An Analysis of the Books "The Gifts of Heaven" of Elementary Period in Terms of Prosperity Components

Abstract

There are different theories on prosperity that one of the most important ones is the multidimensional PERMA model introduced by Seligman. According to the model, people with high prosperity, emotionally and functionally, behave well in their private and social life, and they do not have any mental diseases; thus, this research aimed to analyze the books "The Gifts of Heaven" of elementary period in terms of prosperity components, with an emphasis on Seligman's model. The present research applied a content analysis in such a way that after identifying the desired components as the analysis criteria and determining each paragraph as the analysis unit, the data were analyzed using William Rumi's method. Moreover, the chi-squared test was applied to determine the goodness of fit of the components in the mentioned content. The books "The Gifts of Heaven" were analyzed and the population and sample were the same. Based on the conflict coefficient (ISE=0.74) obtained from the analyzed content, it can be said that the attention level of the books "The Gifts of Heaven" of elementary period is good and active. In addition, the chi-squared test (sig: 0.000; chi-square: 67.984a) showed that there is a significant difference among prosperity components of PERMA, in such a way that the achievement component with 10.11% frequency has the highest, and the positive relations component with 7.23% frequency has the lowest frequency.

Keywords

• content analysis
• the gifts of heaven
• elementary period
• prosperity