FACTORS AFFECTING THE HAPPINESS

 
Health

Good health enables people at any age to do what he would do. Meanwhile, poor health or physical disability a hindrance to achieve satisfaction for their wants and needs are such, that creates a feeling of not happy.

Physical attractiveness

Physical attractiveness can cause individuals to be accepted and liked by the community and often a cause of achievement that is greater than what might be achieved if individuals have less appeal.

Degree of autonomy

The greater autonomy can be achieved, the greater the chance to feel happy. It is found both in childhood and adulthood.

Opportunities for interaction outside the family

Because of high social value is emphasized in popularity, then at the age of any person would feel happier if they have the opportunity to make social connections with people outside the neighborhood, rather than social relationships if they are limited to family members.

Type of work

The more routine nature of work and the less chance for autonomy in the work, the less satisfying. This is seen in the daily tasks given to the children and also the work of adults.

Status of work

Both in the field of schooling and work, the more successful a person carrying out the task of getting it connected with the achievement, the greater the satisfaction generated.

Living conditions

If the pattern of life allows one to interact with others both within the family or with friends and neighbors in the community, thus enlarging the conditions of life satisfaction.

Ownership of property

Ownership of property is not in the sense of having the thing that affects happiness, but rather the way people feel ownership of it.

The balance between expectations and achievement

If those expectations realistic, people will be satisfied and happy if the goal is reached.

Emotional adjustment

people who can be well adjusted and happy, and not too intensive rarely express negative feelings such as fear, anger, and envy than those that can not be well adjusted and unhappy.

Attitude towards a particular age period

Feeling happy to be experienced at a certain age some of it invented by his own experiences with others as a child at that age and in part by cultural stereotypes.

Realism of self-concept

People who believe that ability is greater than it actually would feel happier if their goals are not achieved. Their unhappiness was sharpened by a sense of inadequacy and the belief that they do not understand being treated unfairly.

Realism of the concepts of the role

People tend to be dreaming the role to be played at the age to come. If the new role that is inconsistent with their expectations, they will not feel happy unless they are willing to accept the new role. As a group, children and adolescents tend to have no concept of the role that is more realistic than the adults. This can lead to unhappiness at the age levels.