What makes you happy ?: A comparison of self-reported criteria of happiness between two cultures

What makes you happy in your daily activity at the radio? This question was asked to more than forty community radio practitioners from all over the world in the framework of a research on community radios as a social movement. People were…

The frequencies of 15 self-reported symptoms of cocaine withdrawal were compared in 75 subjects to the symptoms listed as criteria by DSM-III and DSM-III-R for either amphetamine or cocaine withdrawal. Three of the four most frequently reported…

From a self-determination theory perspective, this study tries to investigate how perceived autonomy support, perceived relatedness and competence affect high school students intrinsic motivations (enjoyment and curiosity) to use the Internet, and…

A study compared 25 white and 25 Mexican-American women, over age 18, who had been physically abused by their husbands at least twice, and who had resided in shelters for battered women. Respondents were matched for age and socioeconomic status.…

In this paper, we examine whether engaging in voluntary work leads to greater well-being, as measured by self-reported health and happiness. Drawing on data from the USA, our estimates suggest that people who volunteer report better health and…

BACKGROUND: Unrecorded alcohol has increased in the Nordic countries during recent years, above all in terms of cross-border trade. This implies that trends and levels of per capita consumption would look different without estimates of this source…

Epidemiologic studies on adverse health effects of cellular telephone use have assessed exposure either by self-reported use based on questionnaire data or by using data on subscriptions for a cellular telephone provided by network operators. With…

To compare cross-cultural differences of dental health behavior, 376 dental students in Japan and 213 in Australia were surveyed using a twenty-item Hiroshima University-Dental Behavior Inventory (HU-DBI) questionnaire (in Japanese and English…

Epilepsy and neurocardiogenic syncope share a final common pathway of loss of consciousness and consequent social disruption. We compared 52 patients with syncope, 96 with epilepsy and 100 controls. Epilepsy and syncope patients expressed…

INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: Measuring stair use reliably and objectively is complicated and difficult. In this study, stair use was measured at an individual level by using an innovative registration system and was compared with self-reported data. The…