Happiness Model: A Qualitative Grounded Theory Study

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a model of happiness in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. The research method was qualitative based on the grounded theory. For collecting data, purposeful sampling was used. According to the theoretical saturation, 24 people were selected and interviewed. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method of Strauss and Corbin. The desirability of life as a central category and cognitive beliefs, emotional intelligence, spiritual health, lifestyle, and social support were presented as causal conditions and mediating conditions of three levels of family environment, residence, and individual and environmental health indicators. Happiness promotion strategies were also divided into problem-oriented and emotion-oriented, each of which included different subcategories. According to this study's results, the role of various factors that directly and indirectly affect the quality of happiness should be considered to promote happiness in individuals and the conceptual model of happiness should also be studied in other subcultures.

Keywords

• happiness
• grounded theory
• chaharmahal and bakhtiari