Is there any effective method, or tool to be understood or measure the happiness or sorrow of human being?
Dear Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury,
It is theoretically possible to create such a device. But only theoretically, because this type of device would have to precisely measure the amount of specific hormones and other organic substances secreted by the brain in the event of certain changes in mental states, changes in feelings, feelings, etc. This device could simultaneously study the electrobiochemical changes in the activity of individual sectors the cerebral cortex and the generated electric charges in specific places of the brain, which are responsible for awareness and feeling various sensations, feelings, a sense of satisfaction, happiness, etc. However, building this type of device is difficult, costly and would be preceded by long-term research. It is much simpler and cheaper to conduct research in the form of surveys on a specific, representative social group and to develop a universal survey questionnaire, thanks to which it would be possible to diagnose a specific mental state, state of feelings, sense of satisfaction, happiness, success, etc. in the surveyed people.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
No sir. But we can analysis through attitude scale about happiness & sorrow of human.
Dear Dr. Paramasivam Sivaraj, I think so, thank you so much for your prompt response. Wishes the best.
The WHO 5 - Wellbeing Index. The low scores of it give a sign of sorrow, and the high score of it hint happiness of individuals
Dear Aurita Zega thank you so much for your kind information. wishes the best.
Dear Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury,
It is theoretically possible to create such a device. But only theoretically, because this type of device would have to precisely measure the amount of specific hormones and other organic substances secreted by the brain in the event of certain changes in mental states, changes in feelings, feelings, etc. This device could simultaneously study the electrobiochemical changes in the activity of individual sectors the cerebral cortex and the generated electric charges in specific places of the brain, which are responsible for awareness and feeling various sensations, feelings, a sense of satisfaction, happiness, etc. However, building this type of device is difficult, costly and would be preceded by long-term research. It is much simpler and cheaper to conduct research in the form of surveys on a specific, representative social group and to develop a universal survey questionnaire, thanks to which it would be possible to diagnose a specific mental state, state of feelings, sense of satisfaction, happiness, success, etc. in the surveyed people.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Dr. Dariusz Prokopowicz thank you so much for your insightful contribution.
I haven't learnt about it
I just guess/judge through behaviour and attitude
Dear Dr. Atiqe Ur Rahman , I think my experience also same like to you. Thank you so much for your insightful contribution. Wishes the best.
Measuring happiness is becoming an important tool. Economic growth, physical health, and confidence in the future prospects of a person or country are all important factors when assessing and comparing them. However, no institution, nation, or group of people can really be properly understood without also factoring in a number of other elements. And one of those key elements that are becoming increasingly looked upon by academics is happiness. Measuring happiness is tricky because it relies on mapping subjective well-being. Of course, subjective well-being is just that: an idea that will vary from person to person. In other words, measuring happiness in one individual could mean that their subjective well-being is recorded at a much higher level than another. So, who could tell if this is truly accurate? This is because refraining from measuring happiness with the best tools available will result in a gap in scientific knowledge. Without some form of assessment of happiness and well-being, it would be impossible to compare the outcomes of certain long-term policy decisions, for example. According to Mark K Setton, D.Phil, the CEO and founder of The Pursuit of Happiness, leading positive psychologists are focussing on the cultivation of positive emotions with a variety of techniques nowadays. The trouble is that well-being and happiness cannot be measured in a single snapshot to determine which of those techniques are most effective.
https://www.happiness.com/magazine/science-psychology/measuring-happiness-how-and-why/
Dear Dr. Manal Hadi Kanaan, thank you so much for the valuable and significant contribution. You have rightly said that "Measuring happiness is tricky". Many factors are embedded with happiness and just only observing the some surrounding criteria to determine it, truly difficult . However, I appreciate your contribution, many, many thanks dear Doctor.
Dear Anthony St. John, thank you so much for your kind contribution. But I would like to say money doesn't make the people always happy. Wishes the best.
It would be quite difficult to create one group of standards to feed the hypothethical ''happiness meter''... just because the things and feelings which could made some people happy are never the same for the neighboor at next door...
I don't believe it is possible to measure happiness directly. The word will have quite different meanings across groups, cultures and languages. However it may be possible to directly measure things that are correlated to "happiness" (or "wellness" or "satisfaction", etc.) with carefully constructed surveys that have yes/no or numerical answers. Questions like "Are you feeling pain?" or "How long do you sleep?" or "When you work, do you lose track of time?", etc., can be used to create a well-defined universal metric.
Dear George McIlvaine I am agreeing with you "I don't believe it is possible to measure happiness directly". but I highly appreciate your valuable and significant and artistic contribution in this thread. Thank you so much and wishes the best.
Dear Sir Prof. Dr. Carlos Frederico Leite Fontes, you have nicely drawn my attention to the beautiful term of "hypothethical happiness meter'', really the happiness is very much relative matter and I do believe it. Thank you so much for your significant contribution in this discussion thread. Wishes the best.
Dear Sir Prof. Dr. Joao Paulo Machado Torres, thank you so much for your straight and significant contribution in this discussion thread. Wishes the best.
Thank you so much dear Neda Ravankhah
and Ayman S. Al-Hussaini for your kind contributions. Wishes the best.
Dear Dr. Amjad Ali I have understood your meaning. You have rightly pointed out this matter, some behavioral approaches may can help us in this regards. Thank you so much for your significant contribution in this discussion thread. Wishes the best.
If I wanted to bet or to invest in potential molecules which could serve as candidates to evaluate (in some way) the level of happiness in humans...I think we must have a deeper look in oxytocin, serotonin, endorfins and cortisol...Just to start considerations.... and always taking into account the combinated levels of all of them...which, of course, could be a very complicated matter to manage and interpret in real time.
Dear Sir Prof. Dr. Carlos Frederico Leite Fontes I deeply appreciate and respect your significant and valuable contribution. You have drawn the attention about some hormonal function and hopefully further future, it might be an effective tool in this regards. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Dear DR. Md Rabiul Alam yes, I think so "Difficult and relative". Some behavioral expression might be helpful to gaze it. I deeply appreciate and respect your significant and valuable contribution. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
There is a wireless device was created bu MIT research team with accuracy of 87% that can measure human emotion.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/device-can-read-emotions-by-bouncing-wireless-signals-off-your-body-video/
Yet, human emotions are difficult to predict and measure since it can be tricky and complex. Even sometimes, a person cannot distinguish whether he is happy or sad. It is this complexity in the human formation that makes us unique
Dear Dr. Ayman Alaskari thank you so much to share a important link for in this regards. I deeply appreciate and respect your significant and valuable contribution. Wishes the best.
Happiness and sorrow both are just a condition of our mind. I think we can predict this by monitoring someone's behaviour.
External expressions can play as helping aid, to know the happiness or sorrow of a folk.
Dear Ujjayini Priya I do support your opinion. Yes, behavioral approach can help us in this regards. I appreciate your significant and valuable contribution. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Dear Sir Prof. Dr. Abdul Hei yes, I am agreeing with you by monitoring behavior we can find out some clues which things will be helpful in this regards. I appreciate your significant and valuable contribution. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Dear Prof. Dr. Abdul Hei yes, we may consider "Psychological approach" .
I appreciate your significant and valuable contribution. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
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Dear Researcher Mubashir Ali Rather, you are obviously correct. We are also not ignoring this matter entirely, we are trying to know the way to measure the said attributes. I appreciate your significant and valuable contribution. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Dear Divine N. Tarla you have rightly said. Until now, there is no tool in this regards. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Sometime external expression also helps to understand the pleasure and sad mode.
Dear Dr. Hasan H. Dwail thank you so much for your insightful words. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Happiness & sorrow remain very often the companion of both .As human being for our action if we receive a favorable result , our mind receive satisfaction which is nothing but the part of happiness, & in our life we have to carry out for our life plan to undergo & action & on this a favorable return turn out to be happiness for us .
As human beings we have very often to the various circumstance to undergo tears in our eyes & that remains the experience of well many , for this as human being for our own life & happiness of our family & surrounding also we should control our tears & so that we may establish calm & quite atmosphere around us.
This is my personal opinion
Dear Rohit Manilal Parikh I do always appreciate your pragmatic life experience. "We should control our tears & so that we may establish calm & quite atmosphere around us". Thank you so much for your significant and valuable contribution. Wishes the best.
Happiness and sorrow integral part of our life, but there is no tools to measure these without feeling or realization. Wishes the best.
This is indeed a very nice and effective question. Actually, there are no tools based on science are avilable to measure the happiness or sorrow of human being. However, the attitude and the behaviour of human sometimes may reflect the sign of happiness and sorrow. I think, the peoples who are not high ambitious, they are leading a happy life and the sorrows will never come. However, it is very difficult to leave high ambitions.
تتعلق سعادة الإنسان بالقناعةفالشخص القانع بأنه قدم افضل ماعنده وكذلك بأنه حصل من الدنيا والحياة على اهم الأشياء بلا شك هو يشعر بالسعادة
Dear Dr. M. D.H. Prodhan I fully agreed with you till now there are no tools to measure the happiness or sorrow of human being. I do procreate your significant contribution in this regards. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Dear Md Sarowar Alam
, thank you so much. Wishes the best.
I think the qualitative method is more suitable for the mentioned topics.
Dear Prof. Salema Abdullah alwan Alsultany , thank you so much. It would be better to do the answering in English for easy understanding all our RG colleagues including me. Wishes the best.
Dear Dr. Harikrishnan U. I agreed with you and you have rightly pointed out that peoples attribute is helpful in this regards. I do appreciate your significant contribution in this regards. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
Kindly check https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:17056/FULLTEXT01.pdf
The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) is a global cognitive assessment of life satisfaction developed by Ed Diener. A seven-point Likert scale is used to agree or disagree with five statements about one's life. The Cantril ladder method has been used in the World Happiness Report. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness
Also check https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-012-9343-5
السعادة والحزن انفعالان متقابلان لا يمكن أخفاء أي منهما ويظهران على تعبيرات الوجه وانفراج أو عبوس الاسارير ولمعان العين فرحا أو بكاء ولون جلد الوجه احمرا أو اصفرارا وضربات القلب التي لا تختلف فسيولوجيا بين الحزن والسعادة وغيرهم من المؤشرات الفسيولوجية لكن كمتخصص ففي الصحة النفسية فهناك عدد من الأدوات السيكومترية المقننة لقياس السعادة والحزن بكفاءة متفاوتة تتعلق بدقة الأداة وصدق المستجيب
Dear Sir Professor إبراهيم الشافعي إبراهيم ,
Thank you so much for participating this discussion thread. It could be better if the answer would be English, for understanding all our respected RG colleagues including me. May The Almighty Allah bless all us. Wishes the best.
Dear Dr. Chinaza Godswill Awuchi , thank you so much for sending very important links in this regards. I do appreciate your significant and valuable contribution. Thank you so much. Wishes the best.
This is an interesting discussion. I am sure to must be quite hard, since happiness is quite subjective in regards to different people.
To some extent, it can be done by making various measurements such as biochemical, physiological, behavioral and other measurements that can assess the psychological state.
I agree with Olutayo Kadmiel Osunsan. However, according to Seligman, authentic happiness can be assessed through positive emotion, engagement, and meaning. There are separate scales for each.
You can find the three scales here:
https://internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ijow/article/view/526/579
Self-Reports. By far the most common way that researchers assess happiness is through self-reports. Using multiple-item scales or a single question, we simply ask people about their level of happiness. People think about their happiness, and it is a subjective state, so it makes sense to ask them about it.
Dear Zane Asher Green
Thank you so much for incorporating important link in this regards.
Wishes the best.
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Dear Prof. Faraed Salman thank you so much for your nice interpretation and I do agree with you "sense to ask" can be helpful in this regards. Really thanks for your valuable contributions. Wishes the best.
Dear Terri Purvis
and Antethar Jabar thank you so much for participating this discussion thread.
Dear Prof. Talal A. Zari I do appreciate your significant and valuable contributions. Thank you so much and wishes the best.
If we can measure we can dominate others. Thank God, it's not there. The development of scientific tools needs some purpose. May I know your purpose? What are you going to do if you get a tool to measure the same?
Dear Dr. Agnishwar Girigoswami thank you so much for your insightful statement in this regards. It's my personal opinion, the tool of the determinants of the happy and sad mood, could be helpful to enhance the happier environment as well reduces the saddest incidents. I do appreciate your significant and valuable contributions. Wishes the best.
I think there is no such tool or effective method. But, if you have lower level desire for assets/ wealth then you may get higher level of satisfaction which will give you happiness in return.
Dear Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury To my opinion, there exists no methods or tools to quantify happiness or sorrow. One can perform such a dissection if he is an accomplished naturalist.
Thanks!
Dear Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu
I do appreciate your valuable contributions. Thank you so much and wishes the best.
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Dear Arbind K. Choudhary
I do appreciate your valuable and significant contributions. Thank you so much and wishes the best.
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