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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Pursuit of happiness"”.
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Alienation and Dwelling: The Pursuit of Happiness in Late Eighteenth-Century Literature
During the enlightenment a subjectivist concept of happiness became prominent and remains so today. This view, in which happiness is a mental state, instantiates a tension between happiness and ethics, happiness and reality, because it juxtaposes an inward condition with outward objectivity. This …
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Jonathan Edwards and Sanctification: The Pursuit of Happiness Found in Union and Obedience
This research endeavors to answer the question of why the believer should obey, specifically considering the issues of motive and ability. The thesis of this study is that Jonathan Edwards provides the critical missing element of happiness in the sanctification debates of today, an element that is …
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Toward a systematic evaluation of evaluating favorable conditions in a parent training program: The pursuit of happiness.
Research has shown that parents of children with disabilities, such as autism, experience significantly higher stress levels than parents of typically developing children. It has been suggested that parent education programs, in particular naturalistic communication training, will reduce parental …
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The pursuit of happiness: using Hellenistic and Romantic foundations to demedicalise and demystify modern therapeutic approaches regarding depression
… has on the therapeutic industry of the twenty-first century. I offer a comparison between Hellenistic and Romantic philosophy to bidirectionally supplement two unique approaches to mental well-being. The chosen canon may equally appear inaccessible, so the concepts of Stoic …
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A study in religious worldview and subjective well-being
… religious worldview and multiple measures of subjective well-being, including: the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (Chamberlain & Haaga, 2001a), the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005), the Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, …
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A Collection of Prose
<p>This collection of prose is a representation of my work in the program. It explores the various styles of fictional storytelling, exploring themes of connecting with oneself and others and what it means to be seen in the world. The flash fiction pieces invite readers to embark on a journey of …
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Examining the Influence of Race, Class and Gender Inequalities on Perceptions of the American Dream Since the 2008 Economic Recession
… a national ethos embodied in the moniker “land of the free” and defined by a set of ideals in which being free means all men and women have an equal opportunity for prosperity, the pursuit of happiness and success. In essence, simply having access to upward social mobility achieved through one’s …
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Imagination and the affirmation of the ordinary : words and deeds in the films of Frank Capra
… the American romantic tradition. Characteristic of this tradition is a strong interest in the relation between the individual experience of the grand dream and the everyday life of the community. This tradition understands the attempt to reconcile grand dreaming with the mundane practices of …
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A natural quartet: working with nature for a humane 21st century
<p>The preeminence of nature, an intolerance of tyranny, the use of empirical inquiry and the pursuit of happiness: four ideas -- a quartet -- are woven into the fabric of the Declaration of Independence, American culture and other cultures. This exploration of the powerful and useful quartet of …
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The effect of community police integrity, trust and performance on community happiness in the United Arab Emirates
The concept of community happiness is increasingly being researched on as more governments are implementing initiatives to help people in their pursuit of happiness. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the community police have been entrusted with a challenging task of contributing to community …
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Happiness and impulse buying: An exploration into the perceptions of female consumers aged between 18 and 35 in Germany
… impulse buying in particular have a long history of negative associations in research. Consumers are advised by the popular press to refrain from impulse buying. Marketing practitioners, on the other hand, strive to further increase consumer impulse buying expenditures, which have already been on …
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Abolition as Obedience to the Higher Law
The purpose of this paper is to trace the idea of the higher law as the warp thread running throughout the whole fabric of the history of the anti-slavery movement. To be sure it assumed different emphases and applications at different times, but it remained the "root" idea of abolition. The …
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Why people don't go to church : a study of factors associated with non-participation and participation in church in Australia
… many sociologists to be in decline. The causes of this decline have been linked to secularising processes such as institutional differentiation, urbanisation, industrialisation, and the rise of scientific rationalism. The primary research aim of this study is to identify what contribution the …
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What influences success of high school students: a phenomenological perspective
The concept of how students achieve success in high school is a difficult one. The researcher assumed that student success was affected by both internal and external forces. The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover what those forces were and how faculty, parents and administrators …
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The influence of income on subjective well-being: An empirical study in transitional country of Vietnam
Abstracts The pursuit of happiness is not merely a personal endeavour but also a societal imperative, influencing governmental policies and individual well-being. In the realm of economics, the correlation between income and happiness has long been a subject of scrutiny, particularly the phenomenon …
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Connecting to what matters : how meaning in life is explored and developed in coaching
… Yet societal shifts have led to a gradual loss of shared meaning from religious and authoritarian structures (Martela, 2020; Vos, 2022), leaving individuals to find their own meaning. The pursuit of meaning may be seen as challenging in the current fast-paced, fragmented, hypercomplex digital …
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Slow Fashion Strategies for the Guangdong Industry from the Perspective of Well-Being
With the continuous destruction of the earth's environment, the sustainable development of fashion industry is receiving more and more attention. Slow fashion, as the opposite of fast fashion, is a fashion concept that promotes the sustainable development of the fashion industry by providing …
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The First Child in a Chinese Family Who Could Read Prior to Entry into Elementary School: A Qualitative Intrinsic Case Study
<p>This study is an account of the literacy-related human environment a Chinese girl experienced as the first person in the history of her family who was able to read prior to entry into elementary school. Temporally speaking, the study spanned more than a decade from the initial, tentative …