Department of Business Administration, College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 88888, United Arab Emirates.
Abu Dhabi Department of Community Development, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates.
Nutrients. 2021 Dec 23;14(1):55. doi: 10.3390/nu14010055.
Understanding the interactions between happiness, self-perception of health, healthy eating behaviors, physical activities, and psychological feelings or symptoms of mental health provides necessary inputs for social policymaking. Using data from the second cycle of the Abu Dhabi Quality of Life survey, this study examined a path analysis of Abu Dhabi residents' nature of assimilations between these variables. The results point to the significant association between happiness and self-rated health. In addition, the results portray significant direct paths to happiness from three mental feeling variables-"feeling calm and peaceful", "having lots of energy", and "feeling downhearted and depressed". The variable of "often feeling rushed or pressed for time" shows a direct path to self-rated health only. Eating healthy food is significantly associated with both happiness and self-perception of health. In addition, "often doing physical activities" positively influences happiness. The present study enhances and refines policymakers' understanding of the considered factors on happiness and self-rated health with further elaborations of the mediating roles of specific well-being determinants. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed.
理解幸福、自我健康感知、健康饮食行为、身体活动以及心理健康的心理感受或症状之间的相互作用，为社会政策制定提供了必要的依据。本研究利用阿布扎比生活质量调查第二轮的数据，对阿布扎比居民对这些变量之间同化性质的路径分析进行了研究。结果表明，幸福与自我健康感知之间存在显著关联。此外，结果还表明，从三个心理感受变量——“感到平静安宁”、“精力充沛”和“心情沮丧”，到幸福存在显著的直接路径。“经常感到匆忙或有压力”这一变量仅与自我健康感知存在直接关联。健康饮食与幸福和自我健康感知都显著相关。此外，“经常进行身体活动”也对幸福产生积极影响。本研究通过进一步阐述特定幸福感决定因素的中介作用，增强并完善了政策制定者对幸福感和自我健康感知相关因素的理解。本文还讨论了研究的局限性和未来的研究方向。
