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Project Report
Finding Happiness for Privileged andUnderprivileged
SUBMITTED TO:Mam Faryal Shah
SUBMITTED BY:
Sana Ziab 19!"
Faisal #areem 191$
%a&ad 'n&ar 1"$MohammadFai(an 19)!*
Introduction
How happy are you with your life at this moment? Are you etter than e!er
efore" #on$t %are" or !ery unhappy? Before answerin& this 'uestion" how
woul# you #e(ne happiness?
Most of us proaly #on$t elie!e we nee# a formal #e(nition of happiness)
we *now it when we feel it" an# we often use the term to #es%rie a ran&e of
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positi!e emotions" in%lu#in& +oy" pri#e" %ontentment" an# &ratitu#e, -hen
use# in a roa#er sense" the wor# happiness is synonymous with 'uality of
life. or /well0ein&., In this meanin& it #enotes that life is &oo#" ut #oes not
spe%ify what is &oo# aout life, The wor# is also use# in more spe%i(% ways"
an# these %an e %lari(e# with the help of the %lassi(%ation of 'ualities of
life, Happiness is 1the e2perien%e of +oy" %ontentment" or positi!e well0ein&"
%omine# with a sense that one$s life is &oo#" meanin&ful" an# worthwhile,3
45yuomirs*y 1The How of Happiness36
Althou&h many people thin* that wealth lea#s to happiness" that$s not
always the %ase, Money %an %ertainly help you a%hie!e your &oals" pro!i#e
for your future" an# ma*e life more en+oyale" ut merely ha!in& the stu7
#oesn$t &uarantee ful(llment, Happiness is somethin& e!eryone wants to
ha!e, You may e su%%essful an# ha!e a lot of money" ut without happiness
it will e meanin&less,
That$s why we are e2%ite# with this theme of Happiness, -e will #is%uss this
topi% an# for sure we will learn a lot, But" efore we mo!e further" it$s a &oo#
i#ea to &et #eeper un#erstan#in& of the wor# happiness itself, Un#erstan#in&
what happiness is will &i!e us &oo# &roun# upon whi%h to uil# our
#is%ussions,
8esear%h in the (el# of positi!e psy%holo&y an# happiness often #e(ne a
happy person as someone who e2perien%es fre'uent positi!e emotions" su%h
as +oy" interest" an# pri#e" an# infre'uent 4thou&h not asent6 ne&ati!e
emotions" su%h as sa#ness" an2iety an# an&er 45yuomirs*y9;6,
Is life really aout the .money." the .%ash." who has the i&&est &ol# %hain or
who #ri!es the shiniest or fastest %ar" who sells the most alums or who has
the most respe%t? To#ay happiness is !iewe# in many #i7erent ways,
E!eryone #e(nes happiness a%%or#in& to their personal perspe%ti!es, Ea%h
in#i!i#ual #es%ries their inner feelin&s in a way that you %an.t %ompare with
another, Happiness ori&inally an# lo&i%ally means the inner state of well
ein& or a pleasurale or satisfyin& e2perien%e, It enales you to pro(t from
your hi&hest: thou&hts" wis#om" intelli&en%e" %ommon sense" emotions"
health" an# spiritual !alues in your life, 8e&ar#less of where you are on thehappiness spe%trum" ea%h person has their own way of #e(nin& happiness,
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A%%or#in& to Merriam0-ester$s Online Di%tionary" here is the #e(nition of
happiness:
A state of well0ein& an# %ontentment" a pleasurale or satisfyin& e2perien%e
Happiness is when what you thin*" what you say" an# what you #o are in
harmony, Mahatma =an#hi
Happiness is that state of %ons%iousness whi%h pro%ee#s from the
a%hie!ement of one$s !alues, Ayn 8an#
Happiness is essentially a state of &oin& somewhere" wholehearte#ly" one0
#ire%tionally" without re&ret or reser!ation, -illiam H, Shel#on
Happiness is not somethin& you e2perien%e" it$s somethin& you rememer,Os%ar 5e!ant
Happiness is the spiritual e2perien%e of li!in& e!ery minute with lo!e" &ra%e
an# &ratitu#e,
Denis -aitley
>Happiness is the meanin& an# purpose of life" the whole aim an# en# of
human e2isten%e,>0 Aristotle
The %on%ept of happiness is this simple, -hat we are stri!in& for lies in
oursel!es, It starts from us an# en#s at us, Happiness is essentially &ettin&
a%* to our true nature, -e are nothin& ut a pure an# #i!ine spe%* of%osmi% ener&y, On%e we realie this" we will *now the ultimate purpose of life
an# as Dalai 5ama sai#" 1The purpose of our life is to e Happy,3
Happiness is a state of min#, It is a pleasant emotion ma#e of lo!e" inner
pea%e" +oy" %ontentment an# ful(llment, How happy %an we e" #epen#s on
how we %hoose to a%t an# thin*, It is an art that %an e %ulti!ate# y
fo%usin& on small thin&s in life whi%h are often i&nore#" ut %arry a lot of
meanin&, -e all stri!e an# spen# our entire li!es for a%hie!in& su%%ess"
money" %areer an# wealth in or#er to a%hie!e happiness, -e *eep on stri!in&
without awar#in& the see#s of happiness 0 health" relationships" pea%e ofmin#" &ratitu#e" *in#ness" lo!e" faith an# so forth, -e nee# to e aware" we
nee# to %hoose happiness@
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Literature Review
The i#ea of an# sear%h for happiness has intri&ue# thin*ers for thousan#s of
years" startin& with the An%ient =ree*s 4e,&, Aristotle$s i%oma%hean Ethi%s6"
ut it has only een stu#ie# an# measure# in a systemati% way within the
last few #e%a#es,
Aristotle sou&ht to #e(ne the ultimate en# or 1&oo#3 in life, He hel# that all
our pursuits as humans were meant to a%hie!e a (nal" ultimate 1&oo#3) that
of happiness: 15et us resume our in'uiry an# state" in !iew of the fa%t that all
*nowle#&e an# e!ery pursuit aims at some &oo#" what it is that we say
politi%al s%ien%e aims as an# what is the hi&hest of all &oo#s a%hie!ale ya%tion, erally there is !ery &eneral a&reement) for oth the &eneral run of
men an# people of superior re(nement say that it is happiness" an# i#entify
li!in& well an# farin& well with ein& happy) ut with re&ar# to what
happiness is they #i7er" an# the many #o not &i!e the same a%%ount as the
wise3 48oss C6, Aristotle %ontinue# his analysis of happiness: 1ow we
%all that whi%h is in itself worthy of pursuit more (nal than that whi%h is
worthy of pursuit for the sa*e of somethin& else,,, an# therefore we %all (nal
without 'uali(%ation that whi%h is always #esirale in itself an# ne!er for the
sa*e of somethin& else, ow su%h a thin& is happiness" ao!e all else" is hel#to e) for this we %hoose always for itself an# ne!er for the sa*e of
somethin& else" ut honor" pleasure" reason" an# e!ery !irtue we %hoose
in#ee# for themsel!es 4for if nothin& results from them we shoul# still %hoose
ea%h of them6" ut we %hoose them also for the sa*e of happiness" +u#&in&
that throu&h them we shall e happy, Happiness" on the other han#" no one
%hooses for the sa*e of these" nor" in &eneral" for anythin& other than itself3
48oss C6,
In other wor#s" a%%or#in& to Aristotle" happiness is the ultimate human
purpose of life on Earth,In CFFG" o!er 9" years after Aristotle" the Unite# States De%laration of
In#epen#en%e ar&ue# for 1%ertain inalienale 8i&hts" that amon& these are
5ife" 5ierty an# the
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In the Unite# inom 4U,,6" eremy Bentham$s utilitarian philosophy helpe#
popularie the i#ea of happiness, Bentham$s 1&reatest happiness prin%iple3
ar&ue# that the purpose of politi%s shoul# e to rin& the &reatest happiness
to the &reatest numer of people, Sin%e then" politi%al interest in happiness
has persiste# within %ontemporary so%iety,
Jurthermore" resear%hers re%ently as*e# a sample of %olle&e stu#ents from
#i7erent %ountries to rate the importan%e of se!eral !alues on a s%ale from C
to , Happiness %ame out (rst with a s%ore of ," sli&htly ao!e health an#
lo!eKa7e%tion 4F,6" ut well ao!e wealth 4G,6" amon& others 4Oishi 9L6,
Most importantly" happiness is a %entral %riterion of mental health, As is
#is%usse# in more #etail elow" happiness is asso%iate# with a wi#e ran&e of
tan&ile ene(ts" in%lu#in& enhan%e# physi%al health" superior %opin& s*ills"
etter so%ial fun%tion" !o%ational su%%ess an# e!en lon&er life, learly" the
sear%h for happiness %ontinues to e of primary politi%al" so%ial an#
in#i!i#ual importan%e in the worl# to#ay,
In or#er to #is%uss (n#in& of happiness an# re!iew the rele!ant literature" it
is ne%essary to (rst #e(ne some terms su%h as su+e%ti!e well0ein& an#
happiness,
Su+e%ti!e -ell0Bein& 4S-B6 refers to how people e!aluate their li!es an# is
the most wi#ely a%%epte# measure of happiness an# life satisfa%tion,
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#ays?3 or" 1Ta*en all toðer" woul# you say that you are !ery happy" pretty
happy" or not too happy?3 The results of these S-B measurements #isplay
1mo#erately hi&h le!els of %ross0situational %onsisten%y an# temporal
staility an#P show a#e'uate !ali#ity" reliaility" fa%tor in!arian%e" an#
sensiti!ity to %han&e3 4Diener CL6,
Happiness itself has two #istin%t manifestations: ephemeral an# authenti%
happiness, Ephemeral happiness refers to rief an# emotional episo#es
mar*e# y pleasure 4su%h as the +oy an in#i!i#ual may feel when they ha!e
ma#e a new pur%hase6" whereas authenti% happiness refers to an un#erlyin&
state of satisfa%tion with one$s life mar*e# y pleasure" en&a&ement an#
meanin& 4Seli&man 996, Often" what lea#s to ephemeral happiness at a
&i!en moment in time may not e the same as what pro#u%es authenti%
happiness" or lon&0term positi!e S-B,
The (el# of positi!e psy%holo&y has also #e!elope# a more nuan%e# formula
for #e(nin& happiness that supports the notion that authenti% happiness 4!s,
ephemeral happiness6 is a more holisti% an# !ali# measure of true happiness
an# that ephemeral happiness 4or pleasure6 is only one of three %omponents
4an# the least important of the three6 in #eterminin& an o!erall measure of
happiness, The formula use# y positi!e psy%holo&ists is:
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positi!e emotions roa#en their 1thou&ht0a%tion3 repertoires an# uil#
#urale physi%al" so%ial" an# intelle%tual resour%es 4Isen C6,
O!erall" happy in#i!i#uals are more li*ely to e Nourishin& people" oth
inwar#ly an# outwar#ly, As a result" enhan%in& peoples$ happiness le!els
may in#ee# e a worthy s%ienti(% &oal" espe%ially after their asi% physi%al
an# se%urity nee#s are met,
Althou&h there is no one *ey to a%hie!in& happiness" positi!e psy%holo&y has
#emonstrate# that there are in fa%t a spe%i(% set of in&re#ients that pro!e
!ital in a%hie!in& happiness, These in%lu#e ha!in& stron&" positi!e
relationships with family an# frien#s" elie!in& that one$s life has meanin&
an# ha!in& &oals eme##e# in your lon&0term !alues that you (n#
en+oyale" are wor*in& towar#s an# employ your stren&ths an# ailities
4Seli&man 996, The shorthan# formula positi!e psy%holo&ists ha!e#e!elope# an# %ontinue to resear%h is simply that pleasure plus en&a&ement
plus meanin& e'uals happiness 4BB 9F6,
A%%or#in& to Martin Seli&man" the 1father3 of positi!e psy%holo&y" there is
in#ee# a formula for a%hie!in& lastin& happiness: H R S Q Q
In this e'uation" H is #e(ne# as authenti%Ken#urin& happiness" S is your set
ran&e" is the %ir%umstan%es in one$s life" an# represents fa%tors un#er
your !oluntary eha!ioral %ontrol,
A%%or#in& to Seli&man" the S !ariale is" in part" &eneti%ally pre#etermine#,
Durin& the Cs" personality stu#ies of twins an# a#opte# %hil#ren
#emonstrate# two interestin& fa%ts: C, the psy%holo&y of i#enti%al twins is far
more similar than that of fraternal twins" an# 9, a#opte# %hil#ren are more
similar to their iolo&i%al parents then their a#opte# ones, These an# other
stu#ies #emonstrate" a%%or#in& to Seli&man" that rou&hly ; of most
personality traits %an e attriute# to &eneti% inheritan%e 4e!en thou&h
heritaility #oesn$t mean the trait is un%han&eale6, In other wor#s" 18ou&hly
half of your s%ore on happiness tests is a%%ounte# for y the s%ore your
iolo&i%al parents woul# ha!e &otten ha# they ta*en the test, This may mean
that we inherit a /steersman$ who ur&es us towar# a spe%i(% le!el ofhappiness or sa#ness3 4Seli&man 996,
This steersman results in a 1happiness thermostat3: a (2e# an# primarily
inherite# le!el of happiness 4S" the set ran&e6 that we e!entually re!ert to
#espite temporary perio#s of e2treme +oy or sa#ness eyon# or elow that
le!el,
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In a##ition" it is often %hallen&in& to raise one$s le!el of happiness e%ause
of what has een referre# to as the 1He#oni% Trea#mill,3 The He#oni%
Trea#mill refers to the ten#en%y of humans to rapi#ly a#apt to oth positi!e
an# ne&ati!e life e2perien%es an# retain a relati!ely stale le!el of happiness
re&ar#less of %ir%umstan%es, In other wor#s" this theory su&&ests that
happiness" for most people" is a relati!ely stale an# %onstant state, In#ee#"
stu#ies ha!e shown that ma+or e!ents" su%h as ein& (re# or promote#" ha!e
e2tremely low %orrelations to happiness 4Seli&man 996,
Ta*en toðer to form the S !ariale" one$s set ran&e" &eneti% steersman
an# he#oni% trea#mill ten# to pre!ent one$s le!el of happiness from
in%reasin& in a sustainale way,
In#ee#" there is relati!ely little s%ienti(% support for the i#ea that people$s
happiness le!els %an permanently %han&e for the etter, Jor e2ample" thehappiness0enhan%in& te%hni'ues propose# in the %opious self0help literature
&enerally ha!e little &roun#in& in s%ienti(% theory" an# little empiri%al
%on(rmation of their e7e%ti!eness 4u%*erman 96,
Unfortunately" %ontemporary a%a#emi% psy%holo&y #oesn$t pro!i#e mu%h
&ui#an%e, 8esear%h psy%holo&ists ha!e i#enti(e# many pre#i%tors of
people$s &eneral or a!era&e le!els of happiness or S-B, Jor e2ample"
stu#ies of %on%urrent S-B ha!e shown that it is inNuen%e# y a !ariety of
fa%tors" in%lu#in& #emo&raphi% status 4Myers 96" personality traits 45u%as
C, Jurthermore" #espite these a#!an%es" little is *nown aout how to
%han&e S-B V that is" the possiility of 1e%omin& happier,3 One e2planation
is that few stu#ies ha!e e2amine# S-B lon&itu#inally 4Diener C6, Another
reason for this ne&le%t is the #iW%ulty of %on#u%tin& lon&itu#inal an#
inter!ention stu#ies" a prolem that is further %ompoun#e# y the #earth of
applie# resear%hers fo%usin& on positi!e mental health rather than on
patholo&y, Jinally" a ma+or reason for the ne&le%t of this 'uestion is the
%onsi#erale s%ienti(% pessimism o!er whether it is e!en possile to oost
well0ein&,
In#ee#" there is only a small amount of s%ienti(% resear%h fo%use# on how
S-B %an e in%rease#" mu%h less sustaine#, Althou&h some of this resear%h
has %on%lu#e# that the pursuit of happiness is all ut futile #ue to our
&eneti% pre#ispositions an# the he#oni% trea#mill" some resear%hers ar&ue
that sustainale in%reases are in#ee# possile,
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C0C;, In a##ition" Son+a 5yuomirs*y elie!es that an 1in#i!i#ual$s %hroni%
happiness le!el is &o!erne# y three %lasses of fa%tors V 4C6 his or her
&eneti%ally0#etermine# set point 4or set ran&e6 for happiness" whi%h is
relati!ely immune to inNuen%e" 496 happiness0rele!ant %ir%umstantial fa%tors
4su%h as lo%ation" in%ome" an# marital status6" whi%h are #iW%ult ut not
impossile to %han&e" an# 46 intentional %o&niti!e" moti!ational" an#
eha!ioral a%ti!ities that %an inNuen%e well0ein&" an# are feasile ut
e7ortful to #eploy3 45yuomirs*y 96, 5yuomirs*y &oes on to state that 1It
is throu&h the intentional a%ti!ities in the thir# %lass that we elie!e that
sustainale in%reases in well0ein& are possile3,
The fa%t is that happiness %an an# #oes impro!e with time, Jor e2ample" a
990year stu#y that followe# appro2imately 9" healthy !eterans foun# that
life satisfa%tion in%rease# o!er these men$s li!es" pea*e# at a&e G;" an# #i#
not start notaly #e%linin& until a&e F; 4Spiro 9;6, A positi!e %orrelationetween a&e an# well0ein& measures has also een foun# in a 90year
lon&itu#inal stu#y of four &enerations of families 4=at 9C6 an# in a %ross0
se%tional stu#y of a#ults a&e# CF to 9 4asser 9C6, Althou&h these #ata
are merely su&&esti!e" they imply the possiility that true %han&es in well0
ein& may e relate# to people$s %apa%ity to resist a#aptation,
+eterminants of Happiness
what is *nown aout the %on#itions" lifestyles an# eha!iors that lea# to
happiness? In or#er to etter un#erstan# the etiolo&y of happiness" it is
important to (rst e2amine the %hara%teristi%s of in#i!i#uals who rate
themsel!es hi&hly in S-B sur!eys, A%%or#in& to Diener 4CG6" these
in#i!i#uals ten# to ha!e hi&h le!els of self0esteem) !iewin& them as
healthier" smarter" easier to &et alon& with" more ethi%al an# less pre+u#i%e#
than others, They feel in %ontrol of their li!es an# are oth optimisti% an#
e2tro!erte#,
A##itional resear%h has shown that personal psy%holo&i%al fa%tors 4in%lu#in&
those mentione# ao!e6 a%%ount for of the !ariation in happiness le!els"9; are attriute# to life e!ents 4marria&eK#i!or%e" a irthK#eath" illness6"
C is attriute to so%ial en&a&ement 4in%lu#in& wor* an# marria&e6" an#
only C is asso%iate# with wealth 4
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#eterminant of happiness 4Hamilton 9L6, Other #eterminants in%lu#e:
healthy marria&e" +o satisfa%tion an# spirituality 4eyes C;6, In a##ition"
1A sense of meanin& an# purpose is the sin&le attitu#e most stron&ly
asso%iate# with life satisfa%tion3 4-earin& C6,
A%%or#in& to Seli&man" 1if you want to lastin&ly raise your le!el of happiness
y %han&in& the e2ternal %ir%umstan%es of your life you shoul# #o the
followin&:
C, 5i!e in a wealthy #emo%ra%y" not in an impo!erishe# #i%tatorships 4a
stron& e7e%t6
9, =et marrie# 4a roust e7e%t" ut perhaps not %ausal6
, A!oi# ne&ati!e e!ents an# ne&ati!e emotion 4only a mo#erate e7e%t6
L, A%'uire a ri%h so%ial networ* 4a roust e7e%t" ut perhaps not %ausal6
;, =et reli&ion 4a mo#erate e7e%t6
As far as happiness an# life satisfa%tion are %on%erne#" howe!er" you nee#n$t
other to #o the followin&:
G, Ma*e more money 4money has little or no e7e%t on%e you are %omfortale
enou&h to uy this oo*" an# more materialisti% people are less happy6
F, Stay healthy 4su+e%ti!e health" not o+e%ti!e health matters6
, =et as mu%h e#u%ation as possile 4no e7e%t6
, han&e your ra%e or mo!e to a sunnier %limate 4no e7e%t6
4Seli&man 996
Many of these stu#ies #emonstrate that happiness is often #e(ne# y
relati!e fa%tors: 1
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Methodology
,ype of ResearchThe type of resear%h that we will e usin& in this stu#y is 'ualitati!e
resear%h, These type of resear%hes aim to &ather an in0#epth un#erstan#in&
of human eha!ior an# it aims to (n# the reasons that &o!ern su%h *in# of
eha!ior, Xualitati!e 8esear%h is primarily e2ploratory resear%h, This type of
resear%h is use# to a%hie!e an un#erstan#in& of un#erlyin& reasons"
opinions" an# moti!ations, Xualitati!e 8esear%h is also use# to un%o!er
tren#s in thou&ht an# opinions" an# #i!e #eeper into the prolem, Xualitati!e
#ata %olle%tion metho#s !ary usin& unstru%ture# or semi0stru%ture#
te%hni'ues, Some %ommon metho#s in%lu#e fo%us &roups 4&roup
#is%ussions6" in#i!i#ual inter!iews" an# parti%ipationKoser!ations,4snapsur!eys,%om6
-vervie& of the Research +esignOur resear%h fo%uses on Happiness for pri!ile&e# an# un#erpri!ile&e#" for
this purpose Inter!iews will e %on#u%te# with the people who are pri!ile&e#
an# those who are un#erpri!ile&e#,
A %omplete o!er!iew of the resear%h woul# e &i!en to the parti%ipants
efore inter!iewin& the parti%ipants an# they woul# e as*e# if they are
willin& to &i!e the inter!iew with their %onsent, -e plan to %on#u%t
inter!iews with 9 people, The answers of the parti%ipants will e !i#eo
re%or#e# #urin& the inter!iew,
.mportance of .ntervie&s in /0alitative Research
-e will e %on#u%tin& inter!iews to &et the re'uire# answers for our
resear%h, -e sele%te# inter!iew e%ause it is more important in 'ualitati!e
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resear%hes an# there are many ene(ts of inter!iews in 'ualitati!e resear%h,
The 'ualitati!e resear%h inter!iew see*s to #es%rie an# the meanin&s of
%entral themes in the life worl# of the su+e%ts, The main tas* in inter!iewin&
is to un#erstan# the meanin& of what the inter!iewees say, 4!ale"CG6
Inter!iews are parti%ularly useful for &ettin& the story ehin# a parti%ipant$se2perien%es, The inter!iewer %an pursue in0#epth information aroun# the
topi%, 4M%amara"C6
ParticipantsThe parti%ipants in this resear%h will e %omin& from two lo%ations0 Bahria
Town Islamaa# an# Slum areas of se%tor H) we %hose these two areas
e%ause of the %on#itions present in the areas that are rele!ant to the stu#y
an# also as it (ts our time frame an# resour%es, The parti%ipants will e
as*e# for their %onsent an# appro!al for the inter!iew until the #esire#numer of respon#ents whi%h is 9 is rea%he#,
Research /0estions1The resear%h 'uestions for this stu#y were:
C, -hat is the meanin& of happiness for you an# how #o you #e(ne it?9, -hat are the thin&s that ma*e you happy?, Are you satis(e# with your life?L, Do you thin* money is ne%essary to li!e a happy an# prosperous life?
Research -bjectives1The resear%h o+e%ti!es for this stu#y were:
C, To %ompare the happiness of pri!ile&e# an# un#erpri!ile&e#9, To i#entify the fa%tors asso%iate# with the happiness of pri!ile&e# as
well as un#erpri!ile&e#,, Is money really playin& a !ital role in their pursuit of happiness?
L, To (n# that the meanin& of happiness is same for pri!ile&e# an#un#erpri!ile&e# or not,
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2oncl0sion1
Our resear%h was %on%erne# with the happiness of pri!ile&e# an#
un#erpri!ile&e# people" The resear%h o+e%ti!e was to i#entify the fa%tors
asso%iate# with the happiness of pri!ile&e# an# un#erpri!ile&e# people" an#
to (n# whether money is important in pursuit of happiness an# %an money
uy happiness,
-e woul# li*e to %on%lu#e that 1Money #oesn$t uy happiness" neither #oes
po!erty3" an# that -ealth Doesn.t Ma*e the 8i%h Happier" But
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money, Howe!er" we foun# the fa%t that happiness is not +ust #etermine# y
one fa%tor ut many others su%h as your frien#s" relati!es" an# pleasant
e2perien%es,
1It seems natural to assume that ri%h people will e happier than others"3
But money is only one part of psy%holo&i%al wealth" so the pi%ture is
%ompli%ate#,3
There is a stron& %orrelation etween wealth an# happiness" 18i%h people are
happier than their poor %ounterparts) -hile there #oes appear to e some
%orrelation etween happiness an# in%ome when asi% nee#s are not yet
met" ut note that money$s impa%t on happiness isn$t as lar&e as you mi&ht
thin*, If you ha!e %lothes to wear" foo# to eat" an# a roof o!er your hea#"
in%rease# #isposale in%ome has +ust a small inNuen%e on your sense of well0
ein&,
So" yes" money %an uy some happiness" ut as you$ll see" it$s +ust one pie%e
of the pule, An# there$s a real #an&er that in%rease# in%ome %an a%tually
ma*e you miseraleif your #esire to spen# &rows with it, , Jinally: how
people spen# their money may e at least as important as how mu%h money
they earn, Spe%i(%ally" spen#in& more of one$s in%ome on others results in
&reater happiness, So &o ahea#" e &enerous, You$ll e &la# you #i#,
Recommendations
-hen #oin& resear%h we fa%e# #iW%ulties in (n#in& people an#
approa%hin& them, In future one must e proa%ti!e in sear%hin& people
to &et samples,
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-e were not ein& ale to &et inter!iews of the females e%ause they
were 'uite hesitant, In future they shoul# e %on!in%e# on or#er to &et
a%%urate results,
Sometimes" people #o not want to share their personal life e2perien%es
with others" so we shoul# use# those metho#s for resear%h whi%hinno!ate people to share their life e2perien%es with others whether to
hesitate, So in this way we %an &et a%%urate answers from people,
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