"Happiness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Highly pleasant emotion characterized by outward manifestations of gratification; joy.
| Descriptor ID |
D006240
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.516
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Happiness" by people in Profiles.
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Li Y, Ge F, Pietromonaco PR, Park J. Will you boost my joy or dampen it? Cultural differences in hedonic interpersonal emotion regulation in romantic relationships. Emotion. 2025 Mar; 25(2):507-525.
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Hanson MN, Hughes D, Alseidi A, Bittner JG, Romanelli J, Vassiliou M, Feldman LS, Asbun H. The joy of surgery: how gender influences surgeons' experiences. Surg Endosc. 2024 Aug; 38(8):4624-4632.
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Hughes D, Hanson MN, Alseidi A, Bittner JG, Romanelli J, Vassiliou M, Feldman LS, Asbun H. The joy of surgery: how surgeons experience joy, time, and support. Surg Endosc. 2024 Jul; 38(7):3494-3502.
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Gariepy A, Lundsberg LS, Vilardo N, Stanwood N, Yonkers K, Schwarz EB. Pregnancy context and women's health-related quality of life. Contraception. 2017 May; 95(5):491-499.
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Schumm JA, O'Farrell TJ, Kahler CW, Murphy MM, Muchowski P. A randomized clinical trial of behavioral couples therapy versus individually based treatment for women with alcohol dependence. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2014 Dec; 82(6):993-1004.
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Paulson S, Davidson R, Jha A, Kabat-Zinn J. Becoming conscious: the science of mindfulness. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2013 Nov; 1303:87-104.
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Pagoto SL, Schneider KL, Oleski J, Smith B, Bauman M. The adoption and spread of a core-strengthening exercise through an online social network. J Phys Act Health. 2014 Mar; 11(3):648-53.
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Demirtas-Tatlidede A, Freitas C, Cromer JR, Safar L, Ongur D, Stone WS, Seidman LJ, Schmahmann JD, Pascual-Leone A. Safety and proof of principle study of cerebellar vermal theta burst stimulation in refractory schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2010 Dec; 124(1-3):91-100.
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Healy AJ, Malhotra N, Mo CH. Irrelevant events affect voters' evaluations of government performance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 20; 107(29):12804-9.
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Angner E, Ray MN, Saag KG, Allison JJ. Health and happiness among older adults: a community-based study. J Health Psychol. 2009 May; 14(4):503-12.