Experience Of Happiness Research Articles

KONSEP KEBAHAGIAAN DALAM TASAWUF MODERN HAMKA

Happiness is an eternal concept that will always keep being up to date which means the concept of happiness will never be ended for discussion. Starting from ancient times, people today, and people in the future always want the same thing as happiness. The concept of happiness is not something new for both the world of Sufism and philosophy, therefore the concept of happiness experiences the dynamic development of the concept. Hamka is one of the scholars in Indonesia who discusses the concept of happiness, but Hamka has its own characteristics in explaining happiness. According to Hamka, happiness actually exists in every human being, happiness can be achieved from inside, not from outside, happiness that comes from outside of ourself is only as a complement to happiness inside, happiness can be achieved if humans always hone and develop tools which can be used to achieve happiness and these tools are religion, reason, and mind. These three things have a relationship with each other, if humans are able to develop these three things then humans can achieve happiness in their lives. In achieving happiness, these three things can be applied by using several methods namely zuhud, sincere, qana’ah and tawakal. The background of this research will explain the concept of happiness in the modern mysticism of Hamka. This research is a library research, and to make it more functional and useful, this paper will be equipped by a description method, interpretation and analysis of data in detail for each problem raised, therefore it can obtain a comprehensive understanding.

KONSEP KEBAHAGIAAN DALAM TASAWUF MODERN HAMKA

Happiness is an eternal concept that will always keep being up to date which means the concept of happiness will never be ended for discussion. Starting from ancient times, people today, and people in the future always want the same thing as happiness. The concept of happiness is not something new for both the world of Sufism and philosophy, therefore the concept of happiness experiences the dynamic development of the concept. Hamka is one of the scholars in Indonesia who discusses the concept of happiness, but Hamka has its own characteristics in explaining happiness. According to Hamka, happiness actually exists in every human being, happiness can be achieved from inside, not from outside, happiness that comes from outside of ourself is only as a complement to happiness inside, happiness can be achieved if humans always hone and develop tools which can be used to achieve happiness and these tools are religion, reason, and mind. These three things have a relationship with each other, if humans are able to develop these three things then humans can achieve happiness in their lives. In achieving happiness, these three things can be applied by using several methods namely zuhud, sincere, qana’ah and tawakal. The background of this research will explain the concept of happiness in the modern mysticism of Hamka. This research is a library research, and to make it more functional and useful, this paper will be equipped by a description method, interpretation and analysis of data in detail for each problem raised, therefore it can obtain a comprehensive understanding.

The Alchemy of Happiness in Noordin Hassan’s “Tonight, The Turtles Cry”

Current interest in the nature of happiness has made it a new focal point in the study of literature. While in the West it has been analysed in relation to the dramatic form of tragedy, there has been no corresponding research on it within the context of Islamic theatre. As the founder of teater fitrah, an Islamic brand of theatre, Noordin Hassan and his plays could prove to be fertile grounds from which the issue of happiness could be explored. Hence, this paper aims to discuss Noordin's play, "Tonight, the Turtles Cry" (1994), from an Islamic conceptual framework for happiness as derived from two philosophers, al-Ghazali and al-Attas. Al-Ghazali's The Alchemy of Happiness (1910) and Ihya' 'Ulum-id-Din (1982) as well as al-Attas' "The Meaning and Experience of Happiness" (2014) provide the main theoretical texts from which this framework is taken. Elements of this framework consists of the following: knowing oneself, knowing Allah SWT, knowing this world, which includes ways on building and developing one's relationship with one's family and community, having an appreciation for nature and, finally, having a strong conviction in the hereafter. The analysis used is through close reading of the text. The findings of this paper show significant aspects of Noordin's play as reflecting these components of happiness and showcasing values that are needed to sustain the wellbeing of a person.

Application of Taiwan’s Human Rights-Themed Cultural Assets and Spatial Information

Cultural assets preserve the traces of people’s life history around the world. With an understanding of the historical context and meaning of cultural assets, people would cherish their value and then adopt appropriate cultural resource preservation strategies. Human rights as the universal value refer to the inalienable and basic rights of human beings. This article uses the National Cultural Assets Network to query Taiwan’s human rights-themed cultural assets, and I apply the spatial information technology of the DocuSky digital humanities academic research platform to draw the maps with GIS and visualization tools. Also, I apply spatial information to the academic research of human rights-themed cultural assets, aiming to deepen local cultural identity and unveiling that human studies influence spatial practice. Tourism is an important experience economy. Based on the value of Taiwan’s human rights-themed cultural assets, I plan to guide the human rights journey in Taipei to share Taiwan’s experience of happiness with the world, as well.

Quem tem medo da felicidade? - versão Portuguesa da escala do medo da felicidade

Objetivo O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Escala do Medo da Felicidade. Este conceito é definido como o medo que tem subjacente a crença de que a felicidade traz consequências negativas. Método Os participantes foram 323 estudantes universitários entre os 18 e os 54 anos de idade cujos dados foram recolhidos presencialmente (n = 118) e online (n = 205). Resultados Os resultados da análise paralela e das análises fatoriais exploratória e confirmatória confirmaram a estrutura unidimensional da escala que demonstrou uma boa consistência interna. O medo da felicidade apresentou uma correlação negativa moderada com a satisfação com a vida, o afeto positivo e a esperança e uma correlação também moderada mas positiva com o afeto negativo. Através de uma análise de regressão linear hierárquica verificou-se que o medo da felicidade, controlando variáveis sociodemográficas e psicossociais, estava negativamente associado à satisfação com a vida. Conclusão A versão portuguesa da Escala do Medo da Felicidade apresentou boas qualidades psicométricas. A disponibilização deste instrumento permitirá contribuir para os estudos sobre a felicidade, especificamente, como é que pode ser experienciada de uma forma negativa e, por vezes, evitada.

Diabetes distress, happiness, and its associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with different therapies.

This study aimed to investigate diabetes distress, happiness, and its associated factors of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treated by different therapies, and to analyze the related impact factors. A total of 1512 patients with T2DM were randomly selected from 18 tertiary hospitals in Hunan province from January 2016 to April 2016 who has been treated with oral antidiabetics monotherapy, insulin monotherapy, and combination therapy. Use the general information questionnaire, WHO-5 (the World Health Organization 5 well-being index) and PAID (the problem areas in diabetes scale) to collect the data. There are 846 (55.95%) patients that have serious emotional disorders, and the diabetes related distress in insulin treatment group was higher than that in combination treatment group (P < .05). Happiness of T2DM patients in combination therapy was higher than oral antidiabetic drug monotherapy and insulin monotherapy (P < .05). There was a negative correlation between diabetic suffering and happiness in patients with different treatments (R ranged from –0.335 to –0.436, P < .001). Age and happiness experience could explain 14.8% of the variance. Acute and chronic complications, controlled blood glucose level, lifestyle, therapies, and school education can explain 18.3% variance. Under different therapies, the suffering and happiness of T2DM patients differed from each other. The suffering and happiness of T2DM were related to different therapies, age, complications, glycaemic control, lifestyle, school education, and so on.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF LIFE SATISFACTION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE

Abstract. An indicator of satisfaction-dissatisfaction with life plays an important role for a person because it determines and influences the subject’s actions, various activities and behavior. These experiences are a significant factor in the state of social consciousness, group moods, expectations and relationships in society. Satisfaction with life acts as the most important internal factor of a person, who determines both its social activity, relationships with other people and the attitude towards oneself. Life satisfaction has a number of different factors, the most important of which are meaningful life orientations, values and mindset. The constant and complete satisfaction of a person with life, its conditions, the wholeness achieved in it by the disclosure of human possibilities is in the modern sense the ideal of happiness. The relevance of the article allows us to analyze the extent to which certain needs of people are fulfilled, and therefore, how elderly people are satisfied with life, as well as the reasons that affect their sense of psychological well-being and, therefore, the experience of happiness. The purpose of the article is to study the psychological factors of life satisfaction of the elderly and its subjective factors. The object of the study is the satisfaction with the life of the elderly as a psychological phenomenon. The subject of the study is the factors that affect satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the life of the elderly people. An important result of the theoretical and empirical study is the identification of psychological determinants of life satisfaction of the elderly people in the realities of today and the influence of various factors on the level of life satisfaction.

СООТНОШЕНИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ И УДОВЛЕТВОРЕННОСТИ БАЗОВЫХ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ ПОТРЕБНОСТЕЙ, СУБЪЕКТИВНОГО БЛАГОПОЛУЧИЯ И СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ФРУСТРИРОВАННОСТИ МОЛОДЕЖИ

The study of the ratio of meeting the basic needs, subjective well-being, social frustration and commitment to various forms of activity will help to understand the internal regulation of young people’s social behavior. Such scientific knowledge is necessary to expand the opportunities for social self-determination of young people and risk management of social activity. The purpose is to study the ratio of meeting the basic needs, characteristics of subjective well-being (life satisfaction and happiness experience), social frustration and social activity of young people, to identify direct and indirect effects using structural equation modeling. 305 people took part in the study. We used the questionnaire aimed at evaluating the inclusion in various social activity types, and the Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale (Johnston, Finney, 2010), the Life Satisfaction Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, Griffin, 1985), the Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky, Lepper, 1999), and the Social Frustration Scale (Wasserman, 2004). We have established that meeting the basic needs, life satisfaction, and happiness are associated with commitment to various forms of social activity. The highest level of determination (in terms of the number of correlations and the closeness of connections) was found in relation to leisure, educational and developmental, religious (positive) and radical protest (negative) activity. At the same time, satisfaction of the need for competence is the most im-portant in motivating different forms of activity. Civil, socio-economic, and educational-developmental activities are associated with social satisfaction in various areas (the content of their work, life prospects, services and medical services, leisure activities, etc.), and social frustration is associated positively with protest, radical protest, and only in one case (dissatis-faction with security), with subcultural activity. Satisfaction of basic needs accounts for 2 to 15% of variations in commitment to various forms of social activity, and life satisfaction accounts for about 22% of variations in social activity.

Теоретические основы и результаты апробации техники нарративного анализа культурного опыта человека

The present study investigates the role of culture in the construction of an individual life’s narrative. In order to carry out the research, the author designed and tested the technique of narrative analysis of human and cultural interaction. The method is based on the concepts of standard dramatic situations, structuralist statements about universal sequences of events in the structure of cultural narratives combined with the concept of inextricable connection between a person’s individual history and the socio-cultural context of his life. The method was tested on a sample of 223 people, including 133 teenagers and 90 adults. As a result, four types of storylines were empirically identified, with a journey being the dominant theme in all of them. The first type of journey is associated with a test of the hero’s personality and the acquisition of a new quality. This journey mainly affects the hero’s inner world. Another type of journey involves a return to the original conditions previously violated by some circumstances, restoring homeostasis and finding harmony. Such journeys mainly affect the external objective world. The ascent of the hero indicates a journey that primarily affects the external social world. The fourth type of storyline is more likely to establish the social context of the journey, an emotional sign of other people’s participation in it. The outcomes of the study suggest that cultural stories that are significant for an individual form a space for modelling ways of coping with extreme conditions and difficult life situations, while significant personal stories are linked to the experiences of happiness, psychological comfort and well-being.

The Meaning of Public Happiness in Moral Education

본 연구의 목적은 공적 행복의 의미를 고찰하고 공적 행복이 도덕교육에 주는 시사점을 탐구하는 것이다. 현 시대는 행복 추구의 시대라고 말할 정도로 개인의 사적 행복이 강조되고 있다. 행복의 의미를 개인의 심리적이고 사적인 측면으로만 이해하고 행복의 공적 측면을 무시하게 될 때, 사회 전체의 공적인 문제는 사람들의 관심 영역으로부터 벗어나게 될 것이다. 아렌트에게는 공적 행복을 경험하지 못하면, 행복에 이르지 못하도록 하는 것은 물론이고 자신의 정체성에도 문제가 있을 수 있다. 본 연구는 아렌트의 공적 행복의 개념에 기초를 두고 있기는 하지만, 더 나아가서, 공적 행복의 개념을 파악하기 위해서 공적 영역, 함께 참여함, 공적 감정, 공공선과 같은 4가지 요소들을 다루었다. 또한 공적 행복이 도덕교육에 주는 시사점을 탐구하기 위해서 공적 행복을 경험하는 장으로서 학교의 역할과 공적 공간을 창조하는 과정에서 자신과 함께 살고 타인과 협력하며 사는 공적 존재로서의 도덕적 인간, 정의적인 측면을 고려한 공적 참여를 다루었다.The purpose of this study is to analyze the meaning of public happiness and the implication of its happiness in moral education. The importance of private happiness of individual is being emphasized like the era of the pursuit of happiness. When we make light of the public happiness and understand it in psychological, private aspects of individual, we do not have the concern about public matters of society. For Arendt, if we do not experience the public happiness, we have the difficulty of identity as well as pursuit of happiness. My idea is based on the view of public happiness of Arendt but I tried to search the meaning of public happiness with 4 components(public sphere, participating together, public feelings, public good) to understand the concept of public happiness. Also, I suggested the school for the experience of public happiness, the moral public being living with oneself and living in concert with others in creating public space together, and the affective aspects of public participation for the implication of public happiness in moral education.

TEMPORALITY AND HAPPINESS TODAY: A POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HISTORICAL THINKING, DEMOCRACY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HAPPINESS

We will work with the delimitation of what I am calling happiness based on the thematization of the temporality problem. Or, in addition, taking as a starting point the relationship of complementarity between certain mobility of history and the way people behave in general. The basic understanding present here is that the experience of happiness would become possible from a mobility between more dissonant pasts and futures, therefore, with a view to the possibility of a reorganization of someone including the world to which belongs. We will address the theme of contemporary temporality and the way it has made the experience of happiness difficult, especially in view of what we might call a double reduction: the “space of experience” and the “horizon of expectation”. Finally, we will address the relationship between historical thinking, what I’m calling democracy (or democratization) and the experience of happiness itself, especially from the democratic hypothesis.

“Urip Iku Mung Mampir Ngombe”; Konsep Kebahagiaan Masyarakat Miskin Pesisir Yogyakarta di Era Industrialisasi

The study aimed to explore the concept of happiness of the coastal poor in Java. It was conducted using grounded approach through interviewing the poor in coastal D.I. Yogyakarta. Research subjects came from six different coastal areas; Parangtritis, Samas, Baru, Goa Cemara, Kuwaru, and Pandansari. This study used narrative content analysis for four aspects of the discourse that originated from 16 research subjects with the background of farmers, laborers, traders and fishermen; (1) a happy experience, (2) sad or risky experience, (3) sources of happiness, (4) individual interpretation of coastal environment conditions. The results showed that the concept of happiness was strongly associated with the fulfillment of physiological needs and social needs. Urip iku mung mung mampir ngombe (life is only a while) was the main narrative that described the concept of happiness as a subsistent strategy that became the foundation of the psychological welfare of coastal communities.

STUDIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN THE WORKS OF UKRAINIAN AUTHORS

The numerous modern Ukrainian authors deal with the problem of psychological well-being as the main aspect that reflects the mental health, social adaptation and personal effectiveness. Based on the works of contemporary Ukrainian authors, four main areas of their research can be identified: an analysis of the theoretical aspects of the «psychological well-being» concept, the study of its personal and socio-psychological determinants, a study of its relationships with other psychological phenomena, and the study of the psychological well-being of various categories of people. Grishko V. V. identifies four groups of areas of theoretical approaches: from the point of view of the eudemonistic and hedonistic approaches, based on studying the problems of positive functioning, psychophysiological preservation of functions, from the point of view of approaches in which psychological well-being is viewed as a holistic subjective experience of happiness, life satisfaction. Some concepts of scientists from post-Soviet countries and foreign researchers are shown in the article. Internal and external functional and structural determinants are indicated. Resources (personal and socio-psychological) studied by researchers are listed in the paper. The data of theoretical and empirical research of some categories of people (representatives of different cultures and religions, ages, professions, suffering from diseases…) Self-actualization and implementation of teachers and psychologists has been investigated as an important determinant of psychological well-being. The search in Internet for useful information increases the level of psychological well-being of high school students, and «aimless wandering» and «games» reduce it. In order to preserve and increase the psychological well-being of the elderly, social activity, involvement in relationships, training are important. On the example of patients with diabetes, it was shown that somatic disease is associated with low levels of psychological well-being. The article emphasizes the influence of psychological well-being on the mental health, longevity and life quality. The significance and necessity of further research are substantiated.

From Happiness Orientations to Work Performance: The Mediating Role of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Experiences.

In organizations, psychologists have often tried to promote employees’ well-being and performance, and this can be achieved through different pathways. The happy-productive worker thesis states that ‘happy’ workers perform better than ‘unhappy’ ones. However, most studies have focused on hedonic well-being at the expense of the person’s eudaimonic experience. This study examines whether orientations to happiness (i.e., life of pleasure/meaning) are related to hedonic (i.e., perception of comfort) and eudaimonic (i.e., activity worthwhileness) experiences that, in turn, improve performance. We applied multilevel structural equation modeling to diary data (68 office workers; n = 471 timepoints). We obtained significant effects of: life of pleasure on self-rated performance through activity worthwhileness, life of meaning on performance (self-rated, rated by the supervisor) through activity worthwhileness, and life of meaning on performance rated by the supervisor through perception of comfort. Results show more significant paths from/or through eudaimonia to performance than from/or through hedonia. The results suggest that the pursuit and/or experience of eudaimonic happiness is more beneficial for work performance than the pursuit and/or experience of hedonic happiness. Theoretical and practical implications for organizations are discussed.

Happiness or hopelessness in late life: A cluster RCT of the 3L-Mind-Training programme among the institutionalized older people.

To explore the effectiveness of a new mental health promotion activities programme by including the criterion variables of happiness and depressive mood. A single-blinded, clustered, randomized and controlled trial. A list consisting of the names of elderly residents was provided by the senior social worker at a geriatric institution. The participants recruited for the study were living on one of four different floors that had separate and non-interfering spaces and having comparable disabilities. The researchers randomly assigned residents on two floors as members of the intervention group; the other residents were considered the control group. The intervention groups attended 6weeks of the 3L-Mind-Training programme, whereas the control group only engaged in regular health promotion activities. The mini version of the Chinese Happiness Inventory was adapted to measure happiness. The Geriatric Depression Scale short-form was used to measure depression in older people. A generalized estimating equation was used to analyse the short-term and durative effects. The 126 residents included in the study were 65-97years old, and 90% of the residents relied on wheelchairs. The intervention activities give significant immediate and durative effects both on subjective well-being enhancement and depressive mood relief. When evaluating the overall intervention activity, 93.8% of the aged residents indicated that this programme was helpful and allowed them to view life events positively. A well-planned mind-training programme could help elderly people reform their viewpoint and create a more fun and happy experience of ageing. Data were obtained from the project, initiated in 2014, which was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan and was approved by the Institutional Review Board in Chung Shan Medical University (No. CS15009). The trial registration number of the study was No. ChiCTR1900021811.

VINERS Method for the Multiple Criteria Analysis and Neuromarketing of Best Places to Live

The best and worst places to live have been analysed in the world for many years and multiple criteria analysis has been used for that purpose. The quality of housing and its environment, pollution, green places, public spaces, physical movement and health, crime rates and individual safety, the wellbeing of youngsters, unemployment, job value, economic scarcity, governance, circadian rhythm, weekly rhythm and other factors are the focus of such analyses that aim to determine levels of positive emotions and happiness in built environment. Questionnaires are the most common tool for such analyses, where inhabitants are asked to rank their happiness experience as a whole in built environment. Many studies demonstrate that happy people are effective in multiple areas of their life including job efficiency, salary, health, human relations, etc. The innovative aspect of this research stems from the fact that biometric technologies (affective attitudes, emotional and physiological states) and the VINERS method developed by the authors are used to determine the best places to live and to serve neuro ads of homes for sale. To do this, rational segments of homebuyers are determined according to their demographic profiles (age, gender, education, marital status, families with children, main source of income), consumer psychographics and behaviour (happy, sad and angry along with valence and heart rate) and then select a rational video ad for such rational segment. The aim of our research is to develop the VINERS Method for the Multiple Criteria Analysis and Neuromarketing of Best Places to Live (VINERS method) by combining the Somatic Marker Hypothesis, biometrics, neuromarketing and COPRAS method. This article presents a case study to demonstrate the VINERS method put to practice.

THE EXPERIENCE OF HAPPINESS IN LATE-LIFE REPARTNERING: SURPRISE AND DISAPPOINTMENT

Late life repartnering among those aged 65 and older is a phenomenon developing along with the increase in life expectancy. Although research indicates that older people are happier than adults at other life phases, the common lay person perception among the young as well as the old is that old age is associated with less happiness. Late life repartnering in Israel, culturally located between tradition and modernity, is not officially recognized as an option in old age. Exploring the experience of happiness within a social context that perceives late-life repartnering as the exception, using a naturalistic paradigm, has the potential for understanding lay persons perceptions of happiness. The aim of this qualitative research is to explore the experience of happiness in late-life repartnering relationships from a dyadic perspective of each and both partners. 20 couples (40 participants) functionally independent, aged 66-92 who entered their late-life repartnership at old age (men aged 65+; women aged 60+) after widowhood or divorce from a lifelong marriage raising a family, were interviewed separately. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data was analyzed using a dyadic interview analysis method. Findings indicate that happiness in late-life repartnering relationships include experiences of surprise and disappointment in three sub-themes: a. “A gift from heaven”: Surprised of being happy; b. Disappointment not being happy; c. No surprise – No disappointment. Findings are discussed based on disappointment theory, and empirical literature on expectations and happiness. Implications are addressed.

School counsellors’ resilience in Turkey: A phenomenological study

AbstractResilience is a crucial personal characteristic of school counsellors to protect and maintain their wellbeing against the effects of occupational stress factors in school settings. However, there has been a lack of research investigating school counsellors’ resilience in Turkey. Therefore, this study aims to explore the resilience of school counsellors working in schools with at-risk students in terms of stress and protective factors. The study was conducted using a qualitative research method with a phenomenological approach. The data were collected through semistructured interviews from 10 school counsellors working in schools with at-risk students. The data analysis was carried out with an inductive approach using an NVivo 11 software package program. The analysis revealed a variety of findings, both positive and negative, regarding the resilience of school counsellors. In this scope, three interrelated themes emerged as ‘Occupational Stressors’, ‘Personal Factors: Strength versus Vulnerability’, and ‘Positive and Negative Results: Happiness and Satisfaction versus Helplessness and Burnout’. The results show that school counsellors working in schools with at-risk students experience a variety of occupational stresses and that their experience of happiness and satisfaction, or helplessness and burnout, depends on a level of strengths or weaknesses with reference to personal factors.

The Flowering of Positive Psychology in Foreign Language Teaching and Acquisition Research.

The present contribution offers an overview of a new area of research in the field of foreign language acquisition, which was triggered by the introduction of Positive Psychology (PP) (MacIntyre and Gregersen, 2012). For many years, a cognitive perspective had dominated research in applied linguistics. Around the turn of the millennium researchers became increasingly interested in the role of emotions in foreign language learning and teaching, beyond established concepts like foreign language anxiety and constructs like motivation and attitudes toward the foreign language. As a result, a more nuanced understanding of the role of positive and negative learner and teacher emotions emerged, underpinned by solid empirical research using a wide range of epistemological and methodological approaches. PP interventions have been carried out in schools and universities to strengthen learners and teachers’ experiences of flow, hope, courage, well-being, optimism, creativity, happiness, grit, resilience, strengths, and laughter with the aim of enhancing learners’ linguistic progress. This paper distinguishes the early period in the field that started with MacIntyre and Gregersen (2012), like a snowdrop after winter, and that was followed by a number of early studies in relatively peripheral journals. We argue that 2016 is the starting point of the current period, characterized by gradual recognition in applied linguistics, growing popularity of PP, and an exponential increase in publications in more mainstream journals. This second period could be compared to a luxuriant English garden in full bloom.

An exploration of happiness within the Irish LGBTI community

This paper explores factors which contribute to happiness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals as part of the largest study to date of mental health in the LGBTI community in the Republic of Ireland (LGBTIreland study). This mixed methods study informed by minority stress theory, contained an online survey (n = 2,264) which explored various aspects of mental health and distress, but also the extent and experience of happiness and concomitant factors. The survey included ratings of happiness and life-satisfaction and an open-ended question on LGBTI related happiness. Quantitative findings showed a mean happiness rating of 6.58 out of 10 (11-point scale), which is lower than the general population in Ireland. Those identifying as gay men or lesbian women rated their happiness significantly higher than bisexual, transgender, or intersex participants. There was also an effect for age: teenage LGBTI participants had significantly lower ratings than other age groups. Happiness ratings very highly correlated with life-satisfaction (.88). A multiple linear regression showed happiness was predicted most significantly by self-esteem and being in a relationship. Qualitative findings emphasized the importance of self-acceptance and peer support for happiness. Findings are discussed using the minority stress perspective and cognitive dissonance theory.