Family happiness among people in a Southeast Asian city: Grounded theory study.
Wilai Napa, Jumpee Granger, Siranee Kejkornkaew and 1 others
PMID 32077197WHAT IT FOUND
Low-income Bangkok residents described family happiness as living together without financial problems, spending time together, caring for one another, and saving.
Participants said stress lowered happiness, but coping was described as helping restore it.
Key findings
01Family happiness was described as living together without financial problems, close connections, caring for one another, and financial security.
02Participants said financial problems reduced happiness, and they responded by saving money and planning ahead for expenses.
03Stress was described as lowering family happiness, while coping methods such as letting things be or help from relatives were described as restoring it.
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What it does not show
The study was done in one Bangkok community. All 13 participants were low-income adults without severe physical or psychological problems, and none of their family members had a serious illness at the time. The findings are participants' descriptions of happiness, not evidence that any intervention increased happiness.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these themes as evidence that a family intervention increases happiness. They are descriptions from a small group of healthy low-income adults in Bangkok, and no intervention was tested.