"Happiness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Highly pleasant emotion characterized by outward manifestations of gratification; joy.
| Descriptor ID |
D006240
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.516
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Happiness" by people in Profiles.
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Hale FB, Fontenot HB, Davis JW, Albright CL. Mental Illness as a Predictor of Subjective Happiness Among University Employees Working in Hawai'i. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2024 May; 62(5):39-48.
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Jekauc D, Nigg C, Nigg CR, Reichert M, Krell-Roesch J, Oriwol D, Schmidt S, Wunsch K, Woll A. Measurement properties of the German version of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale for adults. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11):e0242069.
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Gibbons J, Malouf R, Spitzberg B, Martinez L, Appleyard B, Thompson C, Nara A, Tsou MH. Twitter-based measures of neighborhood sentiment as predictors of residential population health. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0219550.
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Kirkland T, Gruber J, Cunningham WA. Comparing Happiness and Hypomania Risk: A Study of Extraversion and Neuroticism Aspects. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0132438.
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Dennis TA, Amodio DM, O'Toole LJ. Associations between parental ideology and neural sensitivity to cognitive conflict in children. Soc Neurosci. 2015 Apr; 10(2):206-17.
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Birk JL, Dennis TA, Shin LM, Urry HL. Threat facilitates subsequent executive control during anxious mood. Emotion. 2011 Dec; 11(6):1291-304.
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Dennis TA, Cole PM, Wiggins CN, Cohen LH, Zalewski M. The functional organization of preschool-age children's emotion expressions and actions in challenging situations. Emotion. 2009 Aug; 9(4):520-30.
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Yin Z, Ryska TA. Perceived competence, social anxiety about physique, and enjoyment in testing situations among groups of mixed sex and girls only. Psychol Rep. 1999 Apr; 84(2):381-5.
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Boyd MP, Yin Z. Cognitive-affective sources of sport enjoyment in adolescent sport participants. Adolescence. 1996; 31(122):383-95.