SEVEN FACTORS OF HAPPINESS AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HAPPINESS AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS IN BULACAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES

Author Name: Dr. Victoria Valenzuela, Mr. Joseph H. Batac

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: Philippines

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434, DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2020-87677654/

Affiliation:

1. DPA, FRIPA Bulacan State University
2. MDM La Consolacion University Philippines, Philippines

ABSTRACT

Everyone is searching for ways to be happy. Happiness is the greater desire of all elderly and senior citizens. The word happiness derives from the word for luck, as in “happenstance” with two different meanings: hedonic and eudaemonic. Hedonic happiness refers to maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain that tends to be characterized as momentary or superficial while eudaemonic happiness is more of psychological well-being in line with fulfilling life. The purpose of the study is to measure the relationship of the 7F factors of happiness and happiness of the senior citizens.The study is based on the primary data collected with the help of the standardized questionnaire from Oxford University to measure the happiness of senior citizens and self-developed questionnaire to assess the 7F factors of happiness of senior citizens namely: food, fitness, feelings, family, faculty, friend, and faith. It was found from the study that all factors namely: friend, faculty, food, and family are positively and significantly related to happiness of senior citizens. Study also highlights the fact that the highest contributing factor in happiness among senior citizens is friend followed by faculty, while the least contributing factor in happiness among senior citizens is the family factor.

Key words: Senior citizens, 7F factors of happiness, holistic approach to happiness