Health Behavior Journal Analysis

Health is one of the two most important factors that make a person legitimately happy,for it gives the energy and motivation to keep on in life.For example,the ex-president of Venezuela ,Hugo Chavez, had all the money in the world within his reach,but he still wasn’t happy.A problem came to his health and he got diagnosed with a deathly disease,and he could have saved his own life,or we must say,pay his own life?Consequently,he could never be happy because he was always worried about his health,As a result,he unfortunately

As human beings we are very diverse. We vary from numerous backgrounds, ethnicities, morals, and cultures. However, as much as we are unique, we all share one common goal in life. Everyone has a desire for happiness. I found that throughout my daily life I based my decision off of what would make me happy, whether it was for a long or short period of time. Often happiness is associated with successfulness and achievement. Though, like the saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, happiness can be found in different ways by different people. This along with reading The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny, is what influenced me to want to find out more about happiness, if it is truly attainable, and how people achieve it.

Lyubomirsky defines happiness as the “experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile” (184). She challenges the myths that people can find happiness by changing their circumstances and that people either are “born happy or unhappy” (186). Happiness is not something that can be found or something that not everyone can have. People make their own happiness, despite the difficulties they may face. Happiness comes by “choosing to change and manage your state of mind” (185). Lyubomirsky gives cases of people who are happy even though they suffer from losses and setbacks. These are the people whose circumstances should make them unhappy, but their intentional actions bring them joy. She also gives cases of people who have not suffered any major losses but are still unhappy because they may see events negatively and feel helpless before them. Lyubomirsky asserts that “changes in our circumstances, no matter how positive and stunning, actually have little bearing on our well-being” (186). Even though a person’s circumstances may be positive, those circumstances do not make them happy. Lyubomirsky uses a Subjective Happiness Scale to measure happiness, which takes the average of numerical answers to four questions. She argues that in order to become happier, “you need to determine your present personal happiness level, which will provide your first estimate of your happiness

Jennifer Senior discusses her research concerning positive psychology and whether or not happiness is teachable and highlights some of the darker sides of happiness. To start the article, Senior reveals her score on her test from the Authentic Happiness Inventory. The test designed by Chris Peterson of the positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. This test is intended to numerically score ones level of happiness. In a scale of 1 to 5, Jennifer got a grade of 2.88. This indicated she was below average for most rankings such as “age, education level, gender and occupation” (422). Senior states she is at the 50 percent mark for her given zip code. She stated that liking her

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

The most universal goal every human has in common is the pursuit of happiness or “creation or construction of happiness” (Achor, 78). To be able to fulfill this wish of becoming happy, people often think the key to achieving happiness is success. In the book, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, he debunks this theory of success leading to happiness by illustrating the reverse theory of success. Through dozens of studies and experiments as forms of evidence, the author argues that an individual needs to achieve happiness in order to be truly successful. Achor 's argument is valid in that happiness should come before success because there is a clear advantage to being successful in an individual’s work life, personal sphere, and liveliness if they are happy first and foremost.

Following Malcolm Gladwell’s idea on “the story of success”, Sonja Lyubomirsky put happiness to the test. Happiness has many great advantages that some may not think about. Studies shown happiness leads to stronger relationships, higher work performance, and even living longer with many health benefits.

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.

By advancing emotional wellness and avoiding psychological instability, we can build the quantity of individuals who appreciate great emotional wellness and decrease, to the best degree conceivable, the quantity of individuals whose emotional well-being is poor, who encounter the side effects of psychological well-being issues or sicknesses, or who kick the bucket by suicide. Positive psychological wellness, feeling great, working admirably, and being strong notwithstanding life's difficulties, enhances personal satisfaction and is fundamental to general health and prosperity, notwithstanding when there are on-going confinements caused by emotional wellness issues and diseases. Enhancing the condition of mental prosperity for the entire populace

Achor utilizes a meta-analysis, or the combination of different findings, of over 200 scientific studies to prove his overall theory that happiness leads to success in almost every aspect of life from family to friends to careers and businesses. He does not rely solely on the data or information from a few relevant case studies, but instead relies upon experimental research to support his claim. He utilizes his findings to create “The Seven Principles”, which are “patterns that predict success and achievement” (Achor, 17), which is headed by “The Happiness Advantage.” He utilizes the concept of positive psychology and neurological activity to showcase the point that we

Taking part in the varying Happiness Assessment surveys was insightful in many ways. My results showed that I am typically in alignment with the rest of the population on the happiness scale. Upon examining the overall graphed data, I found that the spread of the distributions were close to being symmetrical and contained no outliers. Most of my scores gave the interpretation that I was just slightly above average compared to others on the well-being scale. However, my general satisfaction with life interpretation was slightly below average. I found that the results of each test were relatively consistent with each other and provided fairly accurate feedback, however, the use of one test alone would not allow someone to make an accurate assessment.

“That simple sentence sits at the top of every cover of Health. Why? Because happiness is the foundation of wellness. It's a way of life we can choose, and it's more accessible than we often realize.” (Mchugh, 6). As stated by Mchugh, happiness is the base of wellness, and I could not agree more because if we are happy, we will positive about anything that could happen to us. Therefore, we will more tranquil and not stressed. To be happy in an

In Tkach &Lyubomirsky (2006) a similar result to Cooper et al. was established. In Tkach &Lyubomirsky (2006) a diverse ethnic population of 500 participants was used. The participants were all undergraduate students instructed to report their “happiness-increasing strategies’” (Tkach & Lyubomirsky, 2006). Participants were told to complete a ‘Subjective Happiness Scale’ in the form of a survey in order to determine the efficiency of their selected ‘happiness-increasing strategy.’ The results of

In Tkach &Lyubomirsky (2006) a similar result to Cooper et al. was established. In Tkach &Lyubomirsky (2006) a diverse ethnic population of 500 participants was used. The participants were all undergraduate students instructed to report their “happiness-increasing strategies’” (Tkach & Lyubomirsky, 2006). Participants were told to complete a ‘Subjective Happiness Scale’ in the form of a survey in order to determine the efficiency of their selected ‘happiness-increasing strategy.’ The results of

Society continues to ask where an individual's happiness and unhappiness derives from. Many can say it depends on the lifestyle you live and your living environment. However, true happiness comes from the internal factors within an individual. Many times individuals afflict the feeling of unhappiness onto themselves with their own personal outlook on their lives. All individuals are responsible of their happiness and with that “we have become unfamiliar with how to make ourselves happy. When we come back to the idea that we make ourselves happy it may seem foreign.” (Happiness In Relationships).