Happiness among dentists: a multi-scale, multi-national study from 21 countries.

The extent to which dentists are happy with their profession and their life has not been well studied. The present study aimed to explore the level of happiness, satisfaction with life and psychological well-being among a sample of dental professionals from 21 countries. The sample comprised 2,200 dentists from 21 countries. Three scales - Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), and Affect Balance Scale (ABS) - were used to measure the subjective responses. Data related to demographic and social characteristics were recorded. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used as appropriate. Scales were correlated, and multiple linear regression analyses were employed to identify the independent determinants of SHS, SWLS and ABS. Data were analysed using the SPSS software program; a value of P <0.05 was considered significant. The overall mean scores of SHS, SWLS and ABS were 18.53 ± 5.06, 23.06 ± 6.25 and 1.26 ± 2.40, respectively, with significant differences found across countries: dentists working in Croatia, Peru and Serbia recorded the highest scores, unlike dentists practicing in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, who recorded the lowest scores. There were significant, moderately positive correlations between the various scales: SHS and SWLS: r = 0.535, P < 0.001; SHS and ABS: r = 0.58, P < 0.001; and SWLS and ABS: r = 0.533, P < 0.001. Country of practice, age, qualification and monthly income were the significant independent predictors of SHS, SWLS and ABS. Country of residence and social characteristics were associated with dentists' responses regarding their feelings and subjective well-being.

Alhajj MN ，Omar R ，Khader Y ，Celebić A ，El Tantawi M ，Folayan MO ，Al-Maweri SA ，Halboub E ，Alkheraif AA ，de Sousa-Neto MD ，Vukovic A ，Arheiam A ，Ismail IA ，Abdullah AG ，Amran AG ，Kohli S ，Ariffin Z ，Kocaelli H ，Khan S ，Ramos Márquez J ，Assad M ，Brangkgei I ，Makzoumé JE ，Prasad D A ，Murad AH ，Basnet BB ，Albaraes A ，Camargo R ，Persic S ，Muhammad F ... -  《-》

Grit, Subjective Happiness, Satisfaction With Life, and Academic Resilience Among Pharmacy and Physical Therapy Students at Two Universities.

Saunders IM ，Pick AM ，Lee KC 《-》

Wellbeing perception of institutional caregivers working for people with disabilities: use of Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale analyses.

Little scientific research has focused on the measure of how positive wellbeing of people caring for people with disabilities. The purposes of the present study are to explore the wellbeing perception and its determinants of caregivers who caring for people with disability. We employed a cross-sectional, self-administrative structured questionnaire survey to recruit 88 caregivers in this study. Those caregivers were defined as staff who working in residential care or day care services for people with disabilities in social welfare settings. Wellbeing was measured using two scales which included Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). The mean score of SHS and SWLS were 4.9+/-1.0 (range=1.3-6.8) and 4.6+/-0.9 (range=1.6-6.0). There were 42.5% respondents expressed they were happy and 31.0% were slightly happy, 31.0% felt satisfied with life and 39.3% reported they were slightly satisfied while 20.2% were slightly unsatisfied. With respect to the determinants of respondent's SHS in a multiple linear regression, we found the factors of perceived health status and SWLS were variables that can significantly predict the SHS score (R2=0.321, adjusted R2=0.267), respondent's gender and household income and SHS score were variables that can significantly predict the SWLS score (R2=0.374, adjusted R2=0.317). This study suggests the health and welfare service authorities should pay attention to the wellbeing profile and determinants of caregivers who working for people with disability to improve their quality of life.

Lin JD ，Lin PY ，Wu CL 《-》

Are dentists happy? A study among dental practitioners in coastal Andhra Pradesh using subjective happiness scale.

Kaipa S ，Paul KK ，Satpathy A ，Epari V ... -  《-》

[Subjective happiness among Japanese adults: An upward tendency associated with age].

Shimai S ，Yamamiya Y ，Fukuda S 《-》