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Article summary with Very happy people by Diener & Seligman (2)

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This is a research report of an experiment where 222 undergraduates were screened for high happiness. The upper 10% of consistently very happy people were compared with average people and very unhappy people. This study has tried to find out what some factor might be that influence high happiness: social relationships, personality and psychopathology, and variables that have been related to subjective well-being in correlational studies. It also examined whether there was a variable that was sufficient for happiness and a variable that was necessary for happiness (sufficient: everyone with the variable is happy, necessary: every happy person has the variable).

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Article summary of Very happy people by Diener & Seligman. (1)

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This is a research report of an experiment where 222 undergraduates were screened for high happiness. The upper 10% of consistently very happy people were compared with average people and very unhappy people. This study has tried to find out what some factor might be that influence high happiness: social relationships, personality and psychopathology, and variables that have been related to subjective well-being in correlational studies. It also examined whether there was a variable that was sufficient for happiness and a variable that was necessary for happiness (sufficient: everyone with the variable is happy, necessary: every happy person has the variable).

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Summary of The boy who was raised as a dog by Perry

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Tina is a girl and she is seven years old. She lives with her younger brother, sister and her mother.  According to her teachers, Tina behaves 'aggressively, improperly and exhibitionistically'. She is unable to keep her attention during class and refuses to follow instructions. She had been abused since she was four years old until the age of six by the son of her babysitter. This son tied up the children, raped them and penetrated them anally using objects. He threatened the children by saying that he would kill

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Ben je op zoek naar vrijwilligerswerk en wil je een bijdrage leveren aan het helpen en ondersteunen van vluchtelingen? Dan is dit project iets voor jou! In Athene bevindt zich het eerste vluchtelingenkamp op het Griekse vasteland. Het wordt gerund door de Griekse overheid en is een open kamp, wat in...

TEDtalk - The happy secret to better work - Shawn Achor

TEDtalk over de positieve psychologie. Hoe we geneigd zijn om te denken dat na succes het geluk volgt, maar hoe het in de praktijk juist andersom is. Door positief te zijn over het huidige moment creëren we juist meer succes. Tips om dit te oefenen worden genoemd in het laatste deel van de talk...

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How to get things done for others or yourself: Zen Habits Sometimes it is hard to get your act together, by reading this it is everything we already know, it comes down to Just do It. What helps is the app Insight Timer, with the Morning Routines. In the Happiness Course, it is scientifically p...

Pay it forward....

Input from the Philippines It has been more than 1,5 years since I left the Philippines, due to covid-19.  I am sort of reversed homesick. I have been listening to tagalog songs (Joey Ayala) and sending messages to my friends in the Philippines. And I found the birthday greetings from my colleg...

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Oh my, blue monday... I thought it was already the most depressing day of the year, with the wintertime, the clock turning back and all the rain. Scientifically it is proven that most people in the world are depressed on this monday. The reason is that holidays seem far and you had more than two wee...

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A review of the causes and consequences of optimism (summary)

Seeing the glass half full: A review of the causes and consequences of optimism Forgeard, M., & Seligman, M. (2012). Seeing the glass half full: A review of the causes and consequences of optimism. Pratiques Psychologiques, 18(2), 107-120. The psychological trait of optimism influences how indiv...

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  • What is this article about? This is a research report of an experiment where 222 undergraduates were screened for high happiness. The upper 10% of consistently very happy people were compared with average people and ve...

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  • What is this article about? This is a research report of an experiment where 222 undergraduates were screened for high happiness. The upper 10% of consistently very happy people were compared with average people and ve...

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