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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003 What do social survey data tell us about the determinants of happiness? First, that the psychologists' setpoint model is questionable. Life events in the nonpecuniary domain, such as marriage, divorce, and serious disability, have a lasting effect on happiness, and do not simply deflect the average person temporarily above or below a setpoint given by ...
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Cogent EducationThis research article explores the impact of an intervention aimed at enhancing hope among senior secondary school students. The investigation was carried out in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand, India. The study focuses on the changes observed in scores
Ashraf Alam, Atasi Mohanty
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, 1997 Although Lykken & Tellegen (1996) have shown that the stable component of happiness or subjective well-being is strongly influenced by genetic factors, One needn't permit one's own or one's child's genetic steersman have his head.
Lykken, David T.
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The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry, 2019 The publication of Happiness in 2019 marked a near twenty-year immersion in narratives that dealt with notions of war and trauma, an inquiry that began with a memoir The Devil that Danced on the Water (2002), written at the time of the civil conflict in Sierra Leone, and continuing through four novels, culminating in Happiness.
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Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionMaximization, the tendency to make the best choices by thoroughly searching and comparing alternatives, has long been considered a negative correlate of well-being. However, recently, it was proposed that having a maximizing tendency can lead
Young Joo Jun +3 more
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Bhutan Health Journal, 2015 Introduction: The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effectiveness of a behavioral change program in reducing house index of mosquito in Village Baan-Wangpong, Lomsak district in Phetcabun province, Thailand.
Ugyen Tshering +3 more
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Changes in prevalence of alcohol and tobacco consumption across districts of India, 2016 and 2021
BMC Public HealthBackground India witnessed a rise in alcohol and tobacco consumption in the last few decades. However, the burden varies because of the huge population, diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and geographical characteristics, and different liquor policies ...
Sunil Rajpal +5 more
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City and Environment InteractionsDubai’s emerging “CityWalk” districts are part of a wider shift in urban policy towards open-air, mixed-use, pedestrian environments in hot–arid cities, but their spatial performance as walkability interventions remains under-examined.
Alaa Omar Kordi, Khaled Galal Ahmed
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Psychological Universals in the Study of Happiness: From Social Psychology to Epicurean Philosophy [PDF]
, 2019 Within the framework of Positive Psychology and Needing Theories, this article reviews cultural practices or perceptions regarding what happiness is and how it can be achieved.
Euler, Sasha S.
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Trust your instincts:The relationship between intuitive decision making and happiness [PDF]
, 2013 Epstein (1994; 2003) proposed that there are two cognitive information processing systems that operate in parallel: the intuitive thinking style and the rational thinking style. Decisional fit occurs when the preferred thinking style is applied to making
Kikm, Euising +3 more
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