What is the happiness operational definition? Check out the answer here.
HAPPINESS OPERATIONAL DEFINITION – Understanding the operational definition of happiness and its definition in psychology.
When we say operational definition, this is the way of defining words in a special way. It is the definition that specifies the measure of something or to measure a specific variable. Operationally, one can possibly measure happiness by how much a person has produced a smile in a period of a specified length. However, this is a poor way of defining happiness operationally as stated in one study.
What is happiness?
Such a question probably stirred a lot of thoughts and ideas in your mind. Happiness is broad and happiness is not the same for everyone. Happiness is subjective. A concept in Psychology has stated that this is “measured or detected based on a variety of factors that a researcher or data analyst decides are sufficient for measuring that happiness”.
In “The How of Happiness” book, Sonja Lyubomirsky, a researcher in Positive Psychology, elaborated and described happiness as “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.”
Operationally, a smile is defined from the following criteria:
- the upward movement of the mouth
- zygomatic major muscle and the orbicularis oculi muscles contract to reveal a squint
- the showing of one or more teeth
A happy life has different look. It can be seen with a single and independent woman who lives alone but has a good relationship with her nieces and nephews. She also gives to charity and has work that’s meaningful to her.
Happiness can also be seen in a man with a low-paying job who has three children and is happily married. This is also the same happiness for a man with a high-paying job who enjoys life with his dogs.
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