Happiness in early childhood

This research was conducted based on three considerations. Firstly, childhood is a critical developmental stage that forms the foundation for the psychological well-being and future learning development of children. Secondly, the prevalence of child and adolescent behavioral problems is increasing, assumed to be caused by unhappiness. Thirdly, studies related to happiness in early childhood in Indonesia are still lacking.

The research used a qualitative approach with the aim of exploring and understanding the meaning of subjective well-being for some individuals. This also includes examining the meaning, situation, and parties that relates to psychological well-being.

The meaning of happiness in children aged 4-6 years shows positive affects (55%), carrying out activities (28.9%), getting something (8.89%), having positive physical conditions such as not feeling tired and healthy (4.44 %), as well as affiliations.

The situations that make children happy are activities (36.61%) such as learning, traveling, reading books, helping mother, writing stories, drawing, cleaning, watering flowers, reflecting on the mirror, eating and drinking, playing (20.54%), studying (11.61%), doing entertainment activi-ties (9.82%: vacation, reading comics, watch-ing TV/movies), sports (2.62%).

The parties that make children happy are family (77.92%), namely the nuclear family (74.03%) and extended family/grandmother (3.90%), non-family (19.48%), which includes friends (16.88%) and teachers (2.60%), God (1.30%) and toys (1.30%).

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