The relation of Stressful Life Event and a Happy Life

International Journal Of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, 2013

The present study is an attempt to find out the relationship of Stressful Life Events and Happiness in a group of employed adults. Total 100 employed adult individuals (age range 23- 28 years) of both sexes were selected for the present study after an initial screening by General Health Questionnaire-28. To fulfill the objective of the present venture, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and Presumptive Stressful Life Event Scale were administered on the subjects following an uniform procedure. The nature of relationship was measured by using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Results indicated that Stressful Life Events bears a significant negative relationship with happiness.

The present study attempts to investigate various psychological correlates of happiness in a group of non clinical population. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Attributional Style Questionnaire, Presumptive stressful life events scale, Neo Five Factor Inventory and the Parental Bonding Instrument were administered individually to 40 employed adults (age range 23-28 years). The correlation of happiness with other psychological variables was examined using Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The findings revealed that parental care (especially mother's) and positive attribution style were found to be related with happiness. It was also observed that personality traits of extraversion and openness to experience were positively related with happiness whereas neuroticism was inversely related with happiness.

Journal of Public Health

Aim We aim to determine the frequency of stressful life events (SLEs) and investigate the association of single and aggregated SLEs with mental health and general subjective health, which has not been reported for an aging representative sample to date. Subjects and methods A total of 12,947 participants (35–74 years old) of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) in Germany were analyzed. SLEs were analyzed at the item and aggregated level with unweighted and weighted sum scores. Additionally, the survey included measures of mental health, general subjective health and demographics. Descriptive analyses were stratified by sex, age and socioeconomic status. Results Multivariate analyses of variance with SLE at the item level revealed large main effects for sex (ηp2 = 0.30) and age (ηp2 = 0.30); a moderate effect was found for socioeconomic status (ηp2 = 0.08). Interaction effects of sex with age and SES were also significant, but with negligible effect sizes. Regression analyses revealed s...

2009

L6 LIFE EVENTS 2 L6. 1 Life-event career 0 L6. 1.1 Earlier life-events 2 L6. 1.1. 1. burden of earlier life-events 11 L6. 1.1. 2. specific earlier life-events 6 L6. 1.2 Change in life-event burden 2 L6. 1.4 Later life-events 0 L6. 2 Current life-events (past few years) 0 L6. 2.1 Burden of current life-events 5 L6. 2.1. 1. major life-change or not 3 L6. 2.1. 2. summed life-events: equal weight 5 L6. 2.1. 3. summed life-events: standard weights 6 L6. 2.1. 4. summed life-events: weighted in context 1 L6. 2.1. 5. sum of negative life-events 7 L6.

International Journal of Public Health, 2011

Objectives This study evaluates the development of the stressful life event (SLE) questionnaire and tests the validity and reliability of it. Method In total, 3,951 adults aged over 18 years completed the SLE questionnaire. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to further validate the SLE questionnaire. Results Eleven domains, including home life, financial problems, social relation, personal conflict, job conflict, educational concerns, job security, loss and separation, sexual life, daily life, and health concerns were obtained by factor analysis. Correlation coefficient was moderately significant among domains of the SLE questionnaire and moderately between the SLE questionnaire and GHQ-12 score, as well. The results of the discriminate validity analysis were promising. In addition, standardized Cronbach'-a was 92%. Conclusion The resultant SLE questionnaire is, therefore, suggested to be potential for the stress measurement in both community and primary care setting.

Journal of happiness studies, 2010

Developing interventions to increase happiness is a major focus of the emerging field of positive psychology. Common beliefs about the need to reduce stress to obtain happiness suggest that stress management activities should be included in these interventions. However, the research on the relationship between positive and negative affect is equivocal. Theoretically, they are conceptualized as independent dimensions, but research has often found an inverse relationship between happiness and stress. In addition, the research generally attempts to assess stress objectively rather than in terms of the cognitive appraisal process. The current study examines the relationship between perceived stress and happiness among 100 college students to determine if the same inverse relationship exists. Linear correlations between happiness and perceived stress were significant indicating that there was an inverse relationship between these variables. The discussion focuses on several factors that might help to explain the observed relationship.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1981

The standard life events methodology for the prediction of psychological symptoms was compared with one focusing on relatively minor events, namely, the hassles and uplifts of everyday life. Hassles and Uplifts Scales were constructed and administered once a month for 10 consecutive months to a community sample of middle-aged adults. It was found that the Hassles Scale was a better predictor of concurrent and subsequent psychological symptoms than were the life events scores, and that the scale shared most of the variance in symptoms accounted for by life events. When the effects of life events scores were removed, hassles and symptoms remained significantly correlated. Uplifts were positively related to symptoms for women but not for men. Hassles and uplifts were also shown to be related, although only modestly so, to positive and negative affect, thus providing discriminate validation for hassles and uplifts in comparison to measures of emotion. It was concluded that the assessment of daily hassles and uplifts may be a better approach to the prediction of adaptational outcomes than the usual life events approach.

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021

Background: Stress is related to happiness in student life, it is a condition in the body and stimulated to respond from inside and outside the body. The body or mind is out of balance, with each person showing different stress affects the happiness in life in each period of that person. Objective: To examine the relationship between stress and the happiness of Rajabhat University students in Thailand. Material & Methods: This research was contextual research by using a cross-sectional survey. The samples were students selected the sample group by stratified proportion random simple and not overridden using a random number table. The sample consisted of 190 students. The research instruments were self-reported questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis were descriptive using inferential statistics to analyze relationships with static chi-square. Results: The results of the research, most students have a high level of stress and rare happiness in life. The study of the relationship between demographic factors, stress, and happiness in students' lives found that level education and family income have a relationship to the stress and gender associated with happiness. Stress was associated with happiness at a statistically significant level of 0.05. Conclusion: In this research, there are suggestions to study the cause of stress and ways to stress management and the factors that contribute to the happiness of students to enable students to continue living in quality teaching and learning

This chapter offers theoretical perspectives and practical considerations on factors that influence our health. It provides a review of various accounts of everyday stress, subjective well-being and affectivity. The chapter examines stressors which have been demonstrated by research to have a bearing on individual physical and mental health. It also considers typical stress responses and coping mechanisms. The chapter provides an overview of the components of well-being and their interrelationships, as well as some indicators and determinants of subjective well-being outcomes and health. Finally, we focus on the role of positive emotional states or affectivity that may also promote health and suggest some activities that can help in staying healthy in everyday life.