Shinichiro Matsuguma^1,*, Miku Suzuki², Miki Kanamaru³, Hitomi Tsuchiya², Masato Kawamoto², Masaya Kobayashi⁴

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.12, pp. 967-975, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2024.057068 - 31 December 2024

Abstract Background: Today, mental illness is one of the most serious social issues in Japan. To proactively prevent psychological disorders and improve and maintain well-being, each individual must take action and engage in small yet significant daily activities for their well-being on a daily basis. The purpose of this study was to investigate if our daily engagement in oyatsu activities, sharing and giving snacks, can enhance hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled, open-label, parallel-group comparative design trial. Participants were recruited from a community website run by a snack company in Japan. Participants who… More >

Umaira Tabbasam¹, Amjad Islam Amjad², Tariq Ahmed¹, Xing Qiang^1,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 389-402, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.024130 - 21 February 2023

Abstract Adolescents’ emotions and preferences are influenced by their childhood experiences. In today’s world, there is a pervasive eagerness for happiness. Happiness has been linked to feelings of self-strength, seeking help, and psychological health. The current quantitative research was designed with a positive psychological perspective to compare Pakistani and Chines adolescents’ self-strength, seeking help, and happiness. The research design of the study was causal-comparative. The study population consisted of 400 Pakistani and 409 Chinese adolescents studying in the elementary grades of both countries. The sample was selected by using a simple random sampling technique. It consisted… More >

Junhyoung Kim^1,*, Kevin K. Byon², Jaehyun Kim³

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.23, No.2, pp. 155-166, 2021, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.015232 - 30 April 2021

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between types of leisure activities and happiness, life satisfaction, and health perception of older Korean adults during the COVID-19 era. Using snowballing and purposive sampling methods, 123 respondents participated in the study. The results show that participation in outdoor activities and home-based activities served as a strong predictor of happiness, life satisfaction, and health perceptions among older Korean adults. These findings suggest that engaging in outdoor activities and home-based activities is likely to increase the psychological and mental health of older Korean adults during More >

Xiaoxia Zhu^1,2,*, Xu Guo², Yishu Teng^1,*, John Gershenson³

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.23, No.2, pp. 289-302, 2021, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.013691 - 30 April 2021

Abstract When the global outbreak of new coronary pneumonia broke out in 2020, online public opinion events triggered by cultural differences among overseas students had come into the public view. To further explore the relationship between the cultural alienation of overseas students and their own happiness, this study takes visualization and analysis of positive, negative sentiment analysis of Weibo netizens’ comment data in the “Xu Kexin Incident” as the starting point, on the basis of introducing cultural alienation, stress relief methods, and cultural intelligence, combining gender and social ability, social relations and other individual attributes, designed… More >

Kevin R. Loughlin

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 9746-9747, 2019

Abstract This article has no abstract. More >