Wellbeing has become an increasingly important priority worldwide. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), much research and financial investment are being committed to increasing wellbeing. However, how the pursuit of happiness, as a driver of wellbeing, is not commonly investigated. In particular, fear of happiness and beliefs in its fragility challenge dominant Western views that happiness is desirable and actively pursued by all. How these lay beliefs of happiness are associated with individual levels of wellbeing and related behaviours have not been well explored. Accordingly, we sought to identify wellbeing profiles by examining mental health functioning, positive emotion, flourishing, cultural beliefs in the fear of happiness and fragility of happiness, physical activity and levels of reported sleep as well as demographics such as age and gender. Using a sample of 834 Emirati university students in the UAE, fear and fragility of happiness were used to develop wellbeing profiles. We found three profiles: ‘unstable’ moderate wellbeing,’ ‘fearful, moderate wellbeing,’ and ‘stable, high wellbeing.’ This is one of few studies to show that beliefs in the fear and fragility of happiness are related to lower subjective wellbeing and cluster with other behavioural factors, such that physical health indicators like physical activity and sleep were associated with greater subjective wellbeing and more stable wellbeing profiles. In sum, lay beliefs of happiness not only appear to influence wellbeing itself, but concomitant behaviours as well.

福祉已成为全球越来越重要的优先事项。在阿拉伯联合酋长国（UAE），许多研究和金融投资都致力于提高福祉。然而，作为幸福的驱动力，对幸福的追求是如何被普遍研究的。特别是，对幸福的恐惧和对其脆弱性的信念挑战了西方主流观点，即所有人都渴望幸福并积极追求幸福。这些外行的幸福信念如何与个人幸福感和相关行为相关联，尚未得到很好的探索。因此，我们试图通过检查心理健康功能、积极情绪、繁荣、对幸福的恐惧和幸福的脆弱性、身体活动和报告的睡眠水平以及年龄和性别等人口统计数据的文化信仰来确定幸福感。使用阿联酋 834 名阿联酋大学生的样本，恐惧和幸福的脆弱性被用来开发幸福感。我们发现了三个配置文件：“不稳定的”中度幸福感、“恐惧的中度幸福感”和“稳定的高幸福感”。这是为数不多的研究之一，表明对幸福的恐惧和脆弱性与较低的主观幸福感有关，并与其他行为因素聚集在一起，例如身体活动和睡眠等身体健康指标与更高的主观幸福感和更稳定的幸福感相关个人资料。总而言之，外行的幸福信念似乎不仅影响幸福本身，而且也会影响伴随的行为。“不稳定的”中等幸福感，“令人恐惧的中等幸福感”和“稳定的高幸福感”。这是为数不多的研究之一，表明对幸福的恐惧和脆弱性与较低的主观幸福感有关，并与其他行为因素聚集在一起，例如身体活动和睡眠等身体健康指标与更高的主观幸福感和更稳定的幸福感相关个人资料。总而言之，外行的幸福信念似乎不仅影响幸福本身，而且也会影响伴随的行为。“不稳定的”中等幸福感，“令人恐惧的中等幸福感”和“稳定的高幸福感”。这是为数不多的研究之一，表明对幸福的恐惧和脆弱性与较低的主观幸福感有关，并与其他行为因素聚集在一起，例如身体活动和睡眠等身体健康指标与更高的主观幸福感和更稳定的幸福感相关个人资料。总而言之，外行的幸福信念似乎不仅影响幸福本身，而且也会影响伴随的行为。因此，身体活动和睡眠等身体健康指标与更高的主观幸福感和更稳定的幸福感相关。总而言之，外行的幸福信念似乎不仅影响幸福本身，而且也会影响伴随的行为。因此，身体活动和睡眠等身体健康指标与更高的主观幸福感和更稳定的幸福感相关。总而言之，外行的幸福信念似乎不仅影响幸福本身，而且也会影响伴随的行为。