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• TITLE: Relationship between the Career Selection Process and Happiness among Japanese School Teachers, Office Workers, and Nurses

  AUTHORS: Nozomu Mandai, Jun Sato, Mayumi Watanabe, Aki Ibe, Simon R. Downes, Hiroyuki Umiyama, Atsuko Uchinuno

  KEYWORDS: Happiness, Career Selection, Nursing, Teaching, Survey

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.14 No.2, February 25, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Background: Happiness varies across the life course in a U shape, with the least happiness in mid-life during the working years. Therefore, choosing a career may be an important factor in life’s happiness. However, the relationship between the career selection process and happiness remains unclear. Methods: We surveyed 805 schoolteachers, office workers, and nurses from an available marketing database using an ad hoc questionnaire assessing happiness and career selection type. Results and Discussion: We found that happiness was significantly greater among schoolteachers and nurses than for office workers in Japan. Furthermore, among schoolteachers and office workers, an evasive/avoidance type of career-selection process had an unfavorable effect on happiness. However, among nurses, no such association was observed. Conclusion: Paying attention to the career-selection process may be helpful to improve happiness.