An Overview on Happiness Theory

Happiness research is a hot issue being discussed in depth in academia nowadays. Its research category mainly involves basic theory research and special subject research. The former mainly includes the definition of connotation,essential attributes,structure elements,meta- theory doctrine,and the latter covers happiness feeling,happiness view,happiness index,national happiness,happiness of people's livelihood, happiness paradox,happiness problem,attribution of the happiness problem,path to realize happiness. They both present sort of reality,diversity and empirical features about the happiness research,and yet what needs to be probed deeply and further are the mechanism of the happiness factors,the special differences of the happiness constitution,and the innovative practice of the happiness research. And at the same time,more developmental room has been left for the theoretical innovation,methodological breakthroughs and practical application of the happiness research. It is the striving orientation and the fundamental mission of the innovation of the eudemonics research with Chinese characteristics to set up the evaluation index system of happiness with Chinese characteristics and form the theory system of the eudemonics of chinization,localization,characterization by drawing lessons from the foreign research results and taking into consideration of China's realities.