Predictor variables of happiness and its connection with risk and protective factors for health

Frontiers in Psychology
Maite Garaigordobil

Abstract

Great thinkers, philosophers, scientists, and artists from History have often been concerned about one of the most important elements of life: happiness. The study had four goals: (1) To analyze possible differences in feelings of happiness as a function of sex and age; (2) To explore the relations of happiness with risk factors (psychopathological symptoms, behavior problems) and protective factors (self-concept-self-esteem, cooperative behavior, social skills) for health; (3) To identify predictor variables of happiness; and (4) To explore whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between happiness and psychopathological symptoms. The sample comprised 286 adolescents (14-16 years old). The study used a descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional methodology. Seven assessment instruments were administered. The ANOVAs confirm that there are no sex differences, but happiness decreases as age increases. Pearson coefficients show that adolescents with more feelings of happiness had fewer psychopathological symptoms (somatization, obsession-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism…), fewer behavioral problems (school-academic, antisocial behavior,...Continue Reading

References

Jun 1, 1997·The Journal of Social Psychology·K RigbyG Black
Sep 1, 1965·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·S E ROSENBERG
Dec 15, 2005·Psychological Bulletin·Sonja LyubomirskyEd Diener
Mar 5, 2008·Social Science & Medicine·David G Blanchflower, Andrew J Oswald
May 9, 2012·The Journal of Social Psychology·Melikşah DemirMohammad Raduan Mohd Ariff
Mar 9, 2013·Behavior Genetics·Meike BartelsDorret I Boomsma
Mar 1, 2008·Perspectives on Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science·Pelin Kesebir, Ed Diener

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Feb 12, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Maite GaraigordobilDarío Páez
Nov 18, 2016·The Spanish Journal of Psychology·Carmen MagantoLorea Kortabarria
Aug 6, 2020·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Anita RobitzschEva-Maria Skoda
Sep 24, 2016·Medicine·Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro PaivaCarlos Eduardo Paiva
Sep 6, 2017·Journal of AAPOS : the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus·Eileen E Birch, Krista R Kelly

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Anxiety Disorders

Discover the latest research on anxiety disorders including agoraphobia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder here.