• Positive Affect

    Positive Affect is one of the three aspects of happiness.  Much of this article is summarised from 'The Psychology of Happiness' (Argyle, 2001).

    A number of researchers have looked at positive emotions including Maslow (1968), Csikszentmihalyi (1975), Argyle & Crossland (1987), Waterman (1993) and Privette (1983). Common characteristics of what ...

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  • The Nature of Satisfaction with Life

    Satisfaction with Life is one of the three aspects of happiness.  Much of this article is summarised from 'The Psychology of Happiness' (Argyle, 2001).

    Satisfaction is the cognitive aspect of happiness - the part that is a conscious appraisal and judgement about how things have been going. Inevitably such a ...

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  • Negative Affect

    Negative Affect is one of the three aspects of happiness. It is closely related to stress.  Much of this article is summarised from 'The Psychology of Happiness' (Argyle, 2001)

    The absence of Negative Affect is one of the keys to happiness. Negative Affect is an emotional response to certain situations, ...

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  • Stress, Happiness and their impact on our bodies

    Stress is one of the issues of our times. This article looks at how it physically affects us.  This article is a summary of The Psychology of Happiness (Argyle, 2001).

    There are clear links between happiness, stress and physical health because the brain drives the way the body reacts to ...

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  • The Path to Spirituality

    There is often talk about the idea of Spirituality, This article provides a summary of personal development from a spiritual perspective. It reflects the work of the philosopher Ken Wilber.

    If you've ever looked into the subject of spirituality in any depth, you'll know just how many different perspectives there ...

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  • What is Happiness?

    Happiness is a major factor in such things as employee satisfaction. This article provides a summary of the academic literature that describes the nature of happiness. Much of  this article is summarised from The Psychology of Happiness (Argyle, 2001)

    Most people have an innate sense of how happiness feels. However ...

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