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In a paper entitled “Defense of Parenthood: Children Are Associated With More Joy Than Misery,” to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Psychological Science, experts at the University of British Columbia argue that parents tend to be happier than non-parents. The finding is not as intuitive... |
17 May 2012
11:38 GMT |
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A team of experts in the United Kingdom found in a new study that people who go through small, positive personality changes over the course of their lives find it easier to be happy. A boost of happiness obtained in this manner trumped all others.
What this means is that individuals declared themselves happier afte... |
5 March 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Experts with the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management say that our perception of what we call “free time” may dictate an important portion of our personal happiness. Viewing time as money is never the way to go, the researchers suggest.
In a new study, experts determined that people who pla... |
7 February 2012
16:01 GMT |
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A thriving workforce is an absolute requisite when it comes to increasing productivity at the workplace, says the conclusion of a new scientific research on the issue. What the research is basically saying is that being happy with one's job is not a guarantee that that worker will display high performances.
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18 January 2012
04:02 GMT |
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For decades, politicians and economists believed that happiness is linked with macroeconomic factors in modern societies. As this view began to change over the past few years, researchers started wondering about what actually makes people happy. A new study finally comes up with some answers.
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3 January 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter have recently been used by scientists to gain insights into a variety of aspects related to modern society. In the latest such work, experts showed how the messages posted on the micro-blogging website could reveal trends in overall happiness levels.
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20 December 2011
04:37 GMT |
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The results of a long-term study conducted by experts at the University of Michigan on those who make up Generation X has revealed that these individuals are a lot happier than previous investigations had suggested.
The paper uncovered that 70 percent of these people are working for 40 hours or more each week, and ... |
25 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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According to the results of a new analysis, the key to becoming and remaining happy is to have just the right amount of spare time on your hands. Too much spare time and things deteriorate, researchers say. If someone does not have sufficient spare time, then mounting frustration and stress negate happiness.
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21 October 2011
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Investigators involved in conducting the DDB Needham Life Style Survey say that their preliminary results indicate happiness levels to be very similar between men and women, far more so than past studies had suggested.
Primarily, the study data covered the decades between 1985 and 2005. The statistics show that b... |
8 September 2011
07:59 GMT |
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For decades, psychologists have been analyzing and judging human satisfaction based on a scale that was developed by famed psychologist Abraham Maslow. More than 60 years later, when the measure was finally put through the rigors of scientific criticism, it did not fare very well, a study show. Maslow's measure,... |
30 June 2011
10:57 GMT |
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In some instances, the pursuit of happiness can make people feel miserable. Experts demonstrate in a new study that not all forms of happiness are good, enjoyable, or beneficial to people, and give a few examples to support their claims. The work started from the fact that the pursuit of happiness is one of the tenet... |
17 May 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Studies conducted on the influence on personality on happiness have revealed that those who tend to focus on positive experiences are more likely to experience greater personal happiness. In a new study, scientists provide an explanation for why this connection exists. Popular wisdom has it that people who tend to fo... |
3 May 2011
08:43 GMT |
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[]IMG=1The results of a landmark study have demonstrated that, contrary to popular belief, it's not the happiest and most cheerful people that live to be very old, but rather those that are prudent and persistent. These findings go up against the conclusions of previous studies, which showed that people with a h... |
14 March 2011
09:35 GMT |
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Studies have demonstrated that young parents are less happy than other parents of comparable age if they have many children. A new investigation shows that the correlation only holds until the parents reach mid-life, and beyond. At that time, they become truly happy about having a large family around them. Late-night... |
8 March 2011
04:57 GMT |
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The conclusions of a long-term cohort study recently showed that individuals who tend to be more energetic, happy and positive as teens are also more likely to go through a divorce later on in life. It was also found that these people were not more likely than their peers to get married as adults, and have a good per... |
28 February 2011
09:36 GMT |
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A new study suggests that focusing on being skinny and losing that extra weight can actually lead to weight gain and a compromised health status, and advises people to focus on improving their health instead, regardless of their size.In their new study, co-authors Linda Bacon, an associate nutritionist in the UC Davi... |
25 January 2011
07:42 GMT |
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If you’re a man always on the lookout for the perfect present that can bring a smile on your lady’s face or brighten her mood (after it was you who crossed her, of course), here’s a solution for you: tell her she’s awesome.You can do so every single day for a determined period of time or only ... |
25 August 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Statistics conducted in the United States over the past few decades puzzle psychologists and social sciences experts. It would appear that, with each generation, the level of overall well-being and happiness is decreasing, while dissatisfaction increases constantly. Researchers say that this is owed to the fact that ... |
22 July 2010
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Smiling is just one of those little things that are extremely beneficial for us and that, oftentimes, we seem to forget to do. Not the British, though, as they are officially the happiest nation in all of Europe, with the Polish coming in last, as a new study cited by the Daily Mail reveals. Whether they have good re... |
21 July 2010
15:41 GMT |
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Scientists discovered in a new study that people aged over 50 tend to be happier, and also less stressed out, than younger individuals. The differences are clearly visible when comparing seniors with those in their 20s, the researchers say. It would appear that older age indeed makes things look brighter, and that it... |
18 May 2010
06:48 GMT |
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I recently developed a new hobby. It was obviously something that I didn’t plan for, and how could I have? It's not like you suddenly wake up one morning and decide you want to pick up knitting. Well, I suppose maybe you could, but then again maybe it's just pushing your limits, in the sense that, if ... |
15 May 2010
06:56 GMT |
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A collaboration of investigators in the United States has recently determined that people who spend their time with others by having deep, meaningful conversations tend to be happier than their peers. Conversely, in the case of those who only chit-chat and talk about trivial things, the level of happiness they experi... |
31 March 2010
06:03 GMT |
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A new investigation, featuring the results of eight independent scientific studies, has recently revealed that purchasing life experiences does more for happiness than the latest gadgets and fashion. The researchers demonstrated that the type of happiness involving visiting new places, going to the movies, and being ... |
6 March 2010
03:33 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that people who are happy tend to engage more in interpersonal communications than unhappy people. However, when they do this, they also talk with more sense, and tend to engage in less small talk than the other group. The results of the new investigation make sens... |
5 March 2010
04:57 GMT |
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Researchers always believed that people excited about their upcoming vacations tended to remain happier about it some time after they returned. Investigations had revealed that people with upcoming days off were a lot more positive than those whose vacations were still months away. But a new study has revealed that t... |
19 February 2010
08:46 GMT |
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Researchers in Europe discovered a unique independent relationship between positive emotions and coronary heart disease, for the first time ever. Appearing in the latest issue of the leading cardiology publication European Heart Journal, the study shows that happiness, content and enthusiasm are among the emotions th... |
18 February 2010
08:47 GMT |
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A new scientific research has determined that people who are paid by the hour are a lot happier when it comes to money than those paid only once a month, on payday. The research, which was conducted by researchers at the Stanford University and the University of Toronto, in Canada, suggests that this correlation may ... |
25 January 2010
21:01 GMT |
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Most sane people consider being in a bad mood as, well, a bad thing, and try to get out of it, by any means at their disposal. But, according to a group of scientists from Australia, that may not be necessarily the best idea possible. In a new study they conducted, they showed the fact that people who were sad, or ge... |
2 November 2009
10:59 GMT |
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Happiness is a word many of us use to describe emotional states, and its meaning is clear to everyone. But, among scientists, determining a clear definition of the word proves to be a bit of a head scratcher. Finding out where the trait comes from is even more difficult. Some schools of thought propose a genetic orig... |
26 September 2009
06:31 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study conducted on seniors in their mid-90s, it would appear that older people tend to be happier as the years pass, despite mounting health problems, financial issues, stress and pain caused by the death of loved ones. The psychologists in charge of the study determined that seniors ten... |
10 August 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Human feelings aren't exactly the easiest things to quantify, measure or study. Throughout the years countless methods have been tried, some with more success than others. Moreover, being able to measure the “happiness” levels of thousands, not to mention millions, of people at any given point in tim... |
25 July 2009
04:27 GMT |
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Genetics may, indeed, play a much larger role in our development than we first thought, experts say, after a new study has set forth the theory that suggests the predominant feelings our parents experience during their lifetime are transmitted to the next generation. The line of reasoning behind this argument is fair... |
15 May 2009
04:57 GMT |
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Because we’re constantly stressed and pressed for time, we often forget to appreciate life’s smaller pleasures, and it is precisely this that’s keeping us feeling down. There still are many things we can do to induce happiness by learning again to love everything that makes life worth living, cognit... |
27 April 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Although we have often been told that children are the greatest joy a man or woman can experience, and that they are also the closest thing to complete happiness, one economist says studies show no direct relation between one’s sense of fulfillment and happiness, and whether one has kids or not. Moreover, if sa... |
20 March 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies prove what ancient people have known from, well, Antiquity, and namely that individuals who are always in a good mood and remain positive throughout the day experience less diseases and less sickness than those who are always gloomy. Researchers from the University of Kansas (UK) say that st... |
4 March 2009
08:27 GMT |
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Scientists in the UK argue that some people are simply born with whatever it is that happy and optimistic individuals have over others. In other words, their brains may be hardwired since birth to behave in the way that they do, with the same holding true for those who are gloomy all the time, and only see the glass ... |
25 February 2009
11:00 GMT |
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A 20 year-long study revealed that the happiness of just one person can affect a huge number of individuals for periods as long as one year. Their state of mind can influence their friends' and their friends' friends as well, spreading through social networks like an infectious disease. This proves that hap... |
5 December 2008
02:13 GMT |
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We are all in the search of happiness, but the failure of finding it can cause us all kinds of frustrations and psychological issues. First of all, it is tricky to even define happiness: is it having what you want or wanting what you have? A new research published in the Psychological Science tested this. The results... |
29 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Everybody pursues happiness. But happiness is triggered not only by what we do, but also by what happens to us and by life circumstances (like marriage, divorce, or debilitating illness). Richard Lucas, associate professor of psychology at Michigan State University - after analyzing data gathered over the years moni... |
12 March 2007
05:59 GMT |
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They say there's one thing money can't buy: happiness (or love or sex, take it as you want). A new research proves it literally: sex is better than money in making you happy. That is not to be understood as "being financially poor works", but rather as "being sexually active indeed brings a happy life". Inv... |
6 March 2007
08:57 GMT |
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