What is health and happiness?

Press/Media: Public Engagement ActivitiesAcademic

Description

How do we define health? And what is the role of happiness in health? How can people in the Netherlands be one of the happiest populations on Earth while mental health problems seem on the rise? What is happiness? Does happiness change along the lifespan? And why? And what is the role of meaning and purpose and our personal narratives? You are welcome to listen and discuss. 

Period5-Oct-2019

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleWhat is Health and Happiness?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletUniversity of Groningen
    Media typeOther
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date05/10/2019
    DescriptionHow do we define health? And what is the role of happiness in health? How can people in the Netherlands be one of the happiest populations on Earth while mental health problems seem on the rise? What is happiness? Does happiness change along the lifespan? And why? And what is the role of meaning and purpose and our personal narratives?
    URLhttps://www.rug.nl/gmw/weekend-van-de-wetenschap
    PersonsBertus Jeronimus

Other

TitleWeekend van de Wetenschap 2019
LocationUniversity of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Period5-Oct-2019 → 5-Oct-2019
Linkhttps://www.weekendvandewetenschap.nl

Keywords

  • health
  • Happiness
  • well-being
  • Psychopathology
  • Meaning
  • Purpose
  • Personal narrative