NDLI: Happiness Inducing Behaviors in Everyday Life: An Empirical Assessment of “The How of Happiness”

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Author	Warner, Rebecca M. Vroman, Kerryellen G.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The frequency of Happiness Inducing Behaviors (HIB) was assessed in a survey of 903 university students; measures of Big Five personality traits and happiness were also obtained. Students reported engaging in many HIBs about 1–3 times per week. Analysis of HIB yielded three factors: Positive/Proactive Behaviors; Spiritual Behaviors; and Physical Health Behaviors. Positive/Proactive behaviors predicted significant additional variance in happiness beyond the variance predictable from Big Five personality traits. Mediation analysis suggested that effects of Big Five traits on happiness may be mediated to varying degrees by engagement in Positive/Proactive Behaviors and Physical Health Behaviors. Additional analyses examined possible moderation of the association between HIB and happiness by gender and Big Five traits; the strength of association between behavior and happiness did not differ between women and men, or across people with different scores on Big Five traits. This study provides additional evidence that naturally occurring behaviors are predictive of happiness in everyday life and confirms earlier findings about the degree to which behaviors mediate effects of Big Five traits on happiness.
Starting Page	1063
Ending Page	1082
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-01-04
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Behavior Big five Happiness Factor analysis Mediation Economics/Management Science Philosophy Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

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