Psychology & Psychiatry
Links between money and happiness uncovered
Changes in income do not affect most peoples' happiness, most of the time, according to a new study led by the University of Stirling.
Mar 9, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does having children make us any happier?
The birth of a first and a second child briefly increases the level of their parents' happiness, but a third does not, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Western ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Health
Happiness lowers blood pressure, study says
(Medical Xpress)—A synthetic gene module controlled by the happiness hormone dopamine produces an agent that lowers blood pressure. This opens up new avenues for therapies that are remote-controlled via the subsconscious.
Oct 15, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Don't worry, be happy
To most of the Western world, happiness is the number one goal, and a happy life is seen as a good life. But is it as simple as that?
May 8, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Money, marriage, kids: To attain happiness, Gilbert says, consider your mom's recipe
Daniel Gilbert, Harvard professor of psychology and best-selling author of "Stumbling on Happiness," on Wednesday presented an impressive array of scientific research from economics, psychology, and neuroscience to assess ...
Feb 22, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study highlights the power of positive relationships for girls' mental health
(Medical Xpress)—The experience of being bullied is particularly detrimental to the psychological health of school girls who don't have social support from either adults or peers, according to a new study by Dr. Martin ...
Oct 10, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The parenthood paradox: Certain parenting beliefs are detrimental to mothers' mental health
Does being an intense mother make women unhappy? According to a new study by Kathryn Rizzo and colleagues, from the University of Mary Washington in the US, women who believe in intensive parenting - i.e., that women are ...
Jul 5, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Aging, overweight people stay happy, says new study
Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being, according to a cross-cultural study looking at quality of life and health status in the US and the UK.
Mar 8, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Worries about catching COVID-19 stay low as lockdown eases
Despite the relaxation of lockdown measures enabling many people to return to more normal activities, worries about catching the virus show little sign of changing, finds UCL's COVID-19 social study.
Jun 15, 2020
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Health
Can (and should) happiness be a policy goal?
How does an individual's happiness level reflect societal conditions? A new article out today in the first issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS) finds that similar to how GDP measures the ...
Nov 4, 2014
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