The Relationship Between Happiness And Happiness

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Can helping others lead greater happiness? Generally speaking, happiness or well-being consists of feeling hopeful, happy, and right about oneself, as well as energetic and connected to others. Happiness, perceived as the “psychological reward, an internal signaling device that indicates an adaptive problem has been or is in the process of being, solved successfully” (Hill, DelPriore, & Major, 2013). Likewise, ‘eating’ and ‘sex’ make people happy, as these behaviors are essential adaptive goals. To explain for this adaptive reason, performing acts of kindness might create happiness for caring for family, maintaining associations, and trading purposes. Although generosity can assume many forms, giving to others frequently involves sacrificing money or time (Liu & Aaker, 2008). …show more content…

For example, those who spend money on others are happier (Laura B. Aknin et al., 2013), or in an older study, families of recently deceased loved ones reported a psychological benefit from their decision to donate organs (Batten & Prottas, 1987). As well as, comparing retirees older than 65 that volunteer vs. those who don’t (Hunter & Lin, 1980-1981). These studies lack the ability to establish the causal relationship between kindness and happiness. It’s possible that a third variable is causing individuals to be happy and helpful such as health, income, personality, or current mental state. It’s crucial that we establish a clear causal connection, for the sake that kindness interventions may not work from this practical

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