Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases
Positive health approaches, such as happiness, are largely unexplored in medicine, including dermatology. Taking into consideration the various happiness measures, the aims of this cross-sectional study were to assess this concept using a 1-item heuristic happiness question and its related dimension...
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| author | Johanna Weis Hannah Wecker Alexander Arnold Barbara Schuster Stefanie Ziehfreund Linda Tizek Sonja Mittag Tilo Biedermann Alexander Zink |
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| description | Positive health approaches, such as happiness, are largely unexplored in medicine, including dermatology. Taking into consideration the various happiness measures, the aims of this cross-sectional study were to assess this concept using a 1-item heuristic happiness question and its related dimensions (Satisfaction with Life, Positive and Negative Affect, Quality of Life, and Compound Psychological Capital) in outpatients with different skin diseases between December 2019 and June 2020, and to examine the link between these dimensions. Overall, 414 dermatological patients were included: 67 with psoriasis, 84 atopic eczema, 10 mastocytosis, 19 nummular eczema, 84 malignant melanoma and 150 keratinocyte carcinoma. Comparing the skin diseases, differences were observed for heuristic happiness, Positive Affect, and some domains of Quality of Life and Compound Psychological Capital. Analysing the relationship between heuristic happiness and other happiness measures, the data revealed moderate to strong correlations (r = 0.30–0.46, p< 0.001) and variations in the understanding of happiness between the skin diseases. Overall, the most important facet of happiness was Hope as a domain of Compound Psychological Capital. This study emphasizes the individual definition of heuristic happiness in patients with skin diseases. A 1-item heuristic approach may be a simple and practical method to assess the complexity and individuality of happiness.
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| spelling | doaj.art-203922234e4442c4b26eb8cc9e9c5dc72023-05-30T11:13:49ZengMedical Journals SwedenActa Dermato-Venereologica0001-55551651-20572023-05-0110310.2340/actadv.v103.5284Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin DiseasesJohanna Weis0Hannah Wecker1Alexander Arnold2Barbara Schuster3Stefanie Ziehfreund4Linda Tizek5Sonja Mittag6Tilo Biedermann7Alexander Zink8Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, Germany; Private Practice, Dermatologie Arnold, Augsburg, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, Germany; Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenPositive health approaches, such as happiness, are largely unexplored in medicine, including dermatology. Taking into consideration the various happiness measures, the aims of this cross-sectional study were to assess this concept using a 1-item heuristic happiness question and its related dimensions (Satisfaction with Life, Positive and Negative Affect, Quality of Life, and Compound Psychological Capital) in outpatients with different skin diseases between December 2019 and June 2020, and to examine the link between these dimensions. Overall, 414 dermatological patients were included: 67 with psoriasis, 84 atopic eczema, 10 mastocytosis, 19 nummular eczema, 84 malignant melanoma and 150 keratinocyte carcinoma. Comparing the skin diseases, differences were observed for heuristic happiness, Positive Affect, and some domains of Quality of Life and Compound Psychological Capital. Analysing the relationship between heuristic happiness and other happiness measures, the data revealed moderate to strong correlations (r = 0.30–0.46, p< 0.001) and variations in the understanding of happiness between the skin diseases. Overall, the most important facet of happiness was Hope as a domain of Compound Psychological Capital. This study emphasizes the individual definition of heuristic happiness in patients with skin diseases. A 1-item heuristic approach may be a simple and practical method to assess the complexity and individuality of happiness. https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actadv/article/view/5284happinessquality of lifeholistic healthskin diseases |
| spellingShingle | Johanna Weis Hannah Wecker Alexander Arnold Barbara Schuster Stefanie Ziehfreund Linda Tizek Sonja Mittag Tilo Biedermann Alexander Zink Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases Acta Dermato-Venereologica happiness quality of life holistic health skin diseases |
| title | Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases |
| title_full | Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases |
| title_fullStr | Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases |
| title_short | Happiness Behind the Scenes: Associations between Heuristic Happiness and Related Dimensions in Skin Diseases |
| title_sort | happiness behind the scenes associations between heuristic happiness and related dimensions in skin diseases |
| topic | happiness quality of life holistic health skin diseases |
| url | https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actadv/article/view/5284 |
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