Not exact matches
It finds that parents and teachers
consistently score children's
happiness levels slightly higher than children score their own.
Things weren't quite as positive in a sample of married couples from New York however, in which 19 % of wives and 29 % of husbands married 30 years or more reported being very intensely in love (the researchers attribute this difference between samples to the
consistently lower
levels of general
happiness reported by people who live in Northeastern states).1
Research has
consistently shown that high self - esteem is related to positive outcomes (eg healthy social relationships, subjective wellbeing, persistence in the face of failure, greater use of problem - focused coping, and higher
levels of
happiness).