Study to measure response of happiness.
Author: Tanvi Murudkar, Shivangi Padhi, Clemencia D’cruz
Introduction: This survey aims to understand people’s emotions. Various Questions are framed in an appropriate manner so that correct response can be received. This survey helps to assess, understand, and enhance individual’s happiness, community well-being, economic equality, and environment sustainability.
Objective:
• This survey is aimed to instill self-awareness.
• The objective is to improve the mental well-being of students.
• The survey is aimed to stimulate good mental health, character, and resilience.
• This survey would help improve cognitive ability of the students.
• This survey would help to reduce anxiety, depression, and intolerance among students.
• The purpose of this survey is to build emotional awareness, to support decision making with that emotional awareness.
Literature Review:
I. The pursuit to happiness is perhaps as old as the existence of mankind. Mention of happiness can be found in texts and verses of ancient civilizations including India. There is not a single human being on earth who perhaps would not like to be happy. However, the context and meaning of happiness vary widely from person to person, situation to situation, and from time to time. The questions that are often raised are, “what is happiness”, “how many types of happiness”, “how dynamic is happiness”, “what gives rise to happiness”, “are parameters of happiness for an individual different from another, and if yes, how can they be measured”, and so on. This makes it extremely complicated to understand and define happiness most appropriately. These questions, directly or indirectly have been dealt by several authors, psychologists included.
-by Cheng, H. & Furnham
Vol 34(6), 921-942 2003.
II. Happiness researchers have noted a seldom-seen contradiction. Most people want more money and do a great deal to achieve this goal. But although people in industrialized countries have been getting richer for decades, they have by no means become happier. Amartya K. Sen argued that although income per capita was important, it was not as complete a measure of people’s welfare as their capabilities.
-by Bandura, A. & Locke, E.A
Vol 88(1), 87-99. 2003.
Questions Mean (x) SD SE Z
I am happy with the way I am. 3.722222222
1.198389366
0.11531507
-22.29345802
I am pleased with the way I approach my life. 3.453703704
1.105502459
0.106377024
-24.74787494
I am well satisfied about everything in my life. 3.185185185
1.077797583
0.103711121
-25.74131738
I am happy with the career that I choose. 3.2962963
1.23242227
0.11858989
-22.0009701
I am very optimistic about my future. 2.81481481
1.70840773
0.16439161
-15.4342916
Conclusion:
• Students are happy with the way they are.
• Students are pleased with the way they approach their life.
• Students are well satisfied about everything in their life.
• Students are happy in the career that they choose.
• Students are very optimistic about their future.
Reference:
Bandura, A. & Locke, E.A. (2003). Negative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(1), 87-99.
Cheng, H. & Furnham, A. (2003). Personality, self-esteem, and demographic predictions of happiness and depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 34(6), 921-942.