Not exact matches
That's where new research from high - profile
happiness researcher and author Shawn Achor and his colleagues
at coaching firm BetterUp comes in.
One study conducted
at UC Riverside found that Anglo - Americans benefitted more from
happiness - increasing activities; however,
researchers did see a small trend that Asians gained more from activities directed toward benefitting others»
happiness, like writing a letter of gratitude, than activities strictly intended to benefit the self.
«According to a study from
researchers at Harvard Business School, the University of Mannheim, and Yale University, wealthy individuals report that having three to four times as much money would give them a perfect» 10» score on
happiness — regardless of how much wealth they already have,» reports the release.
Researchers at Cornell University found that «experiential purchases» (like taking trips) «tend to provide more enduring
happiness than material purchases.»
But that might have been the problem; childfree couples divorce more often than couples who have
at least one child, according to
researchers, despite numerous studies that indicate marital
happiness plummets in the first year or two after the birth of a child and sometimes never quite recoups.
Looking
at historical trends from the same age groups since the 1990s, the
researchers found that the proliferation of screen devices over time coincided with a general drop - off in reported
happiness in U.S. teens.
Happiness is about having experiences that are meaningful and valuable, including emotions that you think are the right ones to have,» said lead
researcher Maya Tamir, PhD, a psychology professor
at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Not only that, the U.S. has the largest «
happiness gap» among parents compared to nonparents in 22 industrialized countries, according to a report by
researchers at Baylor University, the University of Texas
at Austin and Wake Forest University.
Researchers led by Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science
at LSE, compared levels of
happiness in London, Paris and Berlin, interviewing 26,000 residents over three years from 2011 to 2013.
Researchers such as Barbara Frederickson
at University of Michigan and Rollin McCraty
at the Institute of HeartMath have shown that emotions like
happiness, gratitude and a sense of meaningfulness not only feel good in our bodies, but they also give us the energy to do great things, even beyond what we might think is possible.
At our company convention a few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of learning from
happiness researcher, and author of The Happiness Advantage, Sha
happiness researcher, and author of The
Happiness Advantage, Sha
Happiness Advantage, Shawn Acher.
From a survey which looked
at dating and married couples relationships,
researchers learned that the primary predictor of
happiness in a relationship is your perception of, if your partner motivates and supports you to live up to your dreams and aspirations.
Researchers who surveyed 6,200 lawyers about their jobs and health found that the factors most frequently associated with success in the legal field, such as high income or a partner - track job
at a prestigious firm, had almost zero correlation with
happiness and well - being.
Or
at least that's what
researchers have found out by looking
at happiness in relationships and frequency of sex.
The
researchers also used a third national data set that looked
at happiness, sex and relationship satisfaction, and found that frequency of sex accounts for just 7 percent of the association between relationship satisfaction and
happiness.
Participants indicated their current
happiness on a long line anchored with «not
at all happy» and «very happy» (
Researchers use a line instead of exact numbers to minimize participants» ability to simply provide the exact same answer twice and to help detect small differences).
Children who report having more support in their community are also more likely to have high self - esteem, optimism, overall health,
happiness and less sadness, says a study conducted by
researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC).