Orientations to happiness and the experience of everyday activities

• Autores: Carsten Grimm, Simon Kemp, Paul E. Jose
• Localización: Journal of Positive Psychology, ISSN-e 1743-9779, Vol. 10, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 207-218
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The orientation to happiness framework proposes that individuals seek well-being through three behavioral orientations: Pleasure, meaning, and engagement. We investigated how orientations to happiness (OTH) influenced the pursuit and experience of daily activities using experience sampling methods. One hundred and seventy three people responded to three text messages per day for seven days asking how they felt about their current activity. Most participants did not report a dominant orientation to happiness, and the highest rated orientation receiving did not predict which daily activities participants engaged in most. However, trait orientation to happiness related to how activities were experienced. Individuals scoring highly on all three orientations rated their activities highly on momentary pleasure, meaning, engagement, and happiness. Overall, it appears more important for daily well-being to have a balanced and strong portfolio of the three OTH than to have any one particularly dominant orientation.