Reports
University of Vermont Center for Rural Studies Vermont Happiness Reports
GNHUSA and the University of Vermont Center for Rural Studies conducted a random sampling of the state of Vermont using the Gross National Happiness Index in 2013. They compiled a report and presented it to the Vermont Legislature. They also conducted data laboratories to help policy makers, not-for-profit leaders and responsible business owners understand how to use the data.
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2018 Pilot Happiness Index Study by El Bien Vivar Estudio
La felicidad es un concepto multidimensional que puede medirse a través de las autoevaluaciones que las personas realizan sobre los aspectos clave de su vida. El estudio de la felicidad de la población proporciona información integral y transversal sobre las percepciones de las personas en las principales dimensiones de la vida: Bienestar Subjetivo, Bienestar Psicológico, Salud, Balance del Tiempo, Aprendizaje Permanente, Arte y Cultura, Comunidad, Apoyo Social, Medio Ambiente, Gobierno, Nivel de Vida y Trabajo. En este estudio se ha utilizado un cuestionario desarrollado por la Alianza por la Felicidad (2018) compuesto por 50 preguntas cerradas (la persona participante solo podía elegir una opción. Se han considerado las respuestas de los participantes entre enero y julio de 2018 en la Encuesta General y estos datos se han contrastado con otro grupo de población de España, denominado Mi Comunidad. En total, han participado 2660 personas. El Índice de Felicidad medio de todas las personas participantes es de 6,4 puntos en una escala de 10. Los aspectos que han obtenido las puntuaciones más altas son Medio Ambiente (7) Apoyo Social y Aprendizaje Permanente, Arte y Cultura empatados con 6,9 mientras que las dimensiones de Gobierno (5,6), y el Balance de tiempo y Bienestar Subjetivo (empatados con 5,8) cierran el ranking. Se han analizado y comparado los resultados de los dos grupos de población: en la Encuesta General el Índice de Felicidad medio es de 6,4 puntos mientras que el grupo de Mi Comunidad obtiene una puntuación significativamente mayor, de 6,8 puntos. El grupo de la Encuesta General cumple la misma valoración para las distintas dimensiones que los aspectos indicados más arriba para el conjunto de la encuesta, mientras que en el grupo de Mi Comunidad las dimensiones que obtienen mejor puntuación son: Bienestar Psicológico (7,8) Nivel de Vida (7,7) y Bienestar Subjetivo (7,4). En este último grupo, las dimensiones con valoraciones más bajas son el Gobierno (5,5), el Balance de Tiempo (5,7) y la Comunidad (5,8). En ambos grupos el Gobierno y el Balance de Tiempo obtienen puntuaciones en el rango bajo de la clasificación, con una valoración de aprobado justo.
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Research
The Happy Boomer Index - Dissertation
THE HAPPY BOOMER: BABY BOOMER LIFE SATISFACTION THROUGH AFFECT AND FEELING OF BELONGING A Dissertation by Brooke Massey. The Happy Boomer is copyright Massey (c) 2016. The age cohort of 65 years and older is a growing population. It is part of the group referred to as Baby Boomers, the generation born between the years 1946-1964. It will be the largest population to reach late adulthood to date. In the United States alone, the Baby Boomer cohort is expected to reach 70 million by 2030. In response to this growing elderly population much research has been conducted on Baby Boomer quality of life issues. Such research uncovered the phenomenon known as the well-being paradox. The well-being paradox refers to the findings that older adult’s life satisfaction remains stable or can even increase with age despite age-related losses. Utilizing the theories of positive psychology and socioemotional selectivity, the Happy Boomer project offers an explanation for the well-being paradox. Using data from The Gross National Happiness Index Survey (Happiness Alliance, 2011), the Happy Boomer project analyzed associations between the dependent variable of life satisfaction and the independent variables of positive affect, negative affect, and feeling of belonging for 1,268 individuals ages 65 years and older. No previous research has been found that compares the predictive powers of these specific independent variables on the dependent variable, life satisfaction. Through an ordinal multiple regression, results showed that positive affect had the strongest association with levels of life satisfaction, followed by negative affect and feeling of belonging. Gender was not predictive of life satisfaction. The results also demonstrated the independence of positive affect and negative affect associations with life satisfaction. These findings suggest that affect, specifically positive affect, could mediate the effects of age-related loss as they pertain to life satisfaction for older adults. Furthermore, these findings suggest that Baby Boomers may be able to maintain or increase levels of life satisfaction by focusing on activities that increase positive affect as well as activities that decrease negative affect. The electronic version of this dissertation is at OhioLink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/etd.
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Events
Assumption University Dept of Hospitality & Tourism Management International Day of Happiness Celebration
Assumption University’s Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management marked the United Nation International Day of Happiness with a special speaker’s session, 20 March, 2019 at Assumption University’s Suvarnabhumi campus. A lively panel discussion was held, focusing on Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, led by travel journalist Andrew Wood and Assumption University Alumni Pichai Visutriratana. Bhutanese students studying at Assumption University shared their thoughts regarding sustainable tourism development in the kingdom of Bhutan.
The event was organized by Tourism Policy students and Dr Scott Michael Smith from Assumption University’s Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The “International Day of Happiness” recognizes happiness as the basic human goal and calls upon government and associated agencies to make policies towards improving peoples’ general well-being. The UN also acknowledges that social, environmental and economic well-being is mandatory for global happiness.
The event was organized by Tourism Policy students and Dr Scott Michael Smith from Assumption University’s Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The “International Day of Happiness” recognizes happiness as the basic human goal and calls upon government and associated agencies to make policies towards improving peoples’ general well-being. The UN also acknowledges that social, environmental and economic well-being is mandatory for global happiness.
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Student Posters at 6th OECD World Forum
George Mason University Korea and Purdue Honors College Student posters prepared for and presented at the 6th OECD World Forum at the Happiness Alliance Exhibition Booth
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Seattle University Business & Economics Students explore the Happiness U-Curve
Presentations by students from the Seattle University Albers School of Business and Economics, course “Consumption and Happiness" taught by Matthew Isaac, Ph.D. Students took the Happiness Alliance Happiness Index, then used their data, the data from University of Washington class, and the general population to explore aspects of the Happiness U-curve
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