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Happiness: a beginner’s guide

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posted on 2024-10-28, 04:13 authored by Saxby PridmoreSaxby Pridmore, A Naguy, S Shahtahmasebi

We are interested in (predominantly western) ideas about how to achieve a happy life. We loosely define ‘happy’ as a spectrum of positive emotional states, extending fromcontentment to joy. More sophisticated definitions exist – but these differ from each otherand only completely satisfy their creators. Our loose definition may be broadly acceptable.We are not offering ‘Positive psychology’ (a term coined in 1998) – an emerging scientificapproach to understanding human ‘flourishing’ and ‘well-being’. Our aim was to discoverany general rules of happiness which could be of interest/value to the general population.

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Publication title

Dynamics of Human Health

Volume

10

ISSN

2382-1019

Department/School

Medicine

Publisher

Good Life Research Centre Trust

Place of publication

New Zealand

Socio-economic Objectives

200409 Mental health

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