Lay Theories of Happiness

By Adrian Furnham, Helen Cheng. 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years (2010, background): “... traits such as extroversion and neuroticism (Cheng and Furnham 2001, 2003; Furnham and Brewin 1990; Hayes and Joseph 2003; Hills and Argyle 2001a, b; Neto 2001; Pavot et al. 1990), and variables related to personality such as attributional stability (Cheng and Furnham 2001), emotional stability ”
The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings (2011, methodology): “Furnham and Cheng (2000) also emphasized the importance of studying lay theories of happiness but they used a questionnaire with 38 items derived either from the literature or from interviews with lay people without providing sufficient detail on item selection.”
Self-objectification and Well-being: The Impact of Self-objectification on Women’s Overall Sense of Self-worth and Life Satisfaction (2008, background): “Moreover, self-esteem has been linked in expected ways to varied positive (e.g., Furnham and Cheng 2000; Judge et al. 2000) and negative health outcomes (e.g., Beck et al. 2001; Overholser et al. 1995).”
The Contribution of Social Relationships to Children’s Happiness (2009, background): “For example, children’s well-being is associated with parental style (Suldo and Huebner 2004), and young adults’ ratings of their relationships with their parents predicted their happiness (Furnham and Cheng 2000b).”
Self-esteem in a broad-spectrum approach for mental health promotion. (2004, background): “Self-esteem has been found to be the most dominant and powerful predictor of happiness (Furnham and Cheng, 2000).”
Individual-oriented and socially oriented cultural conceptions of subjective well-being: Conceptual analysis and scale development (2006, result): “…in the ways that people achieve and maintain wellbeing, as already shown by ours and other researchers’ studies (Diener & Diener, 1995; Chiasson et al., 1996; Kwan et al., 1997; Lu & Shih, 1997; Furnham & Cheng, 2000; Suh, 2000; Lu, 2001; Lu et al., 2001a; Lu et al., 2001b; Lu & Gilmour, 2004a, b).”