Flow and Flourishing During the Pandemic: The Roles of Strengths Use and Playful Design
AbstractRuminative thoughts induced by the COVID-19 pandemic have an adverse impact on individual well-being. However, little is known about how to alleviate such a negative effect – let alone how a person can flourish during crises. The current study uses the self-determination model of flow to propose that two proactive behaviors, strength use and playful design, are positively related to the flow experience, which, in turn, is positively related to daily flourishing. More over, we propose that the effects of proactive behaviors on flow are stronger when individuals ruminate more about COVID-19 pandemic. Using a day re...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - July 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital
AbstractA cornerstone of well-being research is that the resource-rich are happier with their lives than the resource-poor and better positioned to cope with stressful life events. This paper addresses the role of various resources —human, economic, social, and psychological capital—in life satisfaction during the coronavirus pandemic, using panel data from Germany and the United Kingdom for 2020 and 2021. Cross-sectionally, we find life satisfaction to be clearly related to all these forms of capital, with psychological c apital being the strongest predictor of life satisfaction. Longitudinally, the capital endowments...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - July 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
What ’s Your Humor Profile? A Latent Profile Analysis on the State-Trait Model of Cheerfulness as the Temperamental Basis of Humor
AbstractThe temperamental basis of humor posits that high cheerfulness, low seriousness, and low bad mood contribute to exhilaration and enjoyment of humor. The present study extends the empirical support for this model in an examination of whether different latent profiles exist based on levels of cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood. Latent profile analysis was conducted in a sample of 788 undergraduate participants (71.6% female) 16 to 40 years old (M = 18.28;SD = 1.24) to evaluate humor temperament subtypes based on facets of cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood. Boosting classification machine learning...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - July 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mindfulness and Subjective Well-being Among Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study and a Weekly Diary Investigation
AbstractEnhancing subjective well-being is essential for enlightening individual pursuit of a better life in positive psychology. Although numerous research projects have preliminarily investigated the effect of mindfulness (MD) on subjective well-being (SWB) and its potential mechanisms, few longitudinal studies have investigated the bidirectional association between MD and SWB at both trait and state levels. On this basis, this study aimed to comprehensively explain the temporary and longitudinal relationships between MD and SWB [positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), life satisfaction (LS)] at both trait and state ...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Within-Person Associations Between Subjective Well-Being and Big Five Personality Traits
This study examined the temporal within-person associations between subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive affect, low negative affect) and the Big Five personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). A representative American sample was used, collected over a period of approximately two decades and at 3 time points. To separate between-person and within-person levels, the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model was used. Results at the within-person level showed that higher-than-usual levels of subjective well-being were associated with higher-tha...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Who Benefits from Domestic Market Integration?
AbstractThe historical integration of economic markets between and within nations has profoundly altered human society. Nonetheless, existing literature on this topic has seldom gone beyond the economic repercussions of this phenomenon. Accordingly, this study examines the relationship between domestic market integration and subjective well-being, of which very little is known. Taking China as a case, we match individual-level data from a longitudinal survey with province-level data to construct panel data and use the fixed effect model to estimate the welfare effect of market integration. Our studies suggest that market i...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19
AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching economic and psychological consequences beyond its direct influence on population health. Guided by stress process theory, we theorize a cross-level amplified stress proliferation process. That is, macro-level epidemiological, economic, and policy shocks proliferate into individual-level perceived job insecurity, which in turn deteriorates subjective well-being; macro-level shocks may additionally amplify the well-being risk of insecurity. To test these propositions, we use fixed-effects models to analyze three-wave, nationally representative data on 1,306 U.S. workers (Ma...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Pleasure or Meaning: Subjective Well-Being Orientations and the Willingness to Help Close Versus Distant Others
We examined the role of two Subjective well-being orientations,hedonism (maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain) andeudemonia (a desire for meaningful life), in prosocial behavior toward a close help recipient versus a distant one. Study 1 examined individual differences in levels of hedonism and eudemonia, while studies 2 and 3 used a priming manipulation to enhance the salience of the two orientations. In all three studies we found that these orientations interact with the attributes of the help recipient during the decision to help. Specifically, hedonism was found to be positively associated with prosocial acts when t...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Well-Being via Brain Functional Connectivity
AbstractDifferent single personality traits have been found to be closely related to well-being, and single personality traits and well-being shared multiple neural substrates. Yet little is known about how the multi-trait profile, which better reflects individual differences in terms of taxonomy, is related to multi-faceted well-being, and whether the spontaneous brain activities of their common neural substrates can partially explain this relationship. To advance our understanding, we examined the relationships among personality traits, well-being, and brain functional connectivity generated in resting-state functional M...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Connection Constellations and Individual Well-Being Typologies: Using the Loglinear Modeling Approach with Latent Variables
This study used a pattern-based approach to (1) identify different constellations of quality, quantity, and need in social connection, (2) identify different typologies of well-being (using indicators of life satisfaction, a sense of purpose, depression, and perceived stressed), and (3) investigate their associations holistically. In a sample of 700 individuals (age: 17 –33; 79.9% females; 77.1% White), five social connection constellations (i.e., low, dissatisfied, satisfied, compensatory, and high [social connection]) and three well-being typologies (i.e., distressed, satisfied, and aimless overload [well-being]) were ...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Art-of-Living Intervention Imparted Through a Blended Learning Approach to Nurture Positivity Among Pakistan ’s University Students During COVID-19: A Growth Curve Analysis
This study demonstrates the development and implementation of an art-of-living training intervention to nurture positivity among Pakistan ’s university students during COVID-19. To ensure the efficacy of teaching and learning during the second wave of the pandemic, the intervention was imparted through a blended learning approach comprising two modes: (1) online learning and (2) offline personal and collaborative learning. This appr oach was based on the emotionalized learning experiences (ELE) format to make learning more engaging, permanent, and gratifying. The study comprised 243 students randomly assigned to an exper...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - June 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Exploring the Effects of Consumption Expenditures on Life Satisfaction in China
This study, using data from China Family Panel Studies, investigates how different types of consumption expenditures affect individuals ’ life satisfaction in China. The results demonstrate that overall consumption expenditures and savings are positively associated with life satisfaction irrespective of whether income remains constant or not. When the components of consumption expenditures are scrutinized, increased spending on co nspicuous goods augments life satisfaction while increased spending on basic goods diminishes it after controlling for confounding factors. Evidence of relationship heterogeneity across income ...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - May 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Informal Caregivers and Life Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands
AbstractThe evidence base on the causal relation between informal care and susbjective well-being is scarce and often methodologically limited. Most research to date, using simple cross-sectional estimations or fixed-effect models, fails to consider reverse causality and unobserved heterogeneity and, thus provides biased estimates. Using panel data from the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences for the Netherlands over the period 2009 –2018, this paper investigates the causal relationship between the informal care provision and caregivers’ life satisfaction and compares Ordinary Least Square (OLS) with ...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - May 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
How Do Late Adults Experience Meaning During the COVID-19 Lockdown? The Role of Intrinsic Goals
AbstractLate adults differ in the degree to which their mental health is impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, with interindividual differences in their capacity to mobilize coping resources playing an important role. Therefore, the search for inner sources of resilience is important to understand late adults ’ adaptation to this crisis. Based on Goal Content Theory, a mini-theory within the broader Self-Determination Theory, this study aimed to examine whether older adults’ valuation and attainment of intrinsic goals represent such a source of resilience. Intrinsic goals would form a solid foundatio n to experience a sense...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - May 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Alone in a Crowd: Is Social Contact Associated with Less Psychological Pain of Loneliness in Everyday Life?
AbstractPeople are often advised to engage in social contact to cope with the experience of loneliness and improve well-being. But are the moments of loneliness actually more bearable when spent in other people ’s company? In this research, we proposed and tested two conflicting theoretical accounts regarding the role of social contact: social contact is associated with a stronger (the amplifying account) or with a weaker (the buffering account) negative effect of loneliness on psychological well-being. Analyses of three datasets collected using ecological momentary assessments (Nindividuals = 3,035) revealed that the ne...
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies - May 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
