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Happiness

Use this research guide to find information on happiness and related topics

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Researching Happiness

 

                

 

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Search Words

As you go through the research process it's useful to write down search words.  Here are some to consider:

  • happiness
  • quality of life
  • well-being
  • optimism
  • positivity
  • positive psychology
  • personal fulfillment
  • happiness and brain
  • happiness and neuroscience
  • happiness and economic aspects
  • job satisfaction
  • grit
  • resilience
  • adversity
  • self control

Source for Images

Happy senior couple. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1271788/1/132_1271788/cite. Accessed 4 May 2017.

Portrait of two smiling children of the Kalagan tribe famous for Eric an ethnic dance of joy and happiness, at Cotabato on Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/151_2522722/1/151_2522722/cite. Accessed 4 May 2017.