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The psychology of happiness: interventions Influencing happiness
Figurová, Mária ; Bahbouh, Radvan (advisor) ; Blatný, Marek (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of happiness and happiness increasing intervention strategies. The theoretical chapters discuss different approaches to defining the term and they are inclined to the view that the term reflects the subjective satisfaction with life of an individual. The thesis further deals with a number of major theories of happiness, analyzes its relationship to other variables, such as heredity, health, money or work and it gives an overview of the best known intervention strategies affecting experiencing happiness in the end of the theoretical part of it. Empirical research is aimed at testing the effectiveness of the chosen strategy - attentivenes - on the changes in experiencing happiness. Although the statistical analysis does not confirm the validity of the hypothesis of an increase in subjective levels of happiness after applying the intervention, the results tend to indicate the effectiveness of the method. Keywords: positive psychology, happiness, satisfaction, attentiveness.
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The Psychology of Happiness: Mindfulness and Experiencing Happiness
Figurová, Mária ; Niederlová, Markéta (referee)
This thesis deals with the theme of happiness and possibilities of influencing it. In the theoretical section it brings different approaches to defining happiness, it presents some of the best known theories about happiness and its relation to numerous variables, including human personality. It also focuses on the overview of positive psychology interventions that are aimed at increasing happiness, while mainly focusing on strategy of increasing mindfulness. In the final theoretical chapter, it introduces the concept of sensory processing sensitivity, which later appears in the research hypotheses. The empirical section of the thesis deals mainly with effectiveness of the examined strategy - increasing mindfulness - on increasing happiness. In following hypotheses, it examines whether effectiveness of this technique may be related to the personality of an individual or his/her sensory processing sensitivity. Although statistical analysis does not confirm the validity of the hypotheses, in the case of the first hypothesis, the results indicate a tendency towards proving the method's effectiveness. Possible causes for the hypotheses not being statistically confirmed are critically analyzed. The research also brings a qualitative perspective and introduces some of the strategies for increasing...
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The psychology of happiness: interventions Influencing happiness
Figurová, Mária ; Bahbouh, Radvan (advisor) ; Blatný, Marek (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of happiness and happiness increasing intervention strategies. The theoretical chapters discuss different approaches to defining the term and they are inclined to the view that the term reflects the subjective satisfaction with life of an individual. The thesis further deals with a number of major theories of happiness, analyzes its relationship to other variables, such as heredity, health, money or work and it gives an overview of the best known intervention strategies affecting experiencing happiness in the end of the theoretical part of it. Empirical research is aimed at testing the effectiveness of the chosen strategy - attentivenes - on the changes in experiencing happiness. Although the statistical analysis does not confirm the validity of the hypothesis of an increase in subjective levels of happiness after applying the intervention, the results tend to indicate the effectiveness of the method. Keywords: positive psychology, happiness, satisfaction, attentiveness.
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