Diener And Seligman's Very Happy People?

From the perspective of positive psychology, there is a well-being formula invested by Martin Seligman to achieve a higher well-being. Martin Seligman (2010) defined as happiness: H (to maintain the length of happiness) = S (happy range breadth) + V (you can control the factors) + C (your living environment). Happy length: the distinction between "temporary" happy and "persistent" happy. Temporary happiness can be achieved by food, comedy, bunch of flowers. While the persistence of happiness is mainly affected by genetic, and this genetic trait can be changed. The breadth of happiness: psychologists think that we are born with a happy constant point, like a thermometer. If there is a happier thing, even if we are upset, it will be dedicated

Begley argues that while happiness is everyone’s goal in life, too much of it is actually a bad thing. She believes that people spend their entire life chasing an unrealistic happiness that only leads to disappointment and unhappiness. In her article, Begley says that “being up all the time can cause you to play down very real threats” (280). Furthermore, explain how the more happiness you have, the more hurt you actually become. She also included a study that showed “On a scale from one to ten where ten’s are extremely happy, eight’s were more successful than nine or ten’s” (279).

The similarly titled “The Pursuit of Happiness” by authors David G. Myers and Ed Diener provides a slightly more dated perspective than Belic’s “Happy” or Flora’s “The Pursuit of Happiness” (though not nearly as dated as Aristotle), yet holds its own against these other authors. Myers and Diener, however, take more common ground with Aristotle in that their piece sets out to explore the nature of happiness and compare specific groups on their levels of happiness. While their piece suffers from not taking a clear stance on what truly makes people happy, their statistics suggest that their argument is as follows: happiness is dependent on your personal goals and values and not so much on external circumstances, which is similar to Belic’s “Happy”

In his book “Happier”, Tal Ben-Shahar talks about what happiness is, and the significant components of a happy life form chapter one to chapter five. Firstly, he uses the championship event to explain that happiness is not just a simple thing. He won the contest, but the happiness did not last, and disappeared quickly. Therefore, he began to research to figure out what happiness is. Moreover, he discusses people’s usual models for happiness. He also demonstrates the importance of pleasure and essential of meaning about happiness as well as other factors such as quantity and quality. Furthermore, he claims that happiness is the ultimate currency for people by discussing the relationship between wealth and happiness. Lastly, he advises people what attitude they should have, and how they should set their goals in order to pursue happiness. In the first part of Ben-Shahar’s book “Happier”, there are three important

In the article, Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says, “Researchers such as Cummins et al. (2009) go as far as to suggest that individuals are happier when whole society’s functions better” (Flynn and MacLeod 452). This shows that without happiness, people could not work well together. It is why so many people work together, and keeping the economy well. In the article Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says, “It is well known in the positive psychology literature that increased happiness is related to multiple benefits including better mental and physical health, (see Lyubomirsky et al. 2005)” (Flynn and MacLeod 452). This is why people that are happier have a better life in their jobs and schools. It also shows that people have better eating habits if they are happy. In the article Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says that, “The individual benefits can pale in comparison to the potential societal gains of having a population comprised of such happy and therefore “successful” individuals” (Flynn and MacLeod 453). This is why people who like their job are better at their job. People that are fortunate are ones who usually like their job. People are happier if what they are doing is what they like, and it helps them to be happier than they

This myth is the idea that the more positive and pleasurable things in our life, the happier we will be. Also, that with lots of money comes happiness. Ed Diener and Martin Seligman studied two-hundred graduates in order to compare their happiness levels. The most happy individuals did not experience a greater number of positive events than the least happy people. Another study over a group of employed women found that positive life events did not have much correlation with their happiness. Their amount of sleep and proneness to depression had a major impact on their happiness, though. Research also supports the hedonic treadmill, which is a hypothesis that our moods adjust to life events like our legs adjust to the speed of a treadmill. This

In her article “How Happy Are You and Why?,” Sonja Lyubomirsky argues that people have control over their own happiness. Lyubomirsky supports her claims with her interviews with happy people and scientific studies. Her purpose is to consider steps that people can take in order to become happier. She establishes an informal relationship with her audience of unhappy people.

In a meta-analysis of the literature with adults, Lyubormski, King, and Diener (2005) found that happier individuals lived longer, earned more money and were more productive at work, and reported more satisfying interpersonal relationships. Regardless of the environmental use of positive psychology, the importance of happiness is apparent in numerous life domains for college students. Additionally, although there is limited research regarding predominantly college students, research with adolescences establishes the importance of happiness in school as well as in the home and community. Notably, it is school, home and community, which are three key building blocks that compose a college campus.

The journal that I had selected deals with the relationship between health behaviors and happiness. Through the use of cross-sectional survey of 800 randomly selected university students, researchers were able to analyze what it takes for students to remain happy when undergoing many life struggles.

Happiness is an emotion triggered when our needs are satisfied and fulfilled. There are many different ways people can attempt to achieve happiness, such as, through obtaining material possessions (Van Boven & Gilovich, 2003). New possessions are exciting, it increases our self-esteem and boosts our confidence. However, many researchers suggest that the relationships we have with others have a greater effect on our happiness than material possessions (Kasser, 2004).

According to authors Kottler and Chen, domains for enhancing happiness are relationships, environment, physical state, productivity, recreation, and distressing emotions. In addition, strategies that are related to these enhancements of happiness are finding a romantic partner, securing reasonable physical and financial safety and comfort, periodically enjoying fine weather, living in a stimulating environment (based on one’s value), eating healthy, engaging in regular physical exercise, achieving success and approval at work that is interesting and challenging, working towards a coherent set of goals, making leisure activities a priority, diversifying one’s life with multiple interests, experimenting with new and exciting options, avoiding distressing situations when possible, focusing on the positive as much as one can and practicing compassion and empathy toward others.

Along with life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness is among the most fundamental ideals in American society. The men who founded the United States of America in the late 18th century listed these three values as “unalienable rights” for the citizens of the new nation they were forming. In a recent study looking at the pursuit of happiness, Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, and Schkade state, “If it is meaningful and important to pursue happiness, then it is crucial to find out how this can be accomplished” (2005, p. 126). In later work, Sheldon and Lyubomirsky (2006) observe that little research has been done to uncover the exact methods in which happiness increases. The views offered by the authors of these previous research projects are vital to the current investigation because there is evidence that even though happiness is pursued, happiness is not accomplished by the majority of Americans. A Harris Poll, recently published by Harris Interactive (2013), reveals that only 33% of Americans are very happy. This infers that over 200,000,000 Americans could be happier. Sin and Lyubomirsky (2009) report that people in individualist cultures (of which the United States is a clear example) benefit more from positive psychological interventions, such as acts of kindness and activities involving gratitude.

What is it that makes women happy? Is their happiness based on the culture the women live in? Are the things that make women happy in places such as China, Turkey, Muslim countries, Spain, and United States different? What is the effect of a woman’s perceived body image towards their overall happiness? How much does their income and marital relationship affect their overall happiness? Does their sexual quality of life affect their overall happiness? Is there a biological reason why some women are happier than others? These are just some of the questions asked during the research of this paper. To answer these questions would be a massive undertaking, instead this paper will look at only a couple of factors that contribute to the happiness

Satisfaction with life is oftentimes highly correlated with happiness, but it is not by inherently the same as happiness. One may be satisfied with one’s life outcomes or satisfied with external factors, without being very happy. Once discovering a satisfaction with life rating, one may be able to determine if satisfaction with life is something one can control, and if it is, one may be able to maximize one’s life satisfaction. For instance, if one is typically not searching for a mate, and he or she scores low on this scale, one may be more willing in the future to seek a partner if he or she knows that statistically speaking, people with partners are more satisfied with his or her life.

In an unofficial poll of students at State University, I found that of the fifty-eight students and one professor, males and females of several ethnic backgrounds and age groups, that I asked the question "What is happiness to you?", all of them had very different physical, intellectual, or emotional motivator for their happiness. Only the