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Happiness Research Papers Happiness research Papers on the web What Makes us Happy Happiness and Genetics Measuring Happiness Happiness and Public Policy Happiness and Geography Happiness and Marriage Happiness and Religion Happiness and Crime Happiness and Money Happiness and Age Happiness and Race Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness - General Topics Recent Findings on Subjective Well-Being by Ed Diener, Eunkook Suh, and Shigehiro Oishi http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~ediener/hottopic/paper1.html New Directions in Subjective Well-being by Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener http://s.psych.uiuc.edu/~ediener/hottopic/NEW_DIRECTIONS.html HAPPINESS: HAS SOCIAL SCIENCE A CLUE? by Richard Layard Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2002/3. Delivered on 3, 4, 5 March 2003 at the London School of Economics http://cep.lse.ac.uk/events/lectures/layard/RL030303.pdf What would make a happier society? by Richard Layard, Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2002/3. Delivered on 3, 4, 5 March 2003 at the London School of Economics http://cep.lse.ac.uk/events/lectures/layard/RL050303.pdf Experienced Utility and Objective Happiness: A Moment-Based Approach by Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University, Chapter 37, pp. 673-692, in: D. Kahneman and A. Tversky (Eds.) Choices, Values and Frames, New York: Cambridge University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation, (2000) http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/files/Kahneman.pdf HEDONISM AND HAPPINESS by Ruut Veenhoven In: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003 vol. 4. (special issue on 'Art of living') pp. 437-457 http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub2000s/2003c-full.pdf Is Anybody Happy? http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/pdfs/3466.pdf Subjective Well-Being Is Desirable, But Not the Summum BonumEd Diener, University of Illinois and the Gallup Organization http://www.tc.umn.edu/~tiberius/workshop_papers/Diener.pdf Building a Better Theory of Well-being by Richard A. EasterlinUniversity of Southern California http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/economics/event/content/Easterlin_Bettertheory.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers What Makes us Happy? HAPPINESS: THE EFFECTS OF HEALTH, WEALTH, CHILDRENAND A STEADY RELATIONSHIP by Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Paul Frijters, published in the July 2004 Economic Journal. http://www.res.org.uk/society/mediabriefings/pdfs/2004/july04/ferrer.pdf The Determinants of Happiness: Some Migration Evidence by Evan Osborne, Wright State University and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research http://www.wright.edu/~eosborne/research/migration.aej.pdf Happiness, Hope, and Optimism by Patricia A. Dunavold, (spring 1997) http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/happy.htm Pets provide happiness, lower stress for elderly by Jennifer White, Kansas State Collegian, Tuesday September 15, 1998 http://www.vet.ksu.edu/studentorgs/petsnpeople/pdf/Pets.pdf Highlights from the Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness, Dimensions and Perspectives of Gratitude, Co-Investigators: Robert A. Emmons, University of California, Davis, (contact: raemmons@ucdavis.edu; 530.752.8844) Michael E. McCullough, University of Miami (contact: mikem@miami.edu; 305.284.8057) http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Gratitude-Related%20Stuff/highlights_fall_2003.pdf Vengefulness: Relationships With Forgiveness, Rumination, Well-Being, and the Big Five by Michael E. McCullough, National Institute for Healthcare Research, C. Garth Bellah, Louisiana Tech University, Shelley Dean Kilpatrick, National Institute for Healthcare Research, Judith L. Johnson, Christopher Newport University http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Papers/McCullough.pdf Maximizing Versus Satisficing: Happiness Is a Matter of Choice by Barry Schwartz and Andrew Ward, Swarthmore College, John MonterossoUniversity of Pennsylvania, Sonja Lyubomirsky, University of California, Riverside and Katherine White and Darrin R. Lehman, University of British Columbia http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bschwar1/maximizing.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Genetics The Heritability of Happiness by David T. Lykken, Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesotahttp://www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/happness/hapindex.htm Happiness Is a Stochastic Phenomenon by David Lykken and Auke Tellegen, University of Minnesota, Psychological Science Vol.7, No. 3, May 1996http://www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/happness/happy.htm Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Measuring Happiness Subjective Measures of Well-being by Ruut Veenhoven, April 2004http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/dps/dps2004/dp2004-007.pdf Reexamining Adaptation and the Set Point Model of Happiness:Reactions to Changes in Marital Status by Richard E. LucasMichigan State University, Andrew E. Clark, De´partement et Laboratoire d’Economie The´orique et Applique´e Yannis Georgellis, Brunel University and Ed Diener University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaignhttp://www.apa.org/journals/psp/press_releases/march_2003/psp843527.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Public Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE, PUBLIC POLICY AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESShttp://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sasi/publications/2003/dorling_and_ward_happiness.pdf WHY SOCIAL POLICY NEEDS SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS by RUUT VEENHOVENhttp://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/conferences/socialcapital/Happiness%20Readings/Veenhoven_2002.pdf Assessing well being among traumatized children in foster care: The reality behind the numbers by Rosalind Folman, Ph.Dhttp://www.igpa.uiuc.edu/events/pdf/traumatizedChildren2.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Geography How Happy Hong Kong Are? A Study on Happiness Index of Hong Kong People. A research project jointly organized by the Department of Applied Social Studies of CityU and Radio One of RTHK, Principal Investigator: Dr. Dennis Wong, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Konghttp://www.cityu.edu.hk/prj/YSNet/happiness/A%20Study%20on%20Happiness%20Index%20of%20Hong%20Kong%20People%20(Sep%202002).pdf Are Scandinavians Happier than Asians? Issues in Comparing Nations on Subjective Well-Being by Ed Diener, University of Illinois and the Gallup Organization and Shigehiro Oishi University of Minnesotahttp://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~ediener/hottopic/diener-oishi.pdf Well-Being Over Time in Britain and the USA by David G. BlanchflowerDepartment of Economics, Dartmouth College and NBERUSA, blanchflower@dartmouth.edu, Andrew J. Oswald, Department of Economics, Warwick University, UK andrew.oswald@warwick.ac.ukOctober 2000http://www.dartmouth.edu/~blnchflr/papers/Wellbeingnew.pdf Location, Location, Location: The Miss-prediction of Satisfaction in Housing Lotterieshttp://www.people.virginia.edu/~tdw/dunn.location.pspb.2003.pdf- Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Marriage Marital Status and Happiness, 1972–1996 by Mary Margaret Adamshttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-051299-225359/unrestricted/thesis.PDF Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Religion Church Attendance and Happiness Among Northern Irish Undergraduate Students: No Association by Christopher Alan Lewishttp://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~chris/70.pdf The Relationship Between Religion and Happiness Among German Students by Leslie J. Francis, Hans-Georg Ziebertz, and Christopher Alan Lewishttp://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~chris/81.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Crime Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Money WILL MONEY INCREASE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING? A Literature Review and Guide to Needed Research by ED DIENER and ROBERT BISWAS-DIENER, (Accepted 14 September 2001)http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/conferences/socialcapital/Happiness%20Readings/Diener_Biswas-Diener_2002.pdf The Multidimensionality of Poverty: A Subjective Well-Being Approach by Mariano RojasDepartment of Economics, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico, e-mail: mrojas@mail.udlap.mxhttp://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2003-2/conference%202003-2-papers/papers-pdf/Rojas%20150403.pdf Work Orientation and the Contingency of Job Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being on Annual Income: A Longitudinal Assessment by Ariel Malka and Jennifer A. Chatman, University of California, Berkeley http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers2/0102/02-090.pdf A Non-Technical Introduction to the Economics of Happiness byAndrew Oswald andrew.oswald@warwick.ac.uk December 1999http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/faculty/oswald/intro.pdf Happiness, Wealth, and Corporate Social Responsibility by Tom Bateman, May 26, 2003http://iintegra.infotech.sk/downloads/82_CSR-Happiness.pdf Money, Sex and Happiness: An Empirical Study by David G. Blanchflower, Bruce V Rauner ’78 Professor of EconomicsDartmouth College and NBER USA, blanchflower@dartmouth.edu and Andrew J. Oswald, Professor of Economics, Warwick University, UK, mailto:andrew.oswald@warwick.ac.uk http://www.dartmouth.edu/~blnchflr/papers/sentScanJEsexmoneyhappinessjune2003pdf WHAT CAN ECONOMISTS LEARN FROM HAPPINESSRESEARCH? by BRUNO S. FREY and ALOIS STUTZER1(final version dated 7 January 2002)http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/conferences/socialcapital/Happiness%20Readings/Frey_Stutzer_JEL.pdf FRUSTRATED ACHIEVERS: WINNERS, LOSERS, AND SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING IN NEW MARKET ECONOMIES by Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato*http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/econ/Durlauf/networkweb1/London/frustratedachievers.pdf The Role of Income Aspirations in Individual Happiness by Alois Stutzer, University of Zurichhttp://www.iew.unizh.ch/home/stutzer/downloads/Stutzer_Aspiration.pdf INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS VERSUS LOTTERIES: HAPPINESS, RESPONSE-MODE EFFECTS, AND PREFERENCE REVERSALSEva Camacho-Cuena*, Christian Seidl**, and Andrea Morone****Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Christian–Albrechts–Universität zu Kiel, Germany, and University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, **Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Christian–Albrechts–Universität zu Kiel, Germany. ***Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Christian–Albrechts–Universität zu Kiel, Germany, and ESSE, University of Bari, Italy.http://www.grid.ensam.estp.fr/furxi/abstracts/seidl_christian.pdf EVOLUTIONARY EFFICIENCY AND MEAN REVERSION INHAPPINESS by LUIS RAYO AND GARY S. BECKERhttp://home.uchicago.edu/~gbecker/RayoBeckerLSE1.pdf HAPPINESS RESEARCH: STATE AND PROSPECTS by Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer*University of Zurich and CREMA- Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (31 May 2004). Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich Working Paper Series ISSN 1424-0459, Working Paper No. 190 Happiness Research: State and Prospects Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer June 2004http://www.iew.unizh.ch/wp/iewwp190.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Age Does Subjective Well-Being Increase with Age? by Brian Scott Ehrlich and Derek M. Isaacowitzhttp://bespin.stwing.upenn.edu/~upsych/Perspectives/2002/Ehrlich.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Happiness and Race RELIGION, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS by Christopher G. Ellison, Department of SociologyUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1088http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/prba/perspectives/spring1998/cellison2.pdf Happiness Books Top Happiness Papers Misc. and Magazine Articles. Gross National Happiness: an introductory editorial.http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/publications/gnh/GNH_Editorial.pdf Happiness skills curriculum: not an articlehttp://www.ca.uky.edu/fcs/possibilities/ NEW BOOK EXAMINES THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESShttp://nw08.american.edu/~hertz/fall2002/Graham%20talk.pdf Can money buy happiness? UC Berkeley researchers find surprising answers http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/06/16_money.shtml Partisan Social Happiness by Rafael Di Tella, Harvard Business Schooland Robert MacCulloch, Princeton Universityhttp://www.restud.org.uk/PDF/03_2004/Di_Tella_%20Macculloch.pdf Happiness Defined "Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings YOU the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run." – David Leonhardt Article on Happiness Choose To Be Happy The only source of happiness – and unhappiness – comes from inside yourself. Happiness is not something that comes to you. It is something you create now, today. Waiting for something to change in order to be happy is waiting to live your life. It is not what happens to you that counts. It is how you react to what happens to you. It is your attitude. When you adopt a positive attitude, life becomes a rewarding adventure instead of something to get through. Do What You Love and Share With Others If you wish to be happy, you have to be less involved in your own happiness and more involved in the happiness of other beings. "Make others happy and you become happy as a result. Involve yourself totally, throw yourself into what you are doing in life, and happiness will result. If you are compromising, i.e. doing something you hate as a means to an end so that good will result one fine day, STOP! Begin to do more of what you love NOW and let that grow until it fills your life. Then happiness will be yours, and you will be better able to bring happiness to the world."4 Knowing What You Want Do you have a dream? Do you want something to change in your life? Not knowing what you want can be a confusing, frustrating and miserable time. Discover what it is that you want, what goals will make you happy. Knowing Your Higher Self Like everyone, you want joy, happiness and life purpose. "But the problem is, most people are looking in all the wrong places. Career. Money. Relationships. Power. Yet, esoteric teachings claim all answers lie within you. They describe a secret jewel inside within the heart. The treasure of infinite value. The divine essence called... The Higher Self."4 Secrets of Happiness 7 Golden Secrets to Knowing Your Higher Self Discover simple effective strategies to break free forever from the deadlock holding you down. Gain complete empowerment; physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and financially. Combine Ancient Wisdom with dynamite strategies of the modern success coaches. Knowing You Are Competent and Capable Being inwardly happy (knowing you are competent and capable) automatically improves levels of quality and excellence in your work. Understand that inner happiness only comes about via Self esteem + Self respect + Personal Pride. Get these ingredients right and with careful written planning the rest will simply fall into place... More The Importance of Values and Mission The clearer you are about what you value and believe in, and what you stand for, the happier and more effective you will be. The values you choose for yourself, and the order of priority you place on your choices, will determine your approach to your life and work. Breaking Free of Routine Most people are living life on autopilot. Routine one of the most powerful obstacles you will ever encounter. Routine is so dangerous and so powerful that even the best of intentions can be knocked down for good because of it. Breaking free of routine is like bursting through a brick wall with nothing but opportunity on the other side. You'll see the world in an entirely new way and be excited about creating a happier, more successful future.5... More The Cause of Unhappiness "If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy. Again and again we need to let go." – Anthony de Mello Living by Zen Discover The 2,000 Year Old Zen Secret To Feeling Calm, Balanced And Positive No Matter What’s Going On In Your Life. Buddhism about Happiness "The first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful. We must also realize that these negative emotions are not only very bad and harmful to one personally, but are also harmful to society and the future of the whole world," teaches Dalai Lama. Everyone wants to be happy and no one wants to suffer, but very few people understand the real causes of happiness and suffering. We tend to look for happiness outside ourselves, thinking that if we had the right house, the right car, the right job, and the right friends we would be truly happy. We spend almost all our time adjusting the external world, trying to make it conform to our wishes. All our life we have tried to surround ourselves with people and things that make us feel comfortable, secure, or stimulated, yet still we have not found pure and lasting happiness. It is time we sought happiness from a different source. Happiness is a state of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions. If our mind is pure and peaceful we shall be happy, regardless of our external circumstances, but if it is impure and unpeaceful we can never be truly happy, no matter how hard we try to change our external conditions. We could change our home or our partner countless times, but until we change our restless, discontented mind we shall never find true happiness. Cultural Intelligence & Modern Management Discover synergies & Harness the power of diversity! ► Eastern vs. Western Philosophy ► Achievement Management ► Managing Cultural Differences ► Organizational Culture ► New Management Models from Different Cultures ► World Cultures, Philosophies and Religions Case in Point The Dalai Lama's Approach Dalai Lama believes that happiness can be achieved through compassion and training the mind. From his perspective there is an inextricable link between one's own personal happiness and kindness and caring and compassion towards others. It's not only from the Dalai Lama's perspective – from his particular view of life and Buddhist philosophy – but also from the scientific standpoint that shows that happy people are much more likely to show compassion. What's remarkable is this amazing link between happiness and kindness towards others. Happier people are more likely to help the other person. But the Dalai Lama feels that it works the other way around as well. That the deliberate cultivation of kindness and compassion and caring and tolerance and forgiveness and these type of things will make one a happier person. Dalai Lama's approach to achieving happiness begins with distinguishing between spirituality and religion. To have a spiritual dimension in your life, you should appreciate your potential as a human being and recognize the importance of inner transformation through a process of mental development. The art of happiness has many components. It begins with developing an understanding of what are the truest sources of happiness and setting your priorities in life based on the cultivation of those sources. "It involves an inner discipline, a gradual process of rooting out destructive mental states and replacing them with positive, constructive states of mind, such as kindness, tolerance, and forgiveness."2 Balance is a key element of a happy life. Case in Point Bertrand Russell about Happiness "There is not law of nature guaranteeing that mankind should be happy. Everybody can see that this is true of our life here on earth, but by a curious twist our very sufferings in this life are made into an argument for a better life hereafter. We should not employ such an argument in any other connection. If you had bought ten dozen eggs from a man, and the first dozen were all rotten, you would not infer that the remaining nine dozen must be of surpassing excellence; yet that is the kind of reasoning that "the heart" encourages as a consolation for our sufferings here below."1 Success is good, but happiness is even better. That's why we are proud to offer this powerful book filled with practical ideas for achieving a lasting sense of happiness and well-being. Happiness Is a Decision of the Heart is a 235 page hard-cover book featuring chapters by experts on every aspect of happiness. 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