A global history of happiness

Lomas, Tim; Case, Brendan; Cratty, Flynn J.; VanderWheele, Tyler

doi:10.5502/ijw.v11i4.1457

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“…Since the earliest times of mankind, human beings have tried to find answers to the question of happiness (Sobel, 2020). Illustrious thinkers and philosophers have tried to solve this question without success (Lomas et al, 2021). This has generated a continuous reflection, both individual and collective, about this subject, being a matter of constant consideration for philosophy (Tesar and Peters, 2020).…”

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The scientific knowledge structure of happiness management in the business sphere: an exploratory bibliometric review

Martínez‐Falcó

Marco‐Lajara

Sánchez‐García

et al. 2023

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PurposeThe aim of this research is to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the academic literature indexed in the Core Collection of the Web of Science (WoS) on happiness management in companies during the period between 2000 and 2022. In particular, the variables used to keep the scientific production under study are as follows: (1) time evolution, (2) publication format, (3) categories, (4) authors, (5) institutions, (6) journals, (7) publishers and (8) countries.Design/methodology/approachTo carry out the analysis, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology is followed, using the WoS database for data collection and VosViewer to create the network maps.FindingsThe results show, among other aspects, the accelerated growth rate of the scientific production studied since 2017, the use of publications in articles as the main format for disseminating research results, the relevance of the business category as the area of study in which most of the scientific production examined falls as well as the predominant role of the publishers Emerald, Springer and Elsevier in the publication of scientific documents on the subject under analysis.Originality/valueThere are different reasons that justify the originality of the study. First, the research advances the understanding of the academic literature on happiness management at the corporate level. Second, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there are no previous bibliometric studies that have addressed this topic. Third, the research analyses the literature under analysis from the first record to the year 2022, assuming an update of the previous narrative and systematic reviews carried out on the subject studied.

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The scientific knowledge structure of happiness management in the business sphere: an exploratory bibliometric review

Martínez‐Falcó

Marco‐Lajara

Sánchez‐García

et al. 2023

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“…One is that they facilitate construction of general theories with broad explanatory power. For example, constructivist and descriptive perspectives have highlighted how conceptualizations of emotion and wellbeing can differ based on cultural and historical context (Barrett, 2017;Lomas et al, 2021). However, once such differences are identified, conventional descriptive approaches in SWB research may have difficulty explaining why these differences exist.…”

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A computational neuroscience perspective on subjective wellbeing within the active inference framework

Smith¹,

Varshney²,

Nagayama³

et al. 2022

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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Understanding and promoting subjective wellbeing (SWB) has been the topic of increasing research, due in part to its potential contributions to health and productivity. To date, the conceptualization of SWB has been grounded within social psychology and largely focused on self-report measures. In this paper, we explore the potentially complementary tools and theoretical perspectives offered by computational neuroscience, with a focus on the active inference (AI) framework. This framework is motivated by the fact that the brain does not have direct access to the world; to select actions, it must instead infer the most likely external causes of the sensory input it receives from both the body and the external world. Because sensory input is always consistent with multiple interpretations, the brain’s internal model must use background knowledge, in the form of prior expectations, to make a “best guess” about the situation it is in and how it will change by taking one action or another. This best guess arises by minimizing an error signal representing the deviation between predicted and observed sensations given a chosen action—quantified mathematically by a variable called free energy (FE). Crucially, recent proposals have illustrated how emotional experience may emerge within AI as a natural consequence of the brain keeping track of the success of its model in selecting actions to minimize FE. In this paper, we draw on the concepts and mathematics in AI to highlight how different computational strategies can be used to minimize FE—some more successfully than others. This affords a characterization of how diverse individuals may adopt unique strategies for achieving high SWB. It also highlights novel ways in which SWB could be effectively improved. These considerations lead us to propose a novel computational framework for understanding SWB. We highlight several parameters in these models that could explain individual and cultural differences in SWB, and how they might inspire novel interventions. We conclude by proposing a line of future empirical research based on computational modelling that could complement current approaches to the study of wellbeing and its improvement.

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“…Happiness is a component of well-being and refers to positive emotions that reflect an individual’s life satisfaction [ 1 , 2 ]. While happiness itself is a highly valued outcome [ 3 ], it is also associated with health outcomes such as mental health [ 2 , 4 – 6 ] and suicide [ 7 – 9 ] as well as health behaviors such as drinking [ 10 , 11 ], healthy dietary habits [ 11 – 15 ], smoking [ 10 , 11 , 15 ], and physical activity [ 10 – 22 ]. Some of these associations are likely to be due to reverse causation, that is, poor sleep causing unhappiness.…”

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Long-Term Trend in the Association Between Disaster Damage and Happiness Before and After the Great East Japan Earthquake

Nagai¹,

Hikichi

Shiba³

et al. 2022

Int J Public Health

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Objectives: Disasters change survivors’ living circumstances, which can affect their happiness. We examined the trends in the association between disaster damage and happiness before and after a disaster.Methods: We analyzed 4,044 participants aged ≥65 years who had experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The baseline survey was conducted 7 months before the disaster. Follow-up surveys have been conducted every 3 years. Using a mixed model for repeated measures, we compared the prevalence ratios (PRs) for unhappiness according to the survivors’ level of housing damage, which is a proxy for disaster damage.Results: The unhappiness in participants who suffered severe damage appeared to be higher than in those with no damage in 2010 (multivariate-adjusted PR: 1.18, 95% confidence interval: 0.93–1.48). A higher PR was observed after the earthquake in 2013 (1.34, 0.79–2.28), while there was no difference in 2016 (1.02, 0.53–1.97) and 2019 (1.03, 0.50–2.12).Conclusion: The prevalence of unhappiness in survivors with severe housing damage was higher before the disaster. However, the unhappiness gap between people with and without housing damage converged during the follow-up.

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A global history of happiness

Cited by 19 publications

References 38 publications

The scientific knowledge structure of happiness management in the business sphere: an exploratory bibliometric review

The scientific knowledge structure of happiness management in the business sphere: an exploratory bibliometric review

A computational neuroscience perspective on subjective wellbeing within the active inference framework

Long-Term Trend in the Association Between Disaster Damage and Happiness Before and After the Great East Japan Earthquake

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