PURPOSE The technocratic and medicalized model of healthcare is rarely optimal for patients. By connecting two different studies we explore the possibilities of increasing quality of life in cancer care. METHODS The first study captures survival strategies in a historically isolated Arctic village in Norway resulting in Momentary contentment theory, which emerged from analysing four years of ...

possible explanation for these findings would be a regional variation in the incidence of mental illness, particularly among men. Alternatively, the explanation could be sociological, although the factor(s) involved will differ from those associated with inner city deprivation. Certainly, the conventional view of the rural idyll in the Scottish highlands-of contentment and freedom from stress-d...

Abstract Introduced in the United Kingdom 2012, Universal Credit (UC) is a welfare benefit that replaces six working-age ‘legacy’ benefits for out-of-work and low-income people. Designed with aim of simplifying incentivising paid work, UC represents deepening conditionality British state. Considering these developments, this paper quantitatively investigates effect on recipients’ life satisfact...

This study provides a comprehensive sociological exploration of happiness among older adults in Pakistan, drawing on diverse array socio-cultural factors. Utilizing mixed-method approach that combines in-depth interviews and thematic analysis, the research investigates multifaceted dimensions happiness, with particular emphasis satisfaction meeting physiological demands, generational shift from...

The present hypotheses were guided by four premises, which were systematically examined in six studies involving 409 undergraduate participants. The first premise, established by prior work, is that trait neuroticism is closely associated with avoidance-related goals. The second premise, however, is that neuroticism may be uncorrelated with cognitive tendencies to recognize threats as they occu...

This study aimed to examine the relations between character strengths and dispositional positive emotions (i.e. joy, contentment, pride, love, compassion, amusement, and awe). A sample of 574 German-speaking adults filled in the Dispositional Positive Emotion Scales (DPES; Shiota, Keltner, & John, 2006), and the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS; Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005)....

The issue of worker satisfaction is important both for the sake of individuals themselves and also for employers for whom happy staff should be productive staff. Highly satisfied staff have been shown to have lower propensities to quit and to be absent. Whilst there have been some interesting contributions in this field, the existing studies are weakened by their inability to control for workpl...