Background and Objectives: Today, happiness and life satisfaction play a crucial role in women’s health in every society. This study was conducted to compare the level of happiness and life satisfaction between employed women and housewives and to examine the factors affecting it.   Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 720 employed women and housewives in Kerman, Iran in 20...

  Abstract   Objectives: Happiness is one of the most basic concepts in positive psychology. The goal of the present study was to examine the effect of family communication patterns, including consensual, pluralistic, protective and laissez-faire, on happiness.   Method: This was a cross-sectional study. Participants were 200 high school students (100 females, 100 males) in the city of Shiraz w...

Introdution: In today's societies, a high percentage of people are dissatisfied with the physical appearance that such physical dissatisfaction provides tendencies for many psychological problems.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body image and self-concept with happiness among women seeking cosmetic surgery in Tehran. Methods The research method was descrip...

Introduction: The purpose of the present study is the influence happiness training on students’ mental health and level of happiness. Methods: A pre-test post-test method with control group is applied in the present work. At first, the GHQ-28 questioner is given to 500 students. Afterwards, 70 students have been chosen randomly among those that have had low mental health. They have been divide...

Introduction: Although the use of the happiness economy approach does not have much history, since policy makers generally make decisions in the direction of increasing well-being and public satisfaction, it becomes important to quantify the concept of mental well-being and examine the factors affecting it in order to improve happiness in society. Methods: The purpose of this research is to in...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to survey relationship between religious orientation and happiness in elderly man and woman in Tehran. Methods & Materials: The present study was descriptive and causal- Comparative. In order to survey the relationship between religious orientation and happiness among the elderly men and women in Tehran 389 aged people above 60 years including 247 men an...

Happiness is the first and the most fundamental concept in positive psychology. Hence the numbers of studies are on the rise. The aim of this study is predictive role of happiness by psychological capital and purpose in life on geological staff in Tehran. In this correlation study participants included 160 employees of the Geological Survey of Tehran. Tools used in research were Oxford Happines...