What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts

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Greco, Carolina; Ison, Mirta Susana
Año de publicación
2014
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 A growing body of research has documented factors that predict happiness in adults; however, studies on children's happiness have just begun. The aim of this study was to explore Argentine children's reasons for happiness. The sample included 120 children between the ages of 7 and 9 years (M = 8.03; SD = 0.72) who attended Argentine public schools. The Face Scale was used to evaluate how children assess happiness and a focused interview was conducted to obtain their spontaneous verbal descriptions of what made them happy. A content analysis was then conducted was after the interviews. Most of the children reckoned that family and friendships were the main sources of happiness. They also mentioned different kinds of activities as sources of happiness, like school, recreation and leisure activities, and owning and playing with pets. These findings may be useful for designing mental health programs aimed at promoting positive socio-emotional development during childhood.
Fil: Greco, Carolina. Universidad del Aconcagua. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Ison, Mirta Susana. Universidad del Aconcagua. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
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Happiness
Children
Well-Being
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title What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
spellingShingle What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
Greco, Carolina
Happiness
Children
Well-Being
title_short What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
title_full What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
title_fullStr What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
title_full_unstemmed What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
title_sort What makes you happy?: Appreciating the reason that bring happiness to argentine children living in vulnerable social contexts
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Greco, Carolina
Ison, Mirta Susana
author Greco, Carolina
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Ison, Mirta Susana
author_role author
author2 Ison, Mirta Susana
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Happiness
Children
Well-Being
topic Happiness
Children
Well-Being
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv  A growing body of research has documented factors that predict happiness in adults; however, studies on children's happiness have just begun. The aim of this study was to explore Argentine children's reasons for happiness. The sample included 120 children between the ages of 7 and 9 years (M = 8.03; SD = 0.72) who attended Argentine public schools. The Face Scale was used to evaluate how children assess happiness and a focused interview was conducted to obtain their spontaneous verbal descriptions of what made them happy. A content analysis was then conducted was after the interviews. Most of the children reckoned that family and friendships were the main sources of happiness. They also mentioned different kinds of activities as sources of happiness, like school, recreation and leisure activities, and owning and playing with pets. These findings may be useful for designing mental health programs aimed at promoting positive socio-emotional development during childhood.
Fil: Greco, Carolina. Universidad del Aconcagua. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Ison, Mirta Susana. Universidad del Aconcagua. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
description  A growing body of research has documented factors that predict happiness in adults; however, studies on children's happiness have just begun. The aim of this study was to explore Argentine children's reasons for happiness. The sample included 120 children between the ages of 7 and 9 years (M = 8.03; SD = 0.72) who attended Argentine public schools. The Face Scale was used to evaluate how children assess happiness and a focused interview was conducted to obtain their spontaneous verbal descriptions of what made them happy. A content analysis was then conducted was after the interviews. Most of the children reckoned that family and friendships were the main sources of happiness. They also mentioned different kinds of activities as sources of happiness, like school, recreation and leisure activities, and owning and playing with pets. These findings may be useful for designing mental health programs aimed at promoting positive socio-emotional development during childhood.
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