Does anyone know about the model of functioning happiness. I do have the model but the history of the model itself is not clear. Can anyone help me?
A suggestion to review the Michael Eysenck, a British psychologist's study, that became the current "hedonic treadmill theory" in which compares the pursuit of happiness to a person on a treadmill, who has to keep walking just to stay in the same place. This concept dates back millennia, to a writer called,"St. Augustine" and the 1621 Anatomy of Melancholy and beyond.
Maybe check out Richard Layard's work?
http://www.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/Experts/profile.aspx?KeyValue=r.layard%40lse.ac.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Layard,_Baron_Layard
I guess it, is the same thing with eudaimonic well-being. I had a short part on this in my M. A. thesis, which is available through my profile, but it is in Turkish. However, these articles, especially the Ryan, & Deci's (2001) would be relevant for your interest.:
Waterman, A. S. (1993). Two Conceptions of Happiness: Contrasts of Personal Expressiveness (Eudaimonia) and Hedonic Enjoyment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64(4), 678-691.
Ryan, R. M. & Deci, E. L. (2001). On Happiness and Human Potentials: A Review of Research on Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 141–166.
Berridge, K. C. & Kringelbach, M. L. (2011). Building A Neuroscience of Pleasure and Well-Being. Psychological Well Being, 24, 1–3. DOI:10.1186/2211-1522-1-3.
thank you very much to those who contributing the insight about happiness..credit to susan, cinar and faranack..thank you so much for your help.
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