A new study across three countries led by University of Essex Department of Psychology's Dr. Paul Hanel discovered people who prioritized achievement over enjoyment were less happy on the next day.
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A pair of psychologists at the University of British Columbia has found that evidence backing up claims that certain therapies or activities can boost happiness is lacking in rigor. In their study, reported in the journal ...
It might seem like sunshine, vacation and time spent with family and friends will bring you happiness this summer.
Jul 10, 2023
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Is happiness something to work hard towards and accumulate over time or is it something transient and fleeting that should be savored in the moment?
May 29, 2023
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Happiness can't be bought, but nor does it depend mostly on one's mindset, as many happiness surveys would suggest, according to a recent study by Cornell psychology researchers.
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The World Happiness Report published annually on 20 March is out, and there's no surprise at the top. For the sixth straight year, Finland is the world's happiest nation.
Apr 17, 2023
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What makes you happy? Maybe it's getting up early to see the sunrise, hanging out with family and friends on a weekend, or going for a dip in the sea. But what does science say about the things happy people do?
Feb 21, 2023
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Some influential studies show that the decision to have kids leads to greater suffering—at least for parents. A famous study by Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and collaborators showed that working women ...
Jan 25, 2023
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New research led by the University of Kent and University of Reading has found that fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise can increase levels of happiness.
Sep 16, 2022
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A new University of Virginia study has found that a new mother's ability to recognize positive emotions of the faces of other adults predicts how sensitive and responsive she will be with her baby four months later.
Jul 21, 2022
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Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this older sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics. In everyday speech today, however, terms such as well-being or quality of life are usually used to signify the classical meaning, and happiness usually refers[citation needed] to the felt experience or experiences that philosophers historically called pleasure.
While direct measurement of happiness presents challenges, tools such as The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire have been developed by researchers. Positive psychology researchers use theoretical models that include describing happiness as consisting of positive emotions and positive activities, or that describe three kinds of happiness: pleasure, engagement, and meaning.
Research has identified a number of attributes that correlate with happiness:[citation needed] relationships and social interaction, parenthood, marital status, religious involvement, age, income (but mainly up to the point where survival needs are met), and proximity to other happy people.
Happiness economics suggests that measures of public happiness should be used to supplement more traditional economic measures when evaluating the success of public policy.
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