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Antonella Delle Fave

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Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness

2016

In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range = 30-60, 50% women) living in urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, and United States. They completed the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation (EHHI), reporting, among other information, th…

adulthoodSocial connectednessmedia_common.quotation_subjectlcsh:BF1-990Social Sciences050109 social psychologyINNER HARMONYADULTHOODEudaimoniaLAY DEFINITIONS050105 experimental psychologyInterconnectednessCULTURECIENCIAS SOCIALESlay definitionsINTERCONNECTEDNESSRELATIONSHIPS:Psicologia [Ciências Sociais]Psychologyhappiness0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesHofstede's cultural dimensions theoryINTERAÇÃO INTERPESSOAL//purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1 [https]General PsychologyOriginal Researchmedia_commonHAPPINESSHarmony (color)//purl.org/becyt/ford/5 [https]4. Educationinner harmony05 social sciencesLife satisfactionPsicologíaculturelcsh:PsychologyHappiness ; lay definitions ; cross-cultural ; harmony ; interpersonal relationshipsConceptual frameworkCiências Sociais::PsicologiaHappinessrelationshipsinterconnectednessPsychologySocial psychology
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Personality and Optimal Experience in Adolescence: Implications for Well-Being and Development

2013

Past research has repeatedly identified relations between optimal experience—or flow—and well-being across the lifespan. In the attempt to identify the conditions favoring this experience, some studies took into account personality traits. While most of them operationalized flow in terms of intensity, we presently focused on perceived occurrence versus absence of flow. Specifically, we investigated the relations between flow occurrence, hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, activities associated with flow, and personality in adolescence. A group of 408 Italian teenagers (mean age = 17.31; SD = 1.13) were administered Flow Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Positive and Negative Affec…

Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleOptimal experience; Personality; Hedonic well-being; Eudaimonic well-being; Adolescencemedia_common.quotation_subjectEudaimonic well-beingBig Five personality traits and cultureDevelopmental psychologyAdolescencePromotion (rank)Hedonic well-beingWell-beingOpenness to experiencePersonalityCuriosityPositive psychologyBig Five personality traitsOptimal experiencePsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)media_commonPersonality
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