Journal articles: 'Authentic happiness'

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BOGNAR, GREG. "Authentic Happiness." Utilitas 22, no. 3 (July 30, 2010): 272–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0953820810000191.

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This article discusses L. W. Sumner's theory of well-being as authentic happiness. I distinguish between extreme and moderate versions of subjectivism and argue that Sumner's characterization of the conditions of authenticity leads him to an extreme subjective theory. More generally, I also criticize Sumner's argument for the subjectivity of welfare. I conclude by addressing some of the implications of my arguments for theories of well-being in philosophy and welfare measurement in the social sciences.

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Shanti, Indira, and Antonius Dieben Robinson Manurung. "AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS AS A MEDIATOR OF LEARNING ORGANIZATION AND AUTHENTIC PERSONAL BRANDING ON WORK ACHIEVEMENT." Dinasti International Journal of Management Science 2, no. 1 (September 23, 2020): 112–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31933/dijms.v2i1.536.

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This study aims to analyze the effect of learning organizations and authentic personal branding on work achievement with authentic happiness as a mediator. Considering work achievement must be used as a goal to motivate employees in order to prepare themselves to enter the era of society 5.0. Data analysis techniques were carried out using structural equation model. The results of this study indicate that; (1) there is a positive and significant influence on authentic happiness on work achievement; (2) there is a positive and significant influence of learning organizations on authentic happiness; (3) there is a positive and significant influence on authentic personal branding on authentic happiness; (4) there is a positive and significant influence of learning organizations on work achievement with authentic happiness as a mediator; and (5) there is a positive and significant influence on authentic personal branding on work achievement with authentic happiness as a mediator.

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Sanli, Esat, Seher Balci Celik, and Cem Gencoglu. "Validity and Reliability of The Authentic Happiness Scale." Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 22, no. 1 (May 2019): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5782/2223-2621.2019.22.1.5.

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Studies on the concept of happiness have led to questions about whether all symptoms of happiness correspond to a real and healthy emotional state. Therefore, in this research, a scale was developed to examine the concept of “authentic happiness” coined by Seligman. Firstly, literature that explains authentic happiness and defines its relationship to other psychological concepts was reviewed, and then a theoretical framework was developed based on this information and the psychometric characteristics of the scale were introduced. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the fit indices were compatible with twodimensional structure. These two dimensions have been entitled as “Authentic Happiness” and “Fluctuating Happiness”. Based on the findings of the present study, the Authentic Happiness Scale (AHS) is a reliable and valid scale to determine the authentic happiness levels of university students.

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Tanzer, Joshua Ray. "Developing authentic happiness: Growth curve models to assess lifelong happiness." Journal of Positive Psychology 16, no. 1 (November 27, 2019): 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2019.1689419.

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Rusdiana, Ika. "Konsep Authentic Happiness pada Remaja dalam Perspektif Teori Myers." Ibriez : Jurnal Kependidikan Dasar Islam Berbasis Sains 2, no. 1 (June 20, 2017): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.21154/ibriez.v2i1.23.

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Fase remaja memiliki keunikan dalam menggambarkan diri mereka sendiri. Gambaran-gambaran remaja tentang dirinya sendiri kerap menimbulkan kerumitan dan sensitifitas emosional dalam hidup mereka, perluasan minat mengenai potret diri dan pencarian identitas selama masa remaja menjadikan remaja sebagai individu yang rawan mengalami konflik personal, interpersonal, dan sosial. Tulisan ini mencoba untuk menjelaskan bagaimana konsep authentic happiness remaja ditinjau dari perspektif teori Myers. konsep authentic happiness remaja diukur berdasarkan empat indikator kebahagiaan menurut Myers yaitu: 1) mampu menghargai diri sendiri sepenuhnya, 2) sikap optimis, 3) sikap terbuka dan kemampuan bersosialisasi, dan 4)kemampuan mengontrol dan mengendalikan diri sendiri sepenuhnya. Subyek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa IAIN Ponorogo dengan rentang usia antara 17-21 tahun. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 11% (4 orang) remaja telah memiliki konsep authentic happiness positif (tinggi) sesuai indikator kebahagiaan Myers. 30% (11 orang) remaja telah memiliki konsep authentic happiness tingkat sedang, sementara 59% remaja memiliki konsep authentic happiness negatif. Dengan prosentase tersebut, remaja masih sangat rentan terhadap ancaman permasalahan-permasalahan, baik personal, interpersonal, dan sosial.

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Semedo, Ana Suzete, Arnaldo Coelho, and Neuza Ribeiro. "Authentic leadership, happiness at work and affective commitment." European Business Review 31, no. 3 (May 13, 2019): 337–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ebr-01-2018-0034.

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceptions of authentic leadership (AL) and affective commitment (AC) both directly and indirectly through the mediating effect of happiness at work. Design/methodology/approach Empirical research has analyzed the data from a questionnaire administered to a sample of 543 employees belonging to various public and private organizations in Cape Verde. Structural equation modeling was used to test the model. Findings It was found that the perceptions of AL explain employees’ happiness at work. Perceptions of AL also predict AC both directly and through the mediating effect of happiness at work. Practical implications The findings suggest that AL predicts happiness at work, which, in turn, explain employees` emotional bond to the organization. These results provide evidence that the quality of working environment created by leaders plays an important role in the extent to which employees develop a better emotional bond at work. So, the organizations, particularly in Cape Verde, should focus on training leaders with authentic characteristics. Originality/value In addition to verifying the direct relationship between AL and AC, this study introduced the mediating effect of the happiness, providing a model that depicts the chain effect between AL, AC and happiness, integrating these concepts in a single study.

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Ricard, Matthieu. "A BUDDHIST VIEW OF HAPPINESS." Journal of Law and Religion 29, no. 1 (February 2014): 14–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2013.9.

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AbstractIn Buddhism, happiness is achieved when a person can perceive the true nature of reality, unmodified by the mental constructs we superimpose upon it. This authentic happiness comes from having an exceptionally healthy state of mind that underlies and suffuses all emotional states and that embraces all the joys and sorrows that come one's way. The mental states necessary for authentic happiness are not simply found or happened upon. Rather, happiness is achieved through mental training that purges the mind of afflictive emotions, such as hatred and compulsive desire, which literally poison the mind, and above all through the eradication of ignorance. This article discusses the Buddhist conception of happiness and its attainment. In particular, the article addresses the methods and practices that Buddhism employs to train the mind to achieve authentic happiness and the recent developments in contemplative neuroscience that complement and advance these methods.

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Sofia, Lisda, Alifia Justitia Devi, Wahdaniah Wahdaniah, and Gayatri Adhicipta Pertiwi. "Musik Tingkilan Dalam Emotional Healing Therapy Sebagai Upaya Meningkatkan Authentic Happiness." Psikostudia : Jurnal Psikologi 7, no. 1 (June 23, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.30872/psikostudia.v7i1.2388.

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Sebagai generasi peralihan dari remaja ke dewasa, generasi Z memiliki keunikan dalam menggam-barkan diri mereka sendiri. Generasi Z termasuk golongan yang dilahirkan pada tahun 1998 hingga 2009. Generasi Z dengan penyesuaian diri yang buruk cenderung paling tidak bahagia, hingga secara perlahan berku-rang ketika dapat mengatasi masalah tersebut, maka periode ketidakbahagiaan juga akan berkurang. Ketidakba-hagiaan pada generasi ini menjadi suatu permasalahan yang harus dibahas. emotional healing therapy juga dapat membantu individu mengeluarkan berbagai emosi baik marah, sedih dan gembira yang tidak dapat di ungkapkan. Pada proses ini individu diajak untuk menerima dan memaafkan segala yang telah terjadi di dalam hidup. Begitu pula dengan musik tingkilan, yang dimana tingkilan adalah pengisi waktu senggang dan sebagai rangkaian kegembiraan serta dimainkan untuk menghibur. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pening-katan authentic happiness setelah mendengarkan musik tingkilan dan melakukan emotional healing therapy pada mahasiswa Universitas Mulawarman. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa di Kota Samarinda dengan jumlah sampel 30 orang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif eksperimen. Alat ukur yang digunakan skala authentic happiness dengan skala model likert. Dapat diketahui bahwa authentic happiness setelah diberikan perlakuan emotional healing therapy menunjukan nilai t = -1.833 dan p = 0.421 yang artinya tidak ada peningkatan authentic happiness setelah diberikan emotional healing therapy. Kemudian diketahui bahwa authentic happiness setelah diberikan perlakuan mendengarkan musik tingkilan menunjukan nilai t = -1.064 dan p = 0.305 yang artinya tidak ada peningkatan authentic happiness setelah diberikan mendengarkan musik tingkilan.

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Kaczmarek, Lukasz, Maja Stanko-Kaczmarek, and Stephan Dombrowski. "Adaptation and Validation of the Steen Happiness Index into Polish." Polish Psychological Bulletin 41, no. 3 (January 1, 2010): 98–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10059-010-0013-3.

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Adaptation and Validation of the Steen Happiness Index into Polish Authentic happiness is a construct comprising 3 factors: pleasure, engagement, and meaning (Seligman, Parks, & Steen, 2005). Three studies involving altogether 464 participants adapted and validated the authentic happiness measure Steen Happiness Index (SHI; Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005) into Polish. In Study 1 the Polish version of the scale was developed and its convergence with the original SHI was assessed using bilingual response method, r = .98, p < .001. In Study 2 cluster analysis confirmed the theoretical profiles of happiness, testing the proposed 3-factor structure of the scale, χ2 (116) = 180.62, GFI = .95, CFI=.97, SRMR = .04, RMSEA = .04, RMSEA 90% CI [.25 - .45]. Test-retest reliability (Study 3) yielded satisfactory results, rtt = .87, p < .01. This is the first study providing empirical support for the structural validity of the authentic happiness construct. It also shows the cross-cultural generality of the construct. We discuss some practical applications of the scale.

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Dambrun, Michael. "Self-centeredness and selflessness: happiness correlates and mediating psychological processes." PeerJ 5 (May 11, 2017): e3306. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3306.

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The main objective of this research was to test central assumptions from the Self-centeredness/Selflessness Happiness Model. According to this model, while self-centered psychological functioning induces fluctuating happiness, authentic–durable happiness results from selflessness. Distinct mediating processes are supposed to account for these relationships: afflictive affects (e.g., anger, fear, jealousy, frustration) in the case of the former, and both emotional stability and feelings of harmony in the case of the latter. We tested these hypotheses in two studies based on heterogeneous samples of citizens (n = 547). Factor analyses revealed that self-centeredness (assessed through egocentrism and materialism) and selflessness (assessed through self-transcendence and connectedness to other) were two distinct psychological constructs. Second, while self-centeredness was positively and significantly related to fluctuating happiness, selflessness was positively and significantly related to authentic–durable happiness. Finally, distinct psychological processes mediated these relationships (study 2). On one hand, the relationship between self-centeredness and fluctuating happiness was fully mediated by afflictive affects. On the other hand, emotional stability and the feeling of being in harmony partially mediated the relation between selflessness and authentic–durable happiness.

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Sariçam, Hakan. "Life Satisfaction: Testing a Structural Equation Model Based on Authenticity and Subjective Happiness." Polish Psychological Bulletin 46, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 278–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ppb-2015-0034.

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Abstract The aim of this research is to examine the relationships between authenticity, subjective happiness, and life satisfaction. The participants were 347 university students. In this study, the Authenticity Scale, the Subjective Happiness Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale were used. The relationships between authenticity, subjective happiness and life satisfaction were examined using correlation analysis and Structural Equation Model (SEM). In correlation analysis, authentic living was found positively related to subjective happiness. On the other hand, self-alienation, accepting external influence was found negatively correlated to subjective happiness. Besides subjective happiness and life satisfaction have positive relation. Structural Equation Model showed that self-alienation, accepting external influence results in a decrease subjective happiness on life satisfaction whereas rise in authentic living lead to subjective happiness, so subjective happiness also brings life satisfaction. According to standardized beta coefficients (β= -.49), the most significant predictor of subjective happiness was self-alienation. Results were discussed in the light of the related literature.

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Usman, Jusmiati. "KONSEP KEBAHAGIAN MARTIN SELIGMAN." Rausyan Fikr: Jurnal Studi Ilmu Ushuluddin dan Filsafat 13, no. 2 (February 5, 2018): 359–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.24239/rsy.v13i2.270.

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Happiness is a human nature. Every human being with all his desirable status and work is a feeling of happiness and tranquility. However, the facts in everyday life, not all humans that reach kebahagian intrinsic. Precisely many people are misguided in seeking happiness itself. In this article, researchers elaborate the concept of happiness Martin Seligman as a positive psychological figure that offers a unique concept of happiness. According to him, that humans can basically achieve authentic happiness with constant commitment in doing good in life. This concept is very interesting when associated with the concept of happiness in positive tasawuf

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Swart, Johannes, and Sebastiaan Rothmann. "Authentic Happiness of Managers, and Individual and Organisational Outcomes." South African Journal of Psychology 42, no. 4 (December 2012): 492–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124631204200404.

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Semedo, Ana Suzete Dias, Arnaldo Fernandes Matos Coelho, and Neuza Manuel Pereira Ribeiro. "Authentic leadership and creativity: the mediating role of happiness." International Journal of Organizational Analysis 25, no. 3 (July 10, 2017): 395–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoa-03-2016-0994.

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Purpose Authentic leadership (AL) as a style can influence, directly or indirectly, employees’ attitudes and behaviors. In this perspective, the purpose of this study is to investigate how AL predicts affective well-being (AWB) and employees’ creativity. The mediating role of AWB and the moderating role of satisfaction with management will be analyzed. Design/methodology/approach The researchers have analyzed the data from a questionnaire administered to a sample of 543 employees belonging to various public and private organizations in Cape Verde. Structural equation modelling was used to test the proposed hypotheses and a multi-group analysis was performed to identify how the level of satisfaction with the management may impact the proposed relationships. Findings The results of this study reveal that perceptions of AL predict employees’ creativity both directly and through the mediating role of AWB. Satisfaction with the management seems to moderate the relationship between AL, AWB and creativity. Practical implications The research outcomes suggest that organizations should focus on training leaders who value self-awareness and transparency in their relationships with others, who display an internal moral perspective and demonstrate balanced processing of information, to guarantee good results at the individual level and, consequently, at the organizational level. This study provides practitioners with possible routes to act in favor of a much happier and more creative workforce. Originality/value The originality of this study is because of the integration of these four concepts in a single study, providing evidence of the relationship between AL and creativity through the mediating role of AWB and moderating role of satisfaction with the management.

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Moriarty, Michael. "Pascal on Happiness." Critical Survey 32, no. 3 (September 1, 2020): 8–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/cs.2020.320302.

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Pascal sees happiness (bonheur) as the ultimate goal of all human activity, but argues that experience shows it to be unattainable; our underlying condition is unhappiness. In the immediate, he argues, human activities are forms of diversion or distraction, by which we seek to screen from ourselves our unhappiness and mortality and to gratify our vanity. This analysis omits the role of pleasure, which he elsewhere identifies as the motive force of all volition. In order to reconcile this anomaly, we need to distinguish between the motive of our actions, the ultimate end they have in view, and the Supreme Good. The motive of our actions is pleasure, their ultimate end happiness, and the Supreme Good God, in union with whom authentic happiness consists.

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Deng, Jianjun, Tsingan Li, Jingya Wang, and Ruiping Zhang. "Optimistically Accepting Suffering Boosts Happiness: Associations Between Buddhism Patience, Selflessness, and Subjective Authentic-Durable Happiness." Journal of Happiness Studies 21, no. 1 (February 6, 2019): 223–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00083-0.

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Monacis, Lucia, Pierpaolo Limone, Michaël Dambrun, Antonella Delle Fave, and Maria Sinatra. "Measuring and Assessing Fluctuating and Authentic–Durable Happiness in Italian Samples." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4 (February 8, 2021): 1602. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041602.

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On the basis of the self-centeredness and selflessness model, a new instrument assessing two distinct dimensions of happiness, fluctuating and authentic–durable, was developed. The current research aimed at examining the factor structure of the Italian version of the instrument, its psychometric properties and construct validity. To this end, two studies were carried out. Study 1 (N = 544) examined different measurement models, from unidimensional to multidimensional, from a fully symmetrical bifactor solution to a bifactor (S-1) solution. Findings indicated better and adequate fit indices for the last model. Using various samples (n = 1274) Study 2 confirmed the bifactor (S-1) structure and analysed psychometric properties, convergent and divergent validity and temporal stability of the instrument. Findings generally gave evidence of the multidimensional conceptualization of the construct, good levels of reliability values and adequate convergent validity of both scales. Discriminant validity showed mixed results from no association of age with authentic–durable happiness to weak and negative association with fluctuating happiness. Test–retest reliability displayed an adequate value of correlation coefficient for the two set scores of the authentic dimension and a value below the recommended cut-off criteria for the fluctuating dimension, where significant differences in the mean scores emerged. Future studies should aim to replicate the results of this research and attempt to overcome its limitations.

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HAYBRON, DANIEL M. "Happiness, the Self and Human Flourishing." Utilitas 20, no. 1 (March 2008): 21–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0953820807002889.

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The psychological condition of happiness is normally considered a paradigm subjective good, and is closely associated with subjectivist accounts of well-being. This article argues that the value of happiness is best accounted for by a non-subjectivist approach to welfare: a eudaimonistic account that grounds well-being in the fulfillment of our natures, specifically in self-fulfillment. And self-fulfillment consists partly in authentic happiness. A major reason for this is that happiness, conceived in terms of emotional state, bears a special relationship to the self. These arguments also point to a more sentimentalist approach to well-being than one finds in most contemporary accounts, particularly among Aristotelian forms of eudaimonism.

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Ryu, Jungsu, Jinmoo Heo, Chungsup Lee, Amy Chan Hyung Kim, Kyung Min Kim, and Hyunmin Yang. "FEELING AUTHENTIC DURING PLAYING PICKLEBALL IN LATER LIFE: PREDICTING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S518—S519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1911.

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Abstract Authenticity, being trustful with oneself, is regarded as a principle predictor of healthy functioning. However, the association between authenticity and psychological functioning has not been examined, even though leisure is an ideal context within which to experience authenticity. Therefore, this study examined the association between authenticity and psychological functioning in older adults playing pickleball. A convenience sample of 112 males and 96 females (64.11±6.56, 50 to 82yrs) was recruited from the 2017 U.S. Open Pickleball Championship which is an annual international pickleball tournament. The participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire primarily asking about their levels of authenticity (4-items) and psychological functioning measured by both perceived stress (4-items) and happiness (single item). The pearson correlation tests found higher levels of authenticity were significantly correlated with being less stressed (r = -.373, p < .01) and happier (r = .203, p < .01). A two-step hierarchical regression was used to determine the unique contribution of authenticity to either perceived stress or happiness, and found that authenticity uniquely contributed to 10% of the variance in perceived stress (F= 4.678, p <.001) and 2.3% of the variance in happiness (F= 3.046, p <.01). These results suggest that feeling authentic in older adults playing pickleball may play an important role in positive psychological functioning.

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Sanín-Posada, Alejandro, and Marisa Salanova Soria. "Análisis Psicométrico del Authentic Happiness Inventory (AHI) en población trabajadora Colombiana." Revista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional 34, no. 2 (June 27, 2017): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.21772/ripo.v34n2a01.

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Scorsolini-Comin, Fabio, Anne Marie Germaine Victorine Fontaine, Silvia Helena Koller, and Manoel Antônio dos Santos. "From authentic happiness to well-being: the flourishing of Positive Psychology." Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 26, no. 4 (2013): 663–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-79722013000400006.

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Phillips, Tarryn, John Taylor, Edward Narain, and Philippa Chandler. "Selling Authentic Happiness: Indigenous wellbeing and romanticised inequality in tourism advertising." Annals of Tourism Research 87 (March 2021): 103115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.103115.

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Yassin, Asmaa. "Authentic Happiness between Husbands and Wives through the Length of Marriage." International Journal of Childhood and Women’s Studies 1, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 132–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ijcws.2021.160505.

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Lo, Imi. "An LBT Session with a Client Going Through a Breakup." International Journal of Philosophical Practice 6, no. 1 (2020): 38–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/ijpp2020614.

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In this practicum, Imi Lo helps her client who is confronting a recent breakup to key into her emotional reasoning, and to pinpoint a suppressed higher-order premise that has, for most of her adult life, stifled her potential for authentic happiness.

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Aydin, Necati, and Hayat Khan. "G-Donic Happiness: An Alternative to Hedonic and Eudemonic Happiness for Sustainable Consumption." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 28, 2021): 6096. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116096.

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This paper provides a spiritual perspective on happiness referred to as the G-donic approach to happiness which is fundamentally different from the hedonic and eudemonic approaches. The G-donic approach identifies the importance of the spiritual self and argues that it embodies the technology that converts physical resources into happiness. We argue that with G-donic preferences, it is possible to achieve a higher level of happiness with moderate consumption. The G-donic approach encourages living a virtuous life by fulfilling the biological, social, emotional, intellectual, moral, and spiritual needs in a balanced manner. It urges spiritual people to go beyond phenomenal reality to perceive transcendental reality in pursuit of authentic happiness. We use a multi-dimensional human nature model to highlight the relevance and importance of this approach, and modify standard utility models to show how it might result in higher happiness with lower consumption and compare and contrast it with outcomes under hedonic and eudemonic approaches to happiness. The G-donic approach contends that resources and spirituality are substitutes, as well as complements and that a reasonable approach to happiness should seek an optimal mix of both. Unlike popular convention, this deviation from hedonic pleasure due to lower consumption does not result in lower happiness. In fact, we show that, theoretically, it results in an overall increase in happiness as any loss in hedonic is compensated by greater eudemonic and G-donic rewards which increases utility.

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Aydin, Necati. "Spirituality and subjective wellbeing." Humanomics 33, no. 3 (August 14, 2017): 300–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/h-03-2017-0052.

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Purpose This paper aims to compare free market capitalism and Islamic moral economy in terms of corresponding means and ends for a happy life. The paper reveals that global consumer culture is the inevitable outcome of secularization. As people pursue fulfillment with worldly possession, position and pleasure, they mistakenly think that higher material consumption would result in higher subjective wellbeing. Muslims are increasingly joining consumer culture because they are affected by global consumerism. The paper attempts to show that Islam has a potential to curb unsustainable consumer culture. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores a relationship between consumer culture and free market capitalism. It presents Islamic way of happiness as an alternative to hedonic happiness which is promoted by global consumer culture. It defines happiness as fulfillment in life through the realization of God and pursuit of His pleasure by finding transcendental meaning for having, being and doing. Findings The paper concludes that the Islamic way to happiness is different from hedonic happiness which leads to conspicuous consumption. It argues that once internalized, Islamic worldview would make possible to achieve a higher level of happiness without engaging in higher material consumption. It maintains that authentic happiness from an Islamic perspective is not the maximization of pleasure through indulging in consumer culture. Rather it is the fulfillment of heart and other faculties through remembrance (seeing the transcendental reality of the universe and the self) of God. Submission to God and living to gain His pleasure are the logical implications of such realization. Originality/value The paper reveals how consumer culture brings less happiness through more consumption, while Islam offers more happiness through less consumption.

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TUPA, ANTON. "A Critique of Sumner's Account of Welfare." Utilitas 22, no. 1 (February 8, 2010): 36–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0953820809990367.

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Wayne Sumner, in the first six chapters of his excellent book Welfare, Happiness and Ethics, argues for what he calls an authentic life satisfaction theory of welfare. Somewhat generally, Sumner's theory of welfare is a sophisticated subjective account that treats one's happiness of a certain sort, and in the right conditions, as enhancing one's welfare. In this essay, I critically explore Sumner's account of welfare. I argue that Sumner's arguments for his own account of welfare, when followed to their logical conclusion, support a position which is slightly, but significantly, different from his own position. Additionally, I argue that Sumner's account of welfare has several counter-intuitive implications. I conclude that his account is seriously flawed.

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Malik, Muhammad Faisal, Muhammad Asif Khan, and Saqib Mahmood. "Increasing the efficiency of business process through authentic leaders and follower's attitude." Business Process Management Journal 27, no. 2 (February 11, 2021): 529–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-04-2020-0162.

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PurposeOrganizations take a more oriented approach to the management of business processes since business processes are core elements of organizational performance. The purpose of this study is to bridge certain knowledge, theoretical, literature and contextual gaps that have not yet been addressed, in line with the organizational approach. The current study is also carried out in order to satisfy the needs of the industry for sustainable development that lead to economic prosperity in the country.Design/methodology/approachPositivism research philosophy was espoused followed through a deductive approach. A structured questionnaire was used in order to collect the data from the employees working in public-sector organizations with a purposive sampling technique. In total, 364 respondents’ data were analyzed by using Analysis of a Moment Structures guidelines and tested the sequential path accordingly.FindingsThe results suggested that authentic leadership through sequential mediation of relational identification and positive emotions had a significant impact on employee engagement. Overall, three hypotheses were formulated on the basis of literature, and all hypotheses were supported.Research limitations/implicationsThe first significant limitation is the use of a single source of information. All variables (authentic leadership, employee engagement, gratitude, happiness and compassion and relational identification) were asked to be reported to individuals. In addition, the current study took only three positive emotions (gratitude, happiness and compassion). There are, however, a number of other emotions that can be taken to identify the relationship between authentic leadership and employee attitude.Originality/valueThe plethora of research seeks to identify mechanisms that can overcome the challenge of employee engagement in the organizational sphere. To this end, organizations are continually identifying and implementing strategies to enhance employee engagement. Recently, the adoption of a bottom-up approach identified as a potential contributor to increasing employee engagement. It has also meant that authentic leadership is the best source of support for a bottom-up approach. However, limited research has been identified in relation to authentic leadership and positive employee emotions.

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LENZENWEGER, MARK F. "Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment." American Journal of Psychiatry 161, no. 5 (May 2004): 936–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.936.

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Yang, Jaewan. "Authentic leadership to shape employee attitudes and happiness at work: A follower-centric perspective." Korean Academy Of Leadership 11, no. 1 (December 30, 2019): 141–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.22243/tklq.2019.11.1.141.

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Shepherd, Janine, Melody Oliver, and Grant Schofield. "Convergent Validity and Test–Retest Reliability of the Authentic Happiness Inventory in Working Adults." Social Indicators Research 124, no. 3 (November 19, 2014): 1049–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0812-6.

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Sánchez Bayón, Antonio, and Miguel Ángel García Ramos. "A win-win case of CSR 3.0 for wellbeing economics: digital currencies as a tool to improve the personnel income, the environmental respect & the general wellness." REVESCO. Revista de Estudios Cooperativos 138 (May 26, 2021): e75564. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/reve.75564.

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This is a critical paper (based in knowledge review with a constructivist proposal), under the Institutional Economics (including Austrian Economics), which analyzes the digital transition (from the welfare state economy to the authentic welfare or wellbeing economics) and the happiness management possibilities (as a part of the requirement for the global convergence process of Horizon 2030). Attention is focused on the digital currencies, as an example of technovation for personnel income and motivation management, environmental protection and a good practice of CSR 3.0 (in organizations oriented towards people wellness & happiness with sustainability). The paper explains how it works this win-win practice, with a real case of a Spanish cooperative company, with benefits for the whole stakeholders, the environment, other companies and the next generations.

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Proyer, René T., Fabian Gander, Sara Wellenzohn, and Willibald Ruch. "The Authentic Happiness Inventory Revisited: Addressing its Psychometric Properties, Validity, and Role in Intervention Studies." Journal of Well-Being Assessment 1, no. 1-3 (October 2017): 77–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41543-018-0006-0.

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Alizadeh, Zahra, Abdolrasul Safaian, Hassan Mahmoodi, and Abdolreza Shaghaghi. "Pathways between authentic happiness and health promoting lifestyle profiles of the university students in Tabriz, Iran." International Journal of Happiness and Development 4, no. 4 (2018): 360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijhd.2018.096433.

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Shaghaghi, Abdolreza, Abdolrasul Safaian, Hassan Mahmoodi, and Zahra Alizadeh. "Pathways between authentic happiness and health promoting lifestyle profiles of the university students in Tabriz, Iran." International Journal of Happiness and Development 4, no. 4 (2018): 360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijhd.2018.10017804.

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Yu, Sen-Chi, and Chien Chou. "Does authentic happiness exist in cyberspace? Implications for understanding and guiding college students' Internet attitudes and behaviours." British Journal of Educational Technology 40, no. 6 (November 2009): 1135–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00880.x.

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DEMİR, Hatice, and Muhammed ZİNCİRLİ. "The Relationship between Teachers' Perceptions of Organizational Justice and Authentic Leadership and Their Levels of Organizational Happiness." OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 17, no. 37 (May 31, 2021): 3976–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.26466/opus.877220.

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Lopez-Walle, Jeanette M., Jose Tristan, Ines Tomas, Julia Gallegos Guajardo, Elias Gongora, and Rocio Hernandez-Pozo. "Estres percibido y felicidad auténtica a través del nivel de actividad física en jóvenes universitarios." Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte 20, no. 2 (April 15, 2020): 265–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/cpd.358601.

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Se ha demostrado en la literatura que el estrés y la felicidad se han relacionado de diversas maneras, y estas a su vez, también se relacionan con la práctica de actividad física (AF). El objetivo de este trabajo fue poner a prueba el papel de la AF en la reducción del estrés y el aumento de la felicidad, así como su rol mediador en la relación entre ambas variables. Concretamente, se pusieron a prueba las siguientes hipótesis: 1) la percepción del estrés (con o sin control de la situación estresante) y la felicidad auténtica difieren en función del nivel de AF; 2) a mayor práctica de AF, mayor percepción de control en la situación estresante y menor percepción de sentirse sobrepasado por la situación; 3) a mayor práctica de AF mayor felicidad auténtica; y 4) la relación entre la percepción del estrés (con o sin control de la situación estresante) y la felicidad auténtica está mediada por la AF. Participaron 938 estudiantes de licenciatura, con un rango de edad de 17 a 51 años (M = 20.25, DT = 3.34), 521 mujeres y 417 hombres. Respecto a la actividad física (AF) que realizan: 15.1% no realiza ninguna actividad; 19.7% realiza actividad irregular; 28% actividad física moderada (2hrs/sem); y 37.1% actividad intensa (20min/día, 5 veces/sem). Los participantes contestaron la PSS (Cohen, Kamarck, y Mermelstein, 1983) y el AHI (Shepherd, Oliver, y Schofield, 2015). Mediante análisis descriptivos, ANOVAs y modelos de regresión mediada se dio respuesta a las hipótesis. Los resultados muestran que la percepción del estrés (con o sin control de la situación estresante) y la felicidad auténtica difieren significativamente en función del nivel de AF. Concretamente, a mayor nivel de práctica de AF mayor percepción de control ante una situación estresante y mayor felicidad auténtica; mientras que a menor práctica de AF, mayor percepción de verse sobrepasado ante una situación estresante. Por último, el nivel de actividad física media la relación entre el estrés percibido (con control de la situación estresante y sin control de la situación estresante) y la felicidad auténtica. Con base a los resultados concluimos que la AF ayuda a percibir un menor estrés ante situaciones demandantes, por lo que promueve un bienestar psicológico. Previous literature has shown that stress and happiness are related in various ways, and both variables have been also related to physical activity (PA) practice. The objective of the present study was to test the role of PA in the decrement of stress and increment of happiness, and additionally to test its mediator role in the relationship between the two aforementioned variables. Concretely, the following hypotheses were tested: 1) the perceived stress (with or without control of the stressful situation) and the authentic happiness differ across different levels of PA; 2) subjects with higher practice of PA will show higher perceived control and lower loss of control in stressful situations; 3) subjects with higher practice of PA will show higher authentic happiness; and 4) the relationship between perceived stress (with or without control of the stressful situation) and authentic happiness is mediated by PA. Participants were 938 undergraduate students from different careers, with an age range from 17 to 51 years (M = 20.25, SD = 3.34), 521 women and 417 men. Regarding physical activity (PA) practice: 15.1% does not to do any activity; 19.7% does an irregular PA; 28% does moderate PA (2hrs / week); and 37.1% does intense PA (20min/day, 5 times/week). Participants answered the PSS (Cohen, Kamarck, y Mermelstein, 1983) and the AHI (Shepherd, Oliver, y Schofield, 2015). We used descriptive analysis, ANOVAs and mediated regression models to test the hypotheses. Results showed that perceived stress (with or without control of the stressful situation) and authentic happiness differ significantly across PA levels. Concretely, higher level of PA practices was related to higher perception of control in a stressful situation and to higher authentic happiness; otherwise, the lower the PA practice, the greater the perception of being overwhelmed by a stressful situation. Finally, the level of physical activity mediated the relationship between perceived stress (with and without control of the stressful situation) and authentic happiness. Based on these results, we concluded that PA helps to perceive less stress in demanding situations, thus promoting psychological well-being. Tem sido demonstrado na literatura que o stress e a felicidade têm sido relacionados de várias formas, e estas, por sua vez, também estão relacionadas com a prática da actividade física (AP). O objetivo deste trabalho foi testar o papel da AF na redução do estresse e no aumento da felicidade, bem como o seu papel mediador na relação entre ambas as variáveis. Especificamente, foram testadas as seguintes hipóteses: 1) a percepção do estresse (com ou sem controle da situação estressante) e a autêntica felicidade diferem de acordo com o nível de AF; 2) quanto maior a prática de AF, maior a percepção de controle na situação estressante e menor a percepção de sentir-se sobrecarregado pela situação; 3) quanto maior a prática de AF, maior a autêntica felicidade; e 4) a relação entre a percepção do estresse (com ou sem controle da situação estressante) e a autêntica felicidade é mediada pela AF. Um total de 938 estudantes de graduação, com idades entre 17 e 51 anos (M = 20,25, SD = 3,34), 521 mulheres e 417 homens participaram. Em relação à atividade física (AF) realizam: 15,1% não realizam nenhuma atividade; 19,7% realizam atividade irregular; 28% realizam atividade física moderada (2hrs/semana); e 37,1% realizam atividade intensa (20min/dia, 5 vezes/semana). Os participantes responderam ao SHP (Cohen, Kamarck, e Mermelstein, 1983) e ao AHI (Shepherd, Oliver, e Schofield, 2015). Análises descritivas, ANOVAs, e modelos de regressão mediados foram usados para responder às hipóteses. Os resultados mostram que a percepção do estresse (com ou sem controle da situação estressante) e a autêntica felicidade diferem significativamente dependendo do nível de AF. Especificamente, quanto maior o nível de prática de AF, maior a percepção de controle em uma situação estressante e maior a felicidade autêntica; enquanto que quanto menor o nível de prática de AF, maior a percepção de estar sobrecarregado em uma situação estressante. Finalmente, o nível de atividade física medeia a relação entre o estresse percebido (com controle da situação estressante e sem controle da situação estressante) e a felicidade autêntica. Com base nos resultados concluímos que a PA ajuda a perceber menos stress em situações exigentes, promovendo assim o bem-estar psicológico.

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Lamont, Alexandra. "University Students' Strong Experiences of Music: Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning." Musicae Scientiae 15, no. 2 (July 2011): 229–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/102986491101500206.

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Research has begun to explore the nature of strong experiences of music listening, identifying a number of individual components from physiological through to psychological (Gabrielsson & Lindström Wik, 2003), but this has not yet been considered in relation to mainstream theories of happiness. Drawing on positive psychology, Seligman's (2002) framework for achieving balanced wellbeing includes the components of pleasure, engagement, and meaning. In the current study, 46 university students (median age 21) gave free reports of their strongest, most intense experiences of music listening. Accounts were analysed thematically using an idiographic approach, exploring the relevance of Seligman's framework. Most strong experiences were positive, and occurred at live events with others. A wide range of mainly familiar music was associated with reported strong experiences, from classical through jazz and folk to old and new pop music, and experiences lasted for varying time periods from seconds to hours. Unexpected musical or non-musical events were sometimes associated with strong experiences. None of the accounts could be characterized by a single route to happiness: in addition to hedonism, engagement and meaning (particularly in terms of identity) were present in every description, and the findings thus emphasize the power of music to evoke a state of authentic happiness. The importance of taking account of the music, the listener, and the situation in order to fully understand these experiences is underlined.

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Lamont, Alexandra. "University students’ strong experiences of music." Musicae Scientiae 15, no. 2 (July 2011): 229–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1029864911403368.

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Research has begun to explore the nature of strong experiences of music listening, identifying a number of individual components from physiological through to psychological ( Gabrielsson & Lindström Wik, 2003 ), but this has not yet been considered in relation to mainstream theories of happiness. Drawing on positive psychology, Seligman’s (2002) framework for achieving balanced wellbeing includes the components of pleasure, engagement, and meaning. In the current study, 46 university students (median age 21) gave free reports of their strongest, most intense experiences of music listening. Accounts were analysed thematically using an idiographic approach, exploring the relevance of Seligman’s framework. Most strong experiences were positive, and occurred at live events with others. A wide range of mainly familiar music was associated with reported strong experiences, from classical through jazz and folk to old and new pop music, and experiences lasted for varying time periods from seconds to hours. Unexpected musical or non-musical events were sometimes associated with strong experiences. None of the accounts could be characterized by a single route to happiness: in addition to hedonism, engagement and meaning (particularly in terms of identity) were present in every description, and the findings thus emphasize the power of music to evoke a state of authentic happiness. The importance of taking account of the music, the listener, and the situation in order to fully understand these experiences is underlined.

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Miller, Evonne, Nicole Devlin, Laurie Buys, and Geraldine Donoghue. "The happiness initiative: Changing organizational culture to make ‘brilliance’ mainstream in aged care." Journal of Management & Organization 26, no. 3 (August 22, 2019): 296–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2019.59.

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AbstractWith the ageing of the population, researchers are investigating the experiences of people living and working in residential aged care. Positive organizational scholarship in healthcare (POSH) and its focus on ‘brilliance’ has not been used as a lens for understanding or improving aged care, although the sector prioritizes person-centred, consumer-directed care. In this qualitative case study, through in-depth interviews, a focus group, and observations, we use a POSH lens to explore how forms of leadership, management structures, and human resource practices facilitate positive experiences for both staff and residents. A thematic data analysis identified the importance of authentic leadership in creating a client-centred organizational culture where ‘happiness’ is an explicit core value. Educating and recruiting staff that share this vision, alongside reflective engagement, rituals and symbols, enabled the building of a responsive care culture that facilitated acts of ‘brilliance’ in healthcare.

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Headey, Bruce, Juergen Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, and Gert G. Wagner. "Authentic happiness theory supported by impact of religion on life satisfaction: A longitudinal analysis with data for Germany." Journal of Positive Psychology 5, no. 1 (January 2010): 73–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760903435232.

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Zabihi, Reza, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli, and Momene Ghadiri. "Examining the Internal Consistency Reliability and Construct Validity of the Authentic Happiness Inventory (AHI) among Iranian EFL Learners." Current Psychology 33, no. 3 (April 24, 2014): 377–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-014-9217-6.

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Yang, Pianpian, and Qingyu Zhang. "How pride influences product evaluation through construal level." European Journal of Marketing 52, no. 7/8 (July 9, 2018): 1750–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-12-2016-0777.

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Purpose This research aims to investigate how consumers’ authentic pride versus hubristic pride affects different construal levels of mind-sets and subsequent product evaluation by activating local versus global cognitive appraisal tendencies. Furthermore, this research also examines how lay theories impact the effects of pride on construal levels and how power moderates the effect of hubristic versus authentic pride on product preferences varying in construal levels. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on cognitive appraisal and construal level theories, this research conducts eight experimental studies to test the hypotheses with an ANOVA, bootstrap analysis and binary logistic regression analysis. The details of the experiments are presented in the paper. Findings The results show that people feeling authentic (hubristic) pride dominantly adopt a lower (higher) level of construal, and consequently put more weight on feasibility over desirability (desirability over feasibility) attributes. Authentic pride’s inclination to appeal behavior-specific appraisals triggers local appraisal tendencies and bestows lower construal levels, whereas hubristic pride’s inclination to connect the entire self triggers global appraisal tendencies and confers higher construal levels. Incremental (vs entity) theorists are likely to attribute the pride experience to their efforts (traits), and thus feel authentic (hubristic) pride. Furthermore, the product preferences of people experiencing authentic vs hubristic pride depend on their power state. Research limitations/implications Notwithstanding the importance of this research, it is worthwhile to note some of its limitations to encourage future research. First, eight studies in the lab were conducted, but no real behavior study was conducted. Although there is a high correlation between the results of lab studies and those of real behavior studies, the authors encourage future researches to elicit the consumers’ pride in the actual consumption situation using a real behavior study. Furthermore, this research mainly focuses on pride, and does not examine other positive emotions, e.g. happiness. Therefore, the authors encourage future research to examine other positive emotions. Practical implications The findings suggest that it is appropriate to use construal levels to match consumers’ pride types. In fact, marketers can induce hubristic pride or authentic pride in ads by simply using words or sentences (“feeling proud because of your hard work” or “feeling proud, you are so superior and remarkably unique”), and present either higher- or lower-level construal of desired behaviors to improve advertising effects. Originality/value The research contributes to literature by documenting how hubristic/authentic pride can affect distinct construal levels via activating global/local appraisal tendencies. And this research thoroughly illustrates the mechanism by which hubristic/authentic pride activates global versus local appraisal tendencies. More importantly, this research finds how lay theories affect construal level given a pride experience and it also corroborates the moderating effects of power in the proposed relationship, which establish the boundary conditions of the effects of prides on construal levels.

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Tirkey, Deepak. "The Bhagavad Gita and the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola." Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica 96, no. 377 (May 31, 2021): 365–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.14422/ee.v96.i377.y2021.004.

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The Bhagavad Gita like the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola leading to spiritual enrichment points out of a meeting of heart and mind between two texts. The essence of the spirituality of the Bhagavad Gita, like the spirituality of Ignatius is the vision of God. Its spirituality is oriented towards God above the world as well as within it. Both texts offer a parallel insight for deep and authentic happiness building up a life towards God and in God. Even though the Bhagavad Gita and the Spiritual Exercises play different qualitative rolls in its own traditions, both agree that only those who have God above the visible world are able to experience God vice-versa. The quest to have God experience is an exercise involving conscious effort and constant attentiveness.

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Eich, Eric, and Dawn Macaulay. "Are Real Moods Required to Reveal Mood-Congruent and Mood-Dependent Memory?" Psychological Science 11, no. 3 (May 2000): 244–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00249.

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While simulating, or acting as if, they were either happy or sad, university students recounted emotionally positive, neutral, or negative events from their personal past. Two days later, subjects were asked to freely recall the gist of all of these events, and they did so while simulating a mood that either did or did not match the one they had feigned before. By comparing the present results with those of a previous study, in which affectively realistic and subjectively convincing states of happiness and sadness had been engendered experimentally, we searched for—and found—striking differences between simulated and actual moods in their impact on autobiographical memory. In particular, it appears that the mood-congruent effects elicited by simulated moods are qualitatively different from those evoked by induced moods, and that only authentic affects have the power to produce mood-dependent effects.

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Edvy, László. "Quality of Life Indicators of University Students in Hungary." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 58, no. 1 (June 1, 2013): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2013-0012.

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Abstract Quality of life is a new research field in the postmodern world. Results show that there are several factors beyond the material world which have an impact on our happiness and which can be influenced and developed by us. To transfer the knowledge that can help improve quality of life requires authentic channels. One of these channels could be the stratum of educated intellectuals as an influential group of society, but they are authentic only if their quality of life is really better than nonqualified population’s quality of life. We investigated this issue in Hungary. On the basis of empirical research, we compared university students’ quality of life indicators with those of common people of similar ages. The objective of this paper is to present the relevant results of this research, which show that a) the examined indicators of quality of life are not more favorable with university students than the same indicators with the non-student population; b) the quality of life indicators of female university students are worse in some respects than those of non-student women; c) the impact of some psychological factors is stronger with university students than with common persons. The major conclusion of this paper is that an appropriate intervention is needed in health education programs at universities in order to contribute to the improvement of students’ quality of life.

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Ahmad, Iesar. "The Politics of Canons, Identity and Representation: A Study of the Counter Canonical Discourse Strategies in Arundhati Roy’s Novel the Ministry of Utmost Happiness." Advances in Language and Literary Studies 10, no. 2 (April 30, 2019): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.10n.2p.49.

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This study is an attempt to investigate the widespread diffusion of the dominant western canonical practices embedded in the western discourses, which simultaneously, entail the counter canonical practices in terms of the ambivalence, language, representation, identity and culture in the postcolonial narratives. This study primarily bases on Arundhati Roy’(Henceforth, on ward Roy) novel ‘The ministry of utmost Happiness’ (MOUH, Henceforth on ward) how does She deconstruct the western dominant discourses, but simultaneously install the counter narratives in the context of the irreducible complex lived experiences of the linguistic and cultural hybridity. The research methodology of the study is to identify and to analyze the selected counter canonical strategies inducted by Roy in the novel MOUH in the context of the deconstructionst and postcolonial discourse perspective. In addition, the study also analyzes the identified texts in the framework of the multi canons and pluralistic perspective. Similarly, the polemical concern of the western canonical practices and Counter discursive strategies are still engaging the perennial and irresolvable debate among the critical literary theorists,cultural theorists, modern linguists and postcolonial discourse critics in the academic landscape across the globe. Accordingly, the study sums up that the counter discursive strategies deployed by Arundhati Roy in MOUH are also, trustworthy, pragmatic and authentic in terms of the western canonicity. In addition, the study concludes that the counter canonical strategies deployed by Arundhati Roy in her novel foreground the subtle issues of identity, language, culture and literary norms; which are also realistic and authentic on the bases of sameness but with difference.

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Holt, Vernon P., and Russ Ladwa. "Mentoring. A Quality Assurance Tool for Dentists Part 6: Outcomes: Patient Care, Professional Development and Personal Growth Authentic Happiness for Dentists." Primary Dental Care os17, no. 1 (January 2010): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/135576110790307753.

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This paper is the last in a series of six papers that have described different aspects of mentoring. It considers the impact of mentoring when it is used in general dental practice, applying the technique of learning through positive psychology. The first part of the paper considers this approach from a patient's perspective, the second from the perspective of a dentist. Because the impact on the quality of care for the patient is largely mediated through the personality of the dentist, the quality of the dentist's own performance, during his/her professional relationship with the patient, is a critical ingredient. The way that this critical ingredient impacts on quality of care is considered and parallels are drawn between roles assumed in dental practice and those found in industry. The paper also considers the way in which mentoring, as a part of a professional development programme, can enhance dentists’ personal skills and performance. It is an opportunity for great personal growth, with increased levels of job and life satisfaction, leading to greater levels of authentic happiness for all those involved, not least for dentists and the dental team.

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Priyambodo, Yulius Eko. "Homo Ridens: Suatu Tawaran ‘Menjadi’ Manusia di Zaman Ini." MELINTAS 30, no. 1 (April 1, 2014): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.26593/mel.v30i1.1282.45-69.

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Human forgets, but at the same time longs for one of the basic hopes that might disclose the web of meanings within the world of human existence. One might start asking about one’s fundamental reasons to exist, and one of them is to use language. Still, language is understood and used in multifaceted ways. In these miscellaneous interpretations of language, one that is quite seldom to explore is human language to express humour. Humour entails laugh and joy, and these bring forth nothing less than happiness that seem to have been eternally carved in the history of humankind. Reflecting on this aspect of language, this article wants to explore the human as <em>homo ridens</em>, a laughing being, which foreseeably brings forward his/her dimensions as a playful being, a social being, and a spiritual being. The author tries to show the relevance of a laughing human with the struggle of every individual to be a more authentic, social, and faithful person.

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