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refers to the attainment of subjective wellbeing (SWB).

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HAPPINESS

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encompasses how people evaluate their own lives in terms of both affective (how we feel) and cognitive components (what we think) of well-being (Diener et al., 1999)

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SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING

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SWB =

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satisfaction with life + high positive affect + low negative affect

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Diener on the other hand argues that Happiness refers to

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discrepancy between the present situation and what is thought to be the ideal or deserved standard

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He further mentioned that one is satisfied when

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there is little or no discrepancy between the present and what is thought to be an ideal or deserved situation.

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is a result of a substantial discrepancy between present conditions and the ideal standard.

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DISSATISFACTION

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Dissatisfaction can also be a result of

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comparing oneself with others (Boniwell & Tunariu, 2019).

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efers to the emotional side of wellbeing including moods and emotions associated with experiencing momentary events (Diener et al., 1999a).

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AFFECT

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People with higher levels of SWB tend to demonstrate

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higher levels of creativity, increased task persistence, multitasking, being systematic, optimism, attending to relevant negative information; longevity, less vulnerability to illness, sociability, trust, helpfulness, and less hostility and less self-centeredness (Boniwell & Tunariu, 2019).

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Income may influence wellbeing because wealthier nations appear to have…

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equality, human rights, democracy, literacy, and people live a longer life.

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countries with higher income tend to have..

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more competitiveness, more materialism and less time for socializing and leisure.

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Is correlated with happiness in men, not in women

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INCOME

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is related to depression for husbands, not for wives

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LOW PERSONAL INCOME

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is related to depression for single but not married women

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LOW INCOME

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Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing Index poll recently found that people need to spend… HOURS PER DAY IN SOCIAL SETTINGS… and up to… if your job is stressful

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six to seven ; nine

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are greatest predictors and facilitators of SWB.

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SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

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…has rejected the concept of gross national product (GNP) as the measurement of its country’s success, and introduced..

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BHUTAN ; GNH

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encompasses how people evaluate their own lives in terms of affective and cognitive components (Diener, 2000)

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SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING

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(SWLS)

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Satisfaction with Life Scale

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(PANAS)

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Positive and Negative Activation Schedule

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has been employed in order to reduce memory biases.

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Experience Sampling Methods (ESM)

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The most widely known global wellbeing poll, which boasts data from over 98 percent of the world’s population

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Gallup World Poll.

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Wellbeing Finder instrument concluded that five elements were essential for overall wellbeing:

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CAREER, SOCIAL, FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL, COMMUNITY WELLBEING

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This represents where you spend most of your time during the day,

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CAREER WB

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this represents your relationships and experiences of love,

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SOCIAL WB

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represents how well you can manage your financial situation

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FINANCIAL WB

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represents your ability to have good health and energy

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PHYSICAL WB

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represents your role and participation within the community you live in.

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COMMUNITY WB

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It indicates that there are five ways to wellbeing,

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FORESIGHT REPORT

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FIVE WAYS TO WELLBEING

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CONNECT, BE ACTIVE, TAKE NOTICE, KEEP LEARNING, GIVE

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Following from the exciting research on savouring, this element refers to research that demonstrates that ‘stopping to smell the roses’ actually can enhance our wellbeing.

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TAKE NOTICE

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When we build connections with people around us, we experience higher levels of wellbeing as well as stronger resilience in the face of adversity.

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CONNECT

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By engaging the brain and challenging yourself to keep learning, you can enhance levels of wellbeing.

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KEEP LEARNING

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As discussed in more detail within Chapter 9, an important part of wellbeing is taking care of the body as well as the mind.

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BE ACTIVE

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As seen in results from random acts of kindness research, people experience high levels of wellbeing when they give something or their time to others.

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GIVE

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HIGHEST COUNTRY WB

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NORWAY, DENMARK, IRELAND, SWITZERLAND, FINLAND

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LOWEST COUNTRY WB

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, BURUNDI, TANZANIA, SYRIA

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Research indicates that the majority of the happiest countries are situated in the

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northern part of the hemisphere where there is not a lot of sun and there is limited light.

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When people do not see light or sun for long periods of time they can experience

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seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or depression from the lack of sunlight.

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There appears to be a strong genetic influence on an individual’s well-being.

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Dynamic Equilibrium Theory

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The theory states that personality determines baseline levels of emotional responses

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Dynamic Equilibrium Theory

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is the area of biological research that looks at the causal interactions between genes and the environment (Curley and Keverne, 2009: 347).

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EPIGENETICS

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According to Sonja Lyubomirsky the determining factors of happiness is in these proportions

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10% caused by environment, 40 % caused by things that you do and 50 % caused by genetics.

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which posits that happy periods in our life are inevitably followed by negative periods, which cancel each other out, and thus any attempt to increase happiness will be unsuccessful.

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ZERO-SUM THEORY

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is what we feel when we get what we want

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NATURAL HAPPINESS

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s what we make when we don’t get what we want.

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SYNTHETIC HAPPINESS

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With social comparison, we can compare our situation, attractiveness and wealth to others either in an upward or downward spiral.

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Relative Standards Model

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have been linked to increased instances of depression and lowered SWB.

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STATUS ANXIETY AND MATERIALISM

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placing high value on love correlates positively with

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LIFE SATISFACTION

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has now been replaced with the ‘tyranny of freedom’, where more choice isn’t necessarily a good thing (Schwartz, 2000; Schwartz et al., 2002).

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FREEDOM OF CHOICE

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An abundance of choice has led to three leading problems for consumers and citizens of Western societies.

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INFORMATION, ERROR, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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are individuals who are able to choose items that meet their minimum criteria and go for ‘what’s good enough’

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SATISFICERS

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on are individuals who fixate on searching for all the possible options and look for the best possible choice.

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MAXIMIZERS

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Which means that as the choices available to us rise, so do our expectations

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Escalation of expectations.

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he hours that we spend sifting through the multitude of choice takes away from the time spent on more

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TIME

46
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There are three health categories:

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a) the likelihood a person will contract a specific illness;
b) how long a person lives after contracting a life threatening illness and
c) how long a person’s lifespan is

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in what awaits us on the ‘other side’.

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COMFORTING BELIEFS

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There may be a lot of factors to consider but researchers proposed that for a religion to enhance wellbeing, there are elements needed (Diener & Biswas-Diener,2008) such as:

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Comforting beliefs, Social support,Connecting to something permanent and important, Growing up religiously, Experience of rituals

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The theory explains that when we are committed to a set of goals, it provides us a sense of personal agency and a sense of structure and meaning to daily life’ (Diener et al., 1999: 284).

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GOAL THEORIES

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IN ACHIEVING OUR GOAL WE TEND TO USE AIM APPROACH…. MEANING

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ATTENTION, INTERPRETATION, MEMORY

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Refers to our tendency to put together a story when all the facts are not yet presented.

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ATTENTION

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Refers to our tendency to put together a story when all the facts are not yet presented

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INTERPRETATION

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There are six main destructive thinking patterns that we tend to default to when interpreting events:

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AWFULIZING, DISSTRESS INTOLERANCE, LEARNED HELPLESSNESS, PERFECTIONISM, NEGATIVE SELF-FULFILLING EXPECTANCIES, AND REJECTION GOOGLES

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Exaggerating a negative event or person beyond what is objectively true.

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AWFULIZING

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A perception that individuals adopt that tells them that they will not be able to recover or withstand potentially traumatic events.

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DISTRESS INTOLERANCE

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this is when people adopt a mentality that they have no control over their negative situations and give up.

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LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

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Individuals who use this tend to fixate on the minute details and only accept excellence.

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PERFECTIONISM

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The phenomenon of eliciting negative responses from others via a person’s previous communications with others.

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Negative self-fulfilling expectancies.

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This is when people identify and fixate on rejection, even when it may not exist in the situation. (Adapted from Diener and Biswas-Diener, 2008)

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Rejection goggles

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Relates to the large body of research showing that recalling and savouring past positive events and experiences leads to enhanced wellbeing.

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MEMORY

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