Correlates of happiness for Chinese individuals who are employed in the United States.

摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlates of happiness for Chinese individuals employed in the United States. The criterion variable was happiness, and the predictor variables were optimism, internality, powerful others, chance, self-efficacy, and religion.; A total of 112 Chinese individuals participated in the study. Each participant finished a package including measurements for the seven aforementioned variables. Pearson product coefficient results indicated that happiness was correlated positively with optimism, internality, and self-efficacy. When other variables were controlled, partial correlations indicated that happiness was also correlated positively with religion. Hierarchical multiple regression showed that optimism, religion, and internality were better predictors of happiness among the six variables.; Happiness is closely related to an individual's daily life and one major concept of positive psychology. In America, immigrants have played important roles in various aspects of American society. At the same time, due to cultural differences, individuals from various cultural groups may face difficulties adjusting to American culture. These difficulties affect their perceptions of the quality of life as well as their levels of happiness. Therefore, it is of great importance to investigate the correlates of happiness for various cultural groups living in the United States.