Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Simplice A. Asongu Author-X-Name-First: Simplice A. Author-X-Name-Last: Asongu Author-Name: Ivo J. Leke Author-X-Name-First: Ivo J. Author-X-Name-Last: Leke Title: External flows and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa Abstract: The study assesses how external flows influence inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings reveal that remittances and FDI increase inclusive development whereas foreign aid has the opposite effect. There are three other strands of findings. First, remittances are negatively associated with: 1) middle income countries compared to low income countries where the effect is not significant; 2) French civil law countries compared to English common law countries where the effect is positive; 3) resource-rich countries compared to their resource-poor counterparts where the effect is positive. Second, foreign aid is more negatively linked to low income, French civil law, Islam-dominated, un-landlocked, resource-rich and politically-unstable countries. Third, FDI is positively associated with: 1) low income, French civil law and landlocked countries compared to respectively middle income, English common law and un-landlocked countries where the effect is insignificant; 2) politically-stable countries compared to their politically-unstable counterparts where the effect is negative. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 33-56 Issue: 1 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: foreign investment; remittances; foreign aid; inclusive development; Africa. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98045 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:1:p:33-56 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Femi Monday Ilevbare Author-X-Name-First: Femi Monday Author-X-Name-Last: Ilevbare Author-Name: Erhabor Sunday Idemudia Author-X-Name-First: Erhabor Sunday Author-X-Name-Last: Idemudia Title: Psychosocial factors and psychological well-being in Ilaje oil-producing community, Niger-Delta region of Ondo State, Nigeria Abstract: Activities of major oil companies in the Niger-Delta region have caused many serious forms of oil-generated environmental degradation and pollution, which has had a ripple effect on the well-being of residents in the region. Interventions to improve well-being have proven largely unsuccessful, as psychosocial aspects were completely disregarded. This study investigated the influence of self-efficacy and social support on the psychological well-being of residents in Ilaje oil-producing community in the Niger-Delta region of Ondo State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A questionnaire consisting of personal data information, social support scale (SSS), self-efficacy scale (SES) and Ryff's psychological well-being scale (RPWBS) were used for data collection. The participants consisted of 86 (57.7%) males and 63 (42.3%) females. The results indicated that participants' self-efficacy had no significant influence on their psychological well-being. Social support contributes significantly to psychological well-being. The study concluded that social support determined the psychological well-being of residents in the study area. The study has practical implications for policy-makers in the oil and gas industry to design intervention strategies that could boost the well-being of residents in oil-producing communities of the Niger-Delta region, Nigeria. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 57-65 Issue: 1 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: social support; self-efficacy; oil-producing; Ilaje community; Niger-Delta; psychological well-being. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98046 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:1:p:57-65 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zahra Fotourehchi Author-X-Name-First: Zahra Author-X-Name-Last: Fotourehchi Author-Name: Habib Ebrahimpour Author-X-Name-First: Habib Author-X-Name-Last: Ebrahimpour Title: Happiness, economic growth and air pollution: an empirical investigation Abstract: Previous studies on the effect of economic growth on happiness have produced mixed results. In an attempt to explain these ambiguous results, this study investigates the effect of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita on happiness by taking into account the role of air pollution in each country using annual unbalanced panel data of 59 countries between 2005 and 2015. The results indicated that an increase in GDP per capita can lead to a decrease in happiness if air pollution level is sufficiently high and, in contrast, can lead to an increase in happiness if air pollution level is too low. Moreover, our results revealed monotonic and non-monotonic relationships between air pollution and happiness. We also found that leaving air pollution out of the analysis led to about 15-27% underestimation of the income effect. These results provide some important implications for policymakers seeking to increase economic growth without aggravating happiness. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 1-13 Issue: 1 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: economic growth; happiness; air pollution. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98047 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:1:p:1-13 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Hassan Mahmoodi Author-X-Name-First: Hassan Author-X-Name-Last: Mahmoodi Author-Name: Haidar Nadrian Author-X-Name-First: Haidar Author-X-Name-Last: Nadrian Author-Name: Fahime Javid Author-X-Name-First: Fahime Author-X-Name-Last: Javid Author-Name: Ghadriye Ahmadi Author-X-Name-First: Ghadriye Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmadi Author-Name: Rojia Kasravi Author-X-Name-First: Rojia Author-X-Name-Last: Kasravi Author-Name: Masomeh Chavoshi Author-X-Name-First: Masomeh Author-X-Name-Last: Chavoshi Author-Name: Fariba Golmohammadi Author-X-Name-First: Fariba Author-X-Name-Last: Golmohammadi Title: Factors associated with happiness among college students: do academic self-efficacy and stress predict happiness? Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between academic self-efficacy, academic stress and happiness among college students. In 2017, we recruited 290 students at an Iranian medical science university to participate in the study. The validated tools were used to collect data. Based on our findings, the significant determinants of happiness were gender (OR = 1.72 95% CI 1.01 - 2.93), the students' interest in their college major (OR = 2.17 95% CI 1.051 - 4.46), the first year of college (OR = 1.23 95% CI 1.12 - 1.35), high academic self-efficacy (OR = 2.20 95% CI 1.56, 2.18), and low academic stress (OR = 1.98 95% CI 1.02 - 3.82). Our findings highlighted the role of 'academic self-efficacy', 'academic stress', and 'interest in college' in predicting happiness among university students. The university healthcare providers should take into account these factors while designing mental health promotion programs aiming at happiness promotion among university students. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 14-24 Issue: 1 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: happiness; academic self-efficacy; academic self-stress; students; Iran. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98048 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:1:p:14-24 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kaitlyn E. Carmichael Author-X-Name-First: Kaitlyn E. Author-X-Name-Last: Carmichael Author-Name: Daniel R. Czech Author-X-Name-First: Daniel R. Author-X-Name-Last: Czech Title: An examination of happiness between race, gender and school classification: an echo boomer analysis Abstract: Subjective well-being is often evaluated by happiness within specific domains such as marriage, family life, career, health, material goods and finance. Results of domain based investigations of may not translate to the younger echo boomer generation due to a lack of relevancy to their lifestyles. The purpose of this study was to examine subjective well-being across race, gender, and school classification among college students without domain classification. Volunteer participants received surveys that contained demographic questions and items assessing subjective happiness. Surveys were completed by 1,724 students and analysed statistically. Results showed significant differences in mean subjective happiness scores between race and school classification. No significant differences were found in mean subjective happiness scores between men and women. Findings suggest that the echo boomer generation differs from previous generations in subjective well-being across demographics. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 25-32 Issue: 1 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: happiness; subjective well-being; wellness; life satisfaction; gender; race; demographics; college students; school classification; young adults; millennials; nexters; echo boomer. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98049 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:1:p:25-32 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Oluwagbemiga Paul Agboola Author-X-Name-First: Oluwagbemiga Paul Author-X-Name-Last: Agboola Author-Name: Solomon Oluyinka Author-X-Name-First: Solomon Author-X-Name-Last: Oluyinka Title: Perceptions of ethnic residents' satisfaction: a quest towards the sustainable development of public space in Nigeria Abstract: Challenges ranging from physical, economic, social and environmental have been associated with the use of public space in recent time. This study explores the quality of public space such as market square in the rural neighbourhood at South-west, Nigeria from the users' perception. The study's findings revealed that respondents' satisfaction level of public space's comfortability, maintenance and amenities received unsatisfactory appraisals. On the other hand, appraisal of public space's barrier was satisfactory which indicates that the user's needs and expectations were met in this regard. This study inferred that public spaces within the built environment in Nigeria needed to be improved upon in order to enhance the quality of the environment as well as residents' quality of life. Collaborative efforts are recommended between all the stakeholders in the built environment towards integrating public space policy as an integral part of a sustainable and healthy environment in Nigeria. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 66-82 Issue: 1 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: neighbourhood public space; market square; satisfaction; rural; Nigeria. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98050 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:1:p:66-82 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kim Baldry Author-X-Name-First: Kim Author-X-Name-Last: Baldry Author-Name: Leila Patel Author-X-Name-First: Leila Author-X-Name-Last: Patel Author-Name: Eleanor Ross Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor Author-X-Name-Last: Ross Title: A comparative case study of well-being in a rural versus an urban coal mining community in Mpumalanga, South Africa Abstract: Given the costs and benefits of mining to local communities, and the difference in availability of resources between rural and urban communities, the study compared well-being in the South African coal mining communities of Chief Albert Luthuli and Mhluzi. Questionnaires were administered to random samples of households from these two communities. Results indicated that both communities could be described as poor in terms of household income, food insecurity, and receipt of social grants; however, poverty levels were more severe in rural Chief Albert Luthuli. While both communities acknowledged the negative environmental impacts of mining, more people in urban Mhluzi felt that their lives had improved and that the benefits of mining outweighed the costs. Overall, well-being was better in the urban than the rural mining community, thereby providing support for the assumption regarding urban-rural differences underpinning the study. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 95-114 Issue: 2 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: coal mining; well-being; urban-rural; environmental impacts; poverty; social development; South Africa. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=99348 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:2:p:95-114 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Farzana Kausar Author-X-Name-First: Farzana Author-X-Name-Last: Kausar Author-Name: Saima Sarwar Author-X-Name-First: Saima Author-X-Name-Last: Sarwar Author-Name: Muhammad Yasir Rafiq Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Yasir Author-X-Name-Last: Rafiq Author-Name: Rizwan Ali Author-X-Name-First: Rizwan Author-X-Name-Last: Ali Author-Name: Ramiz Ur Rehman Author-X-Name-First: Ramiz Ur Author-X-Name-Last: Rehman Title: Integrating migration, human development and remittances: an analysis of SAARC countries Abstract: This study explores the influence of migration on human development and remittances which eventually leads to international migration. In order to achieve this objective data were collected from 2000 to 2014 for remittances, human development, migration, political openness, population, political stability, corruption, trade and foreign direct investment for SAARC countries. Results of the study revealed that migration, trade, population, political openness, and corruption were significant and have an impact on human development and remittances. The inclusive outcome of this study by testing penal techniques: majority panel statistics reject the null hypothesis. We may conclude that migration is co-integrated with human development and remittances. The rationale of this study is supportive of policymakers, investors, traders, and economic researchers. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 115-140 Issue: 2 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: migration; remittances; human development; integration. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=99354 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:2:p:115-140 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Thomas Wai-Kee Yuen Author-X-Name-First: Thomas Wai-Kee Author-X-Name-Last: Yuen Author-Name: Winnie Wan-Ling Chu Author-X-Name-First: Winnie Wan-Ling Author-X-Name-Last: Chu Title: Association between body mass index and happiness in Africa, the Russian Commonwealth, Europe, Latin America, and South Asia Abstract: The issues of overweight and obesity are getting worse. In fact, overweight and obesity are killing more people than underweight in many counties. This paper examines the association between body mass index (BMI) and happiness in different regions including Africa, the Russian Commonwealth, Europe, Latin America, and South Asia using parallel panel data from 88 countries. This paper estimates random effects panel data models with instrumental variables using generalised method of moments (GMM) approach. The empirical results show that lifestyles vary between regions, thus the contribution of happiness to the prevalence of overweight and obesity varies across different regions. Life happiness does not have much effect on overweight and obesity in Africa, Latin America, or the Russian Commonwealth. However, life happiness contributes positively to overweight but not to obesity in South Asia. In South Asia, being a little bit fat or overweight is a sign of happiness, but being obese is a sign of unhealthy. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 141-159 Issue: 2 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: happiness; body mass index; overweight; obesity; high income; Africa; the Russian Commonwealth; Europe; Latin America; South Asia. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=99360 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:2:p:141-159 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Md. Thasinul Abedin Author-X-Name-First: Md. Thasinul Author-X-Name-Last: Abedin Author-Name: Kanon Kumar Sen Author-X-Name-First: Kanon Kumar Author-X-Name-Last: Sen Author-Name: Md. Sharif Hossain Author-X-Name-First: Md. Sharif Author-X-Name-Last: Hossain Title: Human development and economic growth in Asia: a dynamic panel cointegration and causality analysis Abstract: This paper explores the impact of human development on economic growth in a large Asian panel, covering more than 83% of the entire Asian economy, by using data from 1990 to 2014 for each country. In this paper, the growth model considering human development unlike Malthusian and Neoclassical views is augmented with other key macroeconomic variables namely per capita electricity consumption and capital formation to represent a hyperopic view of impact on economic growth. Human development has significant positive impact on economic growth both in the short-run and in the long-run like that of electricity consumption and capital formation. However, fertility has significant negative impact on economic growth in the short-run unlike that of the long-run. Imbalance in economic growth takes approximately 9.5 years to adjust. Innovation in human development makes economic growth respond slightly positively in next 8 years and explains a part of variation in economic growth. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 160-182 Issue: 2 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: Asia; capital formation; economic growth; electricity consumption; fertility; human development. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=99365 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:2:p:160-182 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pawel D. Mankiewicz Author-X-Name-First: Pawel D. Author-X-Name-Last: Mankiewicz Title: Increasing subjective wellbeing with strengths-based cognitive behavioural psychotherapy in first episode psychosis Abstract: Despite a marked interest of psychosocial sciences in psychosis, there remains a scarcity of academic literature describing experiences of subjective wellbeing (SWB) among individuals with such condition. A recently published model of strengths-based cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (sbCBTp) explicitly recognises individual SWB as a central target in individual recovery. As such, sbCBTp integrates applied positive psychology interventions within the realms of an evidence-based psychotherapy to help individuals with psychosis recover beyond the point of symptom reduction. To date, no single subject research has been published describing a systematic implementation of sbCBTp undertaken within a clinical environment. This rigorous case study addresses such a gap in empirical literature. Standardised measurements, behaviour frequency sampling, and subjective data were utilised to evaluate the outcomes, indicating a considerable improvement in the client's SWB. The paper highlights the applicability of strengths-based psychotherapeutic strategies in helping individuals with complex mental ill-health achieve reasonable levels of life satisfaction. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 183-200 Issue: 3 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: subjective wellbeing; SWB; satisfaction with life; positive clinical psychology; strengths-based interventions; cognitive behavioural therapy; psychosocial recovery; psychosis; single subject design. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=103367 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:3:p:183-200 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Iddisah Sulemana Author-X-Name-First: Iddisah Author-X-Name-Last: Sulemana Author-Name: Harvey S. James Author-X-Name-First: Harvey S. Author-X-Name-Last: James Title: The association between food insecurity and subjective wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa Abstract: Although hunger levels across the globe have generally declined in the last two decades, food insecurity remains a global public policy concern. Moreover, the majority of the world's most food insecure people reside in South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. These regions are also among the world's regions with some of the lowest scores of subjective wellbeing, another public policy priority engaging world leaders. In this study, we examine association between food insecurity and subjective wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from the Wave 6 of the World Values Survey for five countries, our results from OLS regressions reveal that food insecure people are significantly less likely to report being satisfied with their lives. A potential policy implication of our findings is that by reducing food insecurity public policy in Sub-Saharan Africa could improve subjective wellbeing. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 201-224 Issue: 3 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: food insecurity; life satisfaction; subjective wellbeing; Sub-Saharan Africa. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=103377 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:3:p:201-224 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S.K.Z. Badri Author-X-Name-First: S.K.Z. Author-X-Name-Last: Badri Title: Affective well-being in the higher education sector: connecting work-life balance with mental health, job satisfaction and turnover intention issues inside the academia setting Abstract: At present, well-being remains as an important topic that is constantly discussed in the academia setting. Intense technological revolution and changes in administration, approaches as well as job characteristics have increased the need for thorough well-being administration among workers in higher education sectors, especially among academics as they serve as the backbone of higher education system. That said, this paper investigated the well-being conditions of academics through the lenses of their work-life balance. To address this proposition, a total of 307 academics were observed, whereby their conditions of well-being were investigated by evaluating their mental health, job satisfaction and turnover intention. This study utilised a quantitative approach, using a self-administered survey as the data collection tool. Results obtained pointed out two important patterns, one of which was that poor work-life balance was connected to poor condition of mental health, lower job satisfaction and higher turnover intention. In contrary, great work-life balance was linked with good mental health condition, higher job satisfaction and lower turnover intention. Discussion drawn from this paper highlighted the significance and twofold effects of work-life balance in affecting academics' well-being, which will in turn benefit future researchers, human resource practitioners and academics itself. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 225-241 Issue: 3 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: affective well-being; academic well-being; job satisfaction; mental health; turnover intention; work-life balance. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=103382 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:3:p:225-241 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Hatice Odacı Author-X-Name-First: Hatice Author-X-Name-Last: Odacı Author-Name: Özkan Çıkrıkçı Author-X-Name-First: Özkan Author-X-Name-Last: Çıkrıkçı Author-Name: Neslihan Çıkrıkçı Author-X-Name-First: Neslihan Author-X-Name-Last: Çıkrıkçı Author-Name: Fatih Aydın Author-X-Name-First: Fatih Author-X-Name-Last: Aydın Title: An exploration of the associations among cognitive flexibility, attachment styles and life satisfaction Abstract: This research aimed to investigate the correlation between life satisfaction of university students in the young adult period with cognitive flexibility and attachment styles. The research group comprised 633 university students. The results of data analysis found a positive significant correlation between life satisfaction of students and cognitive flexibility (<i>r</i>= .25, <i>p</i> < .01; 95% <i>CI</i> [0.17, 0.33]) and secure attachment style (<i>r</i> = .17, <i>p</i> < .01; 95% <i>CI</i> [0.08, 0.25]), while there was a negative significant correlation between life satisfaction and the dismissive attachment style (<i>r</i> = &minus;.12, <i>p</i>< .01; 95% <i>CI</i> [&minus;0.21, &minus;0.04]). Among the results obtained in the study, the dependent variable of life satisfaction did not differ according to the sex (<i>t</i><SUB align="right"><SMALL>(628)</SMALL></SUB> = 1.49, <i>p</i> > .05) and grade variables (<i>F</i><SUB align="right"><SMALL>(5, 617)</SMALL></SUB> = 1.54, <i>p</i> > 0.05). Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 242-256 Issue: 3 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: life satisfaction; cognitive flexibility; attachment styles; secure attachment styles; preoccupied attachment styles; fearful attachment styles; dismissive attachment styles; correlational design; positive psychology. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=103401 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:3:p:242-256 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kenneth M. Cramer Author-X-Name-First: Kenneth M. Author-X-Name-Last: Cramer Author-Name: Rebecca Pschibul Author-X-Name-First: Rebecca Author-X-Name-Last: Pschibul Title: Finding the skeleton key to happiness: evaluating model invariance of subjective well-being in a comparison of large urban centres worldwide Abstract: How well we can we predict a citizen's happiness? Numerous antecedent factors - including higher creativity, optimism, longevity; and lower hostility and self-centredness - have been identified as important. The present study compared the antecedents that contribute to personal happiness from several large urban centres around the world, testing the hypothesis of model invariance that supposes any given model may be applied globally. Data from an archival dataset (Lee, 2006) included various elements of city life: economy, culture and education, income, safety, living conditions, city administration, health, city pride, and current level of happiness. Results showed each urban centre required a unique profile of antecedents, offering little evidence to support the invariance assumption. Overall, health was the most common predictor of happiness (especially for males), followed by city pride and household income. Lower explained variance was typical among the samples, suggesting that additional factors are required to capture the scope of urban quality of life. Future research directions are discussed. Journal: Int. J. of Happiness and Development Pages: 257-278 Issue: 3 Volume: 5 Year: 2019 Keywords: quality of urban life; happiness; well-being; worldwide; factor analysis. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=103402 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:5:y:2019:i:3:p:257-278