Need a positive Mood Change?

Are you in a sad or bad mood and need an uplift? Something happy, comforting, delightful? This is where Happiness comes in. This app will change your mood within a few seconds.

The basic principle is one, which has been tested and verified in countless scientific studies*: If we see a smile, if we hear laughter, and if we experience a comforting and relaxing situation, then this will lead to extended happiness and joy.

Features

  • Random mode with unique laughter
  • Manual mode which allows to adjust laughter
  • Selecting between several different scenes
  • Delay option by means of delaying the emitting of laughter, for example to play a pun on friends
  • Many different forms of laughter for your pleasure
  • Several comforting background sceneries
  • A relaxing ambient sound
  • Continuous Play while the iPod / iPod remains in your pocket

So, Happiness is a great little tool for all these moments in life, which could improve through a more positive mood.

*Literature:

Bryant, Jennings/Miron, Dorina (2002): Entertainment as Media Effect. In: Bryant, Jennings/Zillmann, Dolf (Hsrg.) (2002): Media effects: advances in theory and research. New Jersey: 549–577.

Bryant, Jennings/Zillmann, Dolf (1986): Exploring the Entertainment Experience. In: Bryant, Jennings/Zillmann, Dolf (Hsrg.) (1986): Perspectives on media effects. Hillsdale: 303–321.

Oliver, Mary Beth (2003): Mood Management and Selective Exposure. In: Bryant, Jennings/ Roskos-Ewoldsen, David/Cantor, Joanne (Hrsg.) (2003): Communication and Emotion. Ess- ays in Honor of Dolf Zillmann. Lawrence Erlbaum: 85-106.

Zillmann, Dolf (1988a): Mood management through communication choices. In: American Behavioral Scientist 31, 327-340.

Zillmann, Dolf (1991): Television Viewing and Physiological Arousal. In: Bryant, Jennings/Zillmann, Dolf (Hrsg.) (1991): Responding to the Screen: Reception and Reaction Processes. Hillsdale: 103-133.

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