Browsing by Subject "elämäntyytyväisyys"
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(2016)Social requirements affects to individual’s sleep-rhythm together with the biological clock. The study aims to explore the morningness and eveningness peoples’ experiences of their own life satisfaction by qualitative methods. The theoretical starting point with sleep-rhythm is biological research, which is combined with the background of life satisfaction theo-ries. This study focuses on subjects' own experiences and views of their own chronotype and life satisfaction. Morning-ness-eveningness -division is the ground of examine individuals’ experiences of their life satisfaction, chronotype and the importance of sleep. Analysis of the study is done with phenomenographic methods. Despite the quantitative theory-base, data-driven orienta-tion is highlighted in the analysis. Since cultural factors not been previously taken into account because of the neuropsy-chological studies, the aim of this research is to increase the field with phenomenographic perspective. Life satisfaction and sleep-rhythm is constructed by social demands, for example by work-schedule. The material consists of ten examinees with different life situations. The age varies from 20 to 55. They have responded to the survey in October 2016 with anonymous questionnaire, which has been adapted from earlier sleep- and life satis-faction surveys. The results involves three different groups; morningness, eveningness and both. Based on those, the analyze of life satisfac-tion is done. The third group was unable to identify themselves only morningness or eveningness –type of person. This group can be considered as one of the result. In the addition, all of the examinees determined their chronotype through social requirements. This research is lacking the holiday-period-time evaluation, when sleeping habits could be more re-alistic regardless of working hours. Still, one examinee is connected to very high life satisfaction and the same examinee has the possibility to sleep freely during the week with school or work. Also, by the results, the eveningness-people were not as happy with their chronotype as the morningness-people. The importance of the sleep, showed really high im-portance to all examinees. Sleep’s high relevance in well-being, happiness, state of mind, work and in social relations was maintaineid. All these parts builts life satisfaction. Allthough, we can’t ever definitively control the culture factors, more attention should be taken in the future to those with every sleep-study.
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(2016)Objectives. The objective of this study was to find out how happy young adults are and what factors their happiness consists of. In addition, the aim was to find out whether there are differences in happiness between young adults with and without a family and between women and men. The main background theories of this study are the theory of self-determination and the basic psychological needs. These theories suggest that people are at their happiest when they can follow their inner motivation and feel they are voluntary, capable and that they belong. Previous studies have shown that young adults living in a welfare state are on average quite happy and satisfied with their lives. The most important aspects of happiness are family, relationships, health, and a sense of competence. Methods. The survey was conducted with an online questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of three areas after the background information area. The first part studied positive emotions, the second part studied life satisfaction and the third part studied factors affecting happiness. 55 people answered, of which 52 young adults were included in the processing of the material. The average age of the participants was 28.9 years. 41 of them were women, 10 were men and one was other-gendered. The quantitative results of the study were treated with average analysis and the qualitative results with content analysis. Results and conclusions. In general, the participants were quite happy. Positive feelings were experienced more often than negative ones, and the life satisfaction rate was 3.8 on a scale of 1 to 5. When comparing groups, young adults with families were slightly happier than young adults without families, and men were happier than women. The most important factors affecting happiness were children, friendships, life partner, love and family. In the light of this study, it can be said that young adults are generally happy. In addition, starting a family has a positive effect on happiness, although it reduces the importance of other happiness-affecting factors.
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