happiness, aka life satisfaction, is measured by people's own personal assessment of happiness, not measured by 'how happy people ought to be' based on 'well-being' measures such as income or community amenities. The top ten happiest states, in order, are Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida, Tennessee, Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, Alabama and Maine. The ten unhappiest states are Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, California, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York. The findings indicate that happier states on average are significantly more religious and more politically conservative. Findings show that the happier states had a significantly lower per capita GDP; thus, money does not buy happiness. Businesses can facilitate happiness among employees, by supporting work-life balance of employees, being parent-friendly, being marriage-friendly and enabling employees to integrate their spiritual values in their job roles.

Positive Psychosocial Factors Associated with the University Student’s Engagement

Background:Student’s performance comes from the engagement they have with the academic activities of their institution. This conviction is determined by multiple factors both internal and external. Student´s engagement is a key factor in academic performance at the university.Objective:The aim of this study of this study was to find the relationship between the factors of emotional intelligence, orientation to happiness and positive social relationships within the school with the engagement of university students in a population of Mexico.Method:A stratified probabilistic sampling of students from a public higher education institution in the city of Guaymas, Sonora, was conducted. A total of 226 students answered the self-report, 52% were women, and 48% were men. A model of structural equations was performed to evaluate the relationships between the studied factors.Results:The results show that positive factors, both social (relationships with teachers and classmates) and personal (emotional intelligence and orientation to happiness), maintain a direct and significant relationship with the university student’s engagement.Conclusion:To improve the student’s engagement in university activities is necessary to promote personal issues such as emotional intelligence and orientation to happiness. It is also important to foster good social relationships with teachers and classmates.

Humor, Happiness and Work Relationship among Faculty Members in Islamic Higher Education of Indonesia

Humor is important among educators to refresh their mind from busy work, strengthen friendship and interpersonal relationship, create happiness, and to improve working performance and cooperation of both personal and professional matters. This study aims to examine the humor in the perspective of linguistics and psychology, especially the semantic aspect among colleagues of lecturers in Islamic universities of Indonesia. A qualitative-descriptive method was employed to analyze data which were collected through participants’ observation and in-depth interview. The results indicate that to create humor from a linguistic perspective, lecturers used polysemy and homonym aspects as part of the language game. Polysemy is only a word while homonym is a word, abbreviation, and acronym. The words that indicate polysemy is margacinta, hawa, and kopi, while the words that indicate homonyms in the form of words maroko, farj, and tabrakan. On the other hand, the abbreviation homonymy is found in the phrases of peraturan pemerintah and pembimbing akademik and the acronyms are found in words akper, jatol, jaka, marisa and jelita. This language game then creates a joyful atmosphere among lecturers which ultimately affects their interpersonal relationships. The proximity of interpersonal relations also has implications for better employment relations and increased productivity to do works assigned to them. Finally, this research confirms that language games such as polysemy and homonymy can also be used to create humor aimed not only to refresh mind but also to create happiness and improve work performance to increase productivity in universities.Keywords: Humor, happiness, relationship, lecturer, Islamic Higher Education.

Tangible or Intangible Ways to Happiness? Consumption Related Values Among Adolescents

In recent years a large number of consumer studies focused on happiness, subjective well-being and satisfaction with life in relationship with material or experimental consumption. Most of the studies applied statistically reliable validated scales and measurements involving large numbers of respondents. There are only a few study that aimed to answer the meaning of happiness or satisfaction and their reflections in adolescents’ consumer behaviour at the present time. Due to the less represented academic literature in that area and the controversial results of our previous quantitative research on materialism we decided to conduct a qualitative research to investigate the meaning of happiness among adolescents in Hungary. Our non-representative sample consisted of students from 5 different high schools in 3 cities including Budapest. Respondents took part in in-depth interviews, peer interviews and worked in groups in associative experiments. According to our findings physical goods and material consumption contribute less to the individuals’ sense of happiness and interpersonal relationships are more appreciated. The teenagers of our sample showed signs of material emptiness, since possessing things were unimportant for them Family, stable personal relationships and safety were very significant among their values. Their consumer behaviour was influenced mostly by the need for gaining experiences rather than need for acquisition and possession of tangible goods.

Happiness as a predictor of resilience in students at a further education college

ABSTRACTWhile the positive relationship between happiness and resilience amongst students is established, diversity in further education (FE) students warrants investigation into potential differences in the strength of this relationship. In respect of the multifaceted definition of the concept, two happiness measures were completed by respondents. This allowed investigation into the potential for the two measures to reflect differing features of happiness and allowed a more specific insight into the role happiness plays in the resilience of FE students. In this study, the predictive relationships of happiness with resilience among three level 3 populations – A-Level, BTEC and Access to HE at a further education college in the UK (N = 443) – are examined by means of self-report. Multiple regression analysis showed that happiness measures correlate with resilience, making independent contributions. Relative importance of happiness measures in predicting resilience also differs across pathways. Findings are discussed in terms of diversity of FE students and diversity of happiness within these populations. This research highlights a variation in significance of different facets of happiness on resilience, with implications for pastoral care in FE.

Total rewards components and work happiness in new ventures

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of total rewards components (monetary, material and non-monetary) on happiness of employees working in Indian technology-based new ventures. Further, with the theoretical lens of social exchange theory, the mediating role of work engagement between total rewards perceptions and work happiness relationship has also been evaluated.Design/methodology/approachA survey of 201 employees working in Indian technology-based new ventures was conducted. Structural equation modeling was utilized to measure the proposed theoretical model. Regression analysis was conducted to test the direct effects of the hypothesized relationships. Sobel test and bootstrapping analysis were utilized to test the indirect effects of the proposed hypothesized relationship.FindingsThe findings supported the hypotheses that employees’ perceptions of total rewards have a significant impact on employee work engagement and happiness at work. However, individual component of total rewards, i.e. monetary rewards, demonstrated an insignificant impact on the employee work happiness. Work engagement was positively related to work happiness and fully mediated the relationship between total rewards perceptions and work happiness.Practical implicationsSpecial attention should be given to enhance the material and non-monetary rewards, specifically strengthening the feeling of appreciation, learning and growth opportunities and improving feedback functions. Given the challenges of new ventures (productivity and efficiency of talent), management of total rewards mix should be considered as the main concern of human resource (HR) managers and management (founders). The paper also provides important implications for designing a reward system that enhances employee productivity and efficiency in the unstructured and ambiguous work environment of new ventures.Originality/valueThe present study has significant contributions to the HR, entrepreneurship and positive psychology literature. It is an attempt to understand the association between total rewards components and work happiness via mediating mechanism, i.e. work engagement in new ventures. It also extends research in the entrepreneurial context. The emergence and growth of new ventures in India has meant a growing importance for understanding employees’ needs and expectations and guaranteeing their happiness. The findings of the study contribute to social exchange theory, Vroom’s expectancy and self-determination theory. This research is also a rare investigation of employees’ perspectives in an entrepreneurial context.

Hubungan Kualitas Puasa dan Kebahagiaan Santri Pondok Pesantren Al-Ihsan

Fasting is one of worship rituals that is usually done by santri, but they have many activities in boarding school and campus that caused not only positive but also various negative effects. These effects may lower the productivity and life satisfaction, and increase negative emotion. This research aims to examine the relationship of fasting quality and happiness. This study used quantitative method with the fasting quality scale based on Al-Ghazali’s theory and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, which is analyzed by Pearson analysis method. Total respondent for this research is 150 respondents. The result of this research shows that the quality of fasting had correlation with santri’s happiness, with percentage is 0.466. When fasting santri avoided to do something bad, be more patient, and tried to do anything according with guidance from Allah that it causes positive emotion and satisfaction, so they have high quality of fasting and happiness.

On Happiness and Critique. From Bouquet V to ´possible elsewheres´

The paper explores the relationship of happiness and critique. It is a reflection on a decade of being trained in and practicing philosophical critique. It is a reflection on experiences I had during teaching on social justice, inclusion and diversity; and it is a reflection on the on-going debate on negative vs. affirmative forms of critique within feminist philosophy. It is also an exercise in imagining a transformation of our critical practices, where the embrace of more affirmative (rather than destructive-negative) modes of critique does not entail overlooking or turning a blind eye to the barriers that unjustly restrain some movements and allow for others' privileges to persist. I suggest that a diffractive approach to critique would allow for joyfully interchanging and alternating appropriate modes of debunking, of being the killjoy against sedimentations that weigh some of us down, with other modes of critique which allow us to augment and lift up examples of already on-going structural change.

Michael Patrick Stuart Irwin (1925–2017)

Michael Patrick Stuart Irwin (1925–2017)

Relationship of Social Support and Happiness with Religiosity

The aim of this study was the relationship between social support and happiness and religious among secondary school students and to achieve this goal, has been used descriptive-correlation research method. The statistical population of this study was all high school male and female students of Tabriz city in academic year 2016-2017. Of this population, 353 people have been selected by random cluster sampling method. To collect data from questionnaires religious beliefs (Temple) Golzari (2000), social support Wax and et al (1986) and Happiness Oxford Argyle & Lu were used. To analyze the data, Pearson and t-test analysis were used. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between social support and happiness and religiosity. On the other hand t test results showed a significant difference between male and female students of religiosity among them. Thus, according to the results of this study reinforcing social support and enhancing students' happiness can be effective in providing religious students.

Implicit Theories of Marital Relationships: A Grounded Theory of Socialization Influences

ABSTRACTA qualitative study was conducted in an Eastern European university, involving 16 participants from functional and dysfunctional families who participated in semistructured interviews about the development of their implicit theories of a happy marital relationship. The students shared their ideas of a happy marriage, their parents’ marriage, including the level of happiness, conflict and other issues, what they thought were major influences on the formation of their ideas of marriage including exploration of the role of fiction media. The following major socialization influences emerged as themes: parental relationship, individual parental characteristics, observation of other relationships, gender role ideology, education, media, and experiences of own relationships.

Social Perspective of Human Development

Recently, there exists a change in the focus of studies on the factors which determine human development, and this change suggests that there are other social factors which may contribute or influence the pace of progress. There is insufficient literature linking religiosity, happiness level, the political stability of the society, and the perceived corruption of public office to development. This study claims that human growth indicated by the Human Development Index (HDI) is not just affected by life expectancy, participation in education, and income but also by other social factors like religion, happiness, corruption in the government, political stability of the society. Employing the descriptive correlational method in determining the relationship of religiosity, happiness, corruption, and political stability to human development, we found that happiness has the most significant effect on human development with an F value of 4.76 and p-value of 0.041. We conclude that a happy society is a developed society.

The Mediating Effects of Personality Traits and Happiness in the Relationship between Baby boomers` Productivities and Successful Aging

The Mediating Effects of Personality Traits and Happiness in the Relationship between Baby boomers` Productivities and Successful Aging

The Role of Preperformance and In-Game Emotions in Cognitive Interference During Sport Performance: The Moderating Role of Self-Confidence and Reappraisal

This research examined whether prevalent preperformance (Study 1) and in-game (Study 2) emotions were associated with cognitive interference (i.e., thoughts of escape, task-irrelevant thoughts, and performance worries) and whether any effects were moderated by reappraisal and self-confidence. In Study 1, team-sport players’ preperformance anxiety positively, and excitement negatively, predicted cognitive interference during a competitive match. However, no moderating effects for reappraisal or confidence were revealed. In Study 2, badminton players’ in-game anxiety, dejection, and happiness positively predicted, whereas excitement negatively predicted, cognitive interference during a competitive match. Moreover, reappraisal and confidence moderated the relationships of excitement and happiness with task-irrelevant thoughts. The findings underscore the role that preperformance and in-game emotions can play in athletes’ thought processing during sport performance, as well as highlighting the importance of considering the effects of self-confidence and reappraisal on the role of in-game emotions in cognitive interference.

Meaning of Happy Life for the Kharwars in India in Their Journey Towards Development

The study examines the notion of happy life and its ingredients in a rural adivasi (first nation people) community experiencing the influences of acculturation and development taking place in the rapidly globalising world. The study was carried out on 200 males of the Kharwar adivasi group residing in 11 villages of the Naugarh Block of Chanduali district in Uttar Pradesh. The participants, aged 30–60 years, were given the happy life test (Sinha, 1969, Indian villages in transition: A motivational analysis. Delhi: Associated Publishing House) with slight modification in the questions. Content analysis of responses brought out five major elements of happy life, namely economy, relationships, health, meaningful engagements and money. Cluster analysis revealed that only economy, relationships and health were reliable elements of happy life, while the other two elements were outliers. As compared to the happy Kharwars, the less happy Kharwars suggested more number of items as ingredients of happy life. The findings suggest that the ingredients of happy life are culture specific and not universal. It is suggested that, even in the face of a development model, which underscores material possessions, the life of people in traditional societies, such as of the Kharwar, is driven largely by need rather than by greed.

Moderating effect of happiness in the relationship between organizational climate and teaching flow of infant teachers

본 연구는 어린이집 기관풍토와 영아교사의 교수몰입 간 관계에서 행복의 조절효과를 알아보는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 영아교사 305명을 대상으로 기관풍토, 교수몰입, 행복 척도를 이용해 설문조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 기관풍토, 행복, 교수몰입 간에는 유의미한 정적 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 기관풍토와 행복은 교수몰입에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 변인으로 나타났다. 둘째, 영아교사의 행복은 어린이집 기관풍토가 영아교사의 교수몰입에 미치는 영향을 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 저경력 교사의 경우에는 교수몰입에 대한 기관풍토의 주효과, 기관풍토와 행복의 상호작용효과가 있었으며, 고경력 교사의 경우에는 교수몰입에 대한 기관풍토, 행복의 주효과, 기관풍토와 행복의 상호작용효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 영아교사의 교수몰입에 대한 중요성을 인식하고 교수몰입에 영향을 미치는 변인들의 관계를 밝힘과 동시에 영아교사의 교수몰입 정도를 향상시킬 수 있는 구체적인 방안을 제안하였다는 데 의의가 있다.

Study of Happiness and Interpersonal Relationships Among Boys and Girls

This study was an attempt to study the level of happiness and interpersonal relationships among boys and girls. The sample comprised of 100 subjects among 25 boys and 25 girls in happiness group and 25 boys and 25 girls in interpersonal relationship. Happiness scale constructed by Sinja Lyubomirsky and self-administrated interpersonal scale was used to collect data. Mean, S.D and t-test were applied for data analysis. The results of the study show that there is significant difference between the mean scores of happiness in boys in comparison to girls similarly significant difference is found between the mean scores of interpersonal relationship boys in comparison to girls. Insignificant difference was found between the mean scores of happiness and interpersonal relationship.

Concurrent and longitudinal dyadic polynomial regression analyses of Big Five traits and relationship satisfaction: Does similarity matter?

Being with a well-matched partner seems essential for a happy relationship. However, past research on personality similarity in couples has reported inconsistent findings. The current study employs a dyadic polynomial regression approach to take into account linear and curvilinear associations between similarity and satisfaction. The concurrent results based on data of 237 couples suggest that beyond actor effects for neuroticism, agreeableness, and conscientiousness and partner effects for agreeableness, similarity plays a negligible role for relationship satisfaction. Longitudinally, two similarity effects emerged. First, if partners reported dissimilar neuroticism levels, male partner reported lower relationship satisfaction. Second, if both partners reported modest levels in openness, female partners reported higher relationship satisfaction. Implications for couples are discussed.