Why are Some People More Happy? The Role of Psychological Needs in Subjective Well-Being

Abstract

Subjective well-being refered to colloquially as “happiness” is a person’s evaluation of his or her life.This evaluation is both cognitive and affective. There are differences between people about well-being level and some people seems more happy than others. This point related to there are a lot of factors that to influence subjective well-being. In this study examined basic needs satisfaction that seem likely to influence subjective well-being and relationship between subjective well-being and basic needs satisfaction.

Keywords

• Basic psychological needs, wellbeing, happines

Bazı İnsanlar Neden Daha Mutludur? Öznel İyi Olma Sürecinde Psikolojik İhtiyaçların Rolü

Öz

Günlük konuşma dilinde mutluluk olarak da kullanılan öznel iyi olma kavramı bireylerin yaşamlarını değerlendirmeleridir. Bu değerlendirme bilişsel ve duyuşsal olmak üzere iki boyutludur. İnsanların iyi olma düzeyleri farklılık göstermekte ve bazı bireyler diğerlerinden daha çok mutlu görünmektedir. Bu durum öznel iyi olmayı etkileyen pek çok faktörün bulunmasıyla ilişkilidir. Bu çalışmada öznel iyi olmayı etkileyen faktörlerden temel psikolojik ihtiyaçların doyumu ve temel psikolojik ihtiyaçların iyi olma kavramıyla ilişkisi incelenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Temel psikolojik ihtiyaçlar, iyi olma, mutluluk

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