| Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 9, Iss. 1, Jan, 2005, pp. 23-36 @2005 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences Dynamical Models of Happiness Abstract: A sequence of models for the time evolution of one s
happiness in response to external events is described.
These models with added nonlinearities can produce
stable oscillations and chaos even without external
events. Potential implications for psychotherapy
and a personal approach to life are discussed. Keywords: happiness, hedonics, differential equations, chaos, van der Pol equation |