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Hedonic motivation8/17/2023 Numerous studies have shown that the relationship between hedonic motivation and happiness outcome is unstable compared to eudaimonic motivations, but little is known about the causes ( Ortner et al., 2018 Lin and Chan, 2020 Sun et al., 2022). Happiness motivations reflect the intentions or purposes of individual daily activities, including both hedonic and eudaimonic motivations ( Huta and Ryan, 2010). Focusing on the happiness motivations behind lifestyle will help to explore better the mechanism underlying people’s pursuit of happiness, including the power source, pathways, and outcomes. argue that the two different lifestyles reflect the paths individuals take in their daily lives to pursue happiness based on different motivations ( Huta and Ryan, 2010 Huta and Waterman, 2014). Therefore, people have to struggle to achieve happiness through self-effort. ![]() In contrast, eudaimonism emphasizes self-actualization, the acquisition of meaning, and the fulfillment of potential as essential elements of happiness. ![]() Hedonism asserts that happiness comes from the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain and that people can achieve the experience of happiness through timely enjoyment. What kind of lifestyle can make people happier, enjoyment or striving? Human exploration of this question has a long history, resulting in two different perspectives, hedonism, and eudaimonism ( Gentzler et al., 2021 Sun et al., 2022).
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