Are you happy? Self-perception of happiness in children

Giacomoni, Cláudia Hofheinz; Souza, Luciana Karine de; Hutz, Cláudio Simon

doi:10.5935/2175-3520.20160002

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“…These results [40] also show that younger children reported a higher level of happiness compared to their older counterparts, and boys were more likely than girls to link leisure activities with their sense of happiness. Central to the children's understanding of happiness was the concept that it originates from within, rooted in personal emotions and affections, highlighting an intrinsic connection between the self and emotional well-being.…”

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“…On the other hand, the eudaimonic model seems to be articulated in children's recipes through ingredients that are connected to doing good, and contributing to others or the community. This connection with the hedonic and eudaimonic perspectives offers a starting point for further conversations with children on well-being and happiness, since "children's understanding of happiness is fertile material for creating interventions" [40]. Imagine the possibilities generated by reflecting on the just measure of pleasure based on Epicurean ethics, in which pleasure or pain must be chosen from a less immediate perspective?…”

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“…"Assessing happiness, subjective well-being and life satisfaction in children requires knowing how they understand what a happy person means and how a happy person presents themselves to others". Three studies on the issue are highlighted [38][39][40]. The first, carried out by Giacomoni et al [38], asked the guiding questions "what does it mean to be happy?"…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to Giacomoni, Souza and Hutz [39]: "The answers about 'nonviolence' link happiness to living in a harmonious environment, without fights and arguments." Finally, Giacomoni, Souza and Hutz [40], when approaching happiness from the children's selfperception, used a script whose guiding questions, this time, using the following set of questions: (1) Do you think you are happy? Why?…”

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Recipes for Happiness: Conversations on Happiness and Well-being in the School Environment

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2024

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Background: Since ancient times, the debate around happiness has been present in philosophical reflections. In the face of an increasingly complex society, impacted by several crisis, the need and urgency to debate conceptualizations of happiness and well-being is evident, and educational institutions may play a relevant role in this process. Objective: Considering philosophical and current psychological perspectives on well-being, this paper seeks to analyze children’s perceptions of happiness through the analysis of an anthology of recipes for happiness created by elementary school children in a public school in Brazil. Methodology: A qualitative analysis was carried out based on the content of 15 recipes for happiness, produced by 6th grade students at a federal public school in Brazil. Content analysis was conducted associating the thematic categories of the article “children’s conceptualizations of happiness” with the ingredients of the recipes for happiness. Results: Among the corpus of recipes analyzed in the study, positive feelings were present in 86.7% of the recipes, followed by positive self (66.7%), then friendship (46.7%), and leisure (33.3%). Conclusion: The results demonstrate writing recipes for happiness can be considered an effective intervention to articulate the debate about well-being in the school environment. Furthermore, understanding children's perceptions of happiness can be important data for developing well-being policies in schools.

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Section: Conceptualizations Of Happinesssupporting

confidence: 52%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptualizations Of Happinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptualizations Of Happinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Satisfação de vida, clima familiar e participação de crianças em atividades extracurriculares

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2020

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Trata-se de um estudo que investigou relações entre as atividades extracurriculares, vinculadas ou não a programas de tempo integral, a satisfação de vida e o clima familiar dos estudantes. Participaram da investigação 97 discentes de uma escola pública. Os participantes responderam ao Inventário do Clima Familiar para Crianças (ICF-C), a Escala Multidimensional de Satisfação de Vida para Crianças (EMSVC) e uma Escala de Envolvimento em Atividades Extracurriculares (EEAE). Os resultados indicaram que os meninos se envolvem mais em atividades livres, enquanto que as meninas realizam mais atividades acadêmicas/responsáveis e se vinculam mais com a escola. As ações vinculadas ao programa de tempo integral garantem o direito à proteção social, bem como o acesso a atividades artísticas e recreativas, o que destaca a relevância do Estado investir em políticas públicas para a infância.

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Are you happy? Self-perception of happiness in children

Cited by 2 publications

References 7 publications

Recipes for Happiness: Conversations on Happiness and Well-being in the School Environment

Recipes for Happiness: Conversations on Happiness and Well-being in the School Environment

Satisfação de vida, clima familiar e participação de crianças em atividades extracurriculares

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