Children who cosleep are generally more independent and secure, develop close and lasting bonds to their families, and
report more happiness and general life satisfaction than children who sleep alone.
Evangelical women feel more appreciated and
report more happiness with their marriages than mainline women do.
Perhaps employees are just
reporting more happiness because they think they're expected to.
Not exact matches
Men in marriages where the responsibility for domestic chores and financial support are
more evenly shared
report higher levels of
happiness and less depression.
The securest way to the rapturous sorts of
happiness of which the twice - born make
report has as an historic matter of fact been through a
more radical pessimism than anything that we have yet considered.
The authors of the
report say that people doing federal research on things like income, spending and health should also ask questions about
happiness because of the
more developed view it could lend to in setting policies to improve people's lives.
Despite self -
reported claims to the contrary, liberals exhibited
more happiness than their
more conservative counterparts.
«Participants with happy partners were significantly
more likely to
report better health, experience less physical impairment, and to exercise
more frequently than participants with unhappy partners,» says the study, «even accounting for the impact of their own
happiness and other life circumstances.»
And as we age, sex continues to be a strong indicator of
happiness — a 1992 study found that for couples over 60, if they had sex once per week, they
reported being happier and having
more exciting lives.
No matter how much
more than $ 75,000 per year a person makes, they don't
report any greater degree of
happiness.
Over the past two decades, studies have consistently found that people who practice gratitude
report fewer symptoms of illness, including depression,
more optimism and
happiness, stronger relationships,
more generous behavior, and many other benefits.
Dr. Kristin Neff
reports that higher levels of self - compassion are linked to
more happiness, optimism, curiosity and connectedness, and to less anxiety, depression, rumination and fear of failure.
• A new intergenerational study shows that for 76 % of 15 - 17 year olds, studying hard for good exam results is their biggest priority for the coming year; and they are preparing to sacrifice friendships, family time, hobbies and even sleep to achieve this, • In fact 57 % of 15 - 17 year olds feel school work must come before anything else if they want to do well in the future • And only 39 % of this age group think being happy is
more important than good grades • Yet half (51 %) of UK business leaders calls on teens to develop broader life / work skills before leaving education A new
report launched today by National Citizen Service (NCS) reveals that the UK ¹ s 15 - 17 year olds feel under significant pressure to excel in exams at the expense of other life skills, experiences, healthy relationships and even their own
happiness, suggesting that they are struggling to juggle the demands of young adulthood.
But couples who talk about money
more frequently,
report higher levels of
happiness with their significant other.
A poor person living near greenery was even
more likely to have a self -
reported higher level of peace and
happiness than a wealthier person living in an area with less greenery.»
Dr. Stiglitz's column on the
report echoes many ideas promoted by a
more touchy - feely crowd that has long been pushing for such shifts, a group whose members range from Herman Daly to Jigmi Thinley, whom I met while writing my 2005 article on «gross national
happiness» and is Bhutan's first elected prime minister.
More background on these issues can be found in a recent
report on «the economics of
happiness» by the New Economist blog.
But in other respects, in the ways we were able to measure, unhappy spouses who divorced and unhappy spouses who stayed married looked
more similar than different: Before the divorce, they
reported similar levels of personal
happiness, personal mastery, and self - esteem.
In addition, both men and women
report greater sexual satisfaction and higher levels of overall relationship
happiness when they have
more sex.1 But, this goes both ways: satisfied couples have sex
more often and frequent sex leads to increases in sexual satisfaction.
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
Engaging in bad sex
more frequently is unlikely to be associated with
more happiness, but overall people tend to
report that their sexual experiences are
more satisfying than unsatisfying.
The researchers found that participants who shared grateful experiences with their partners
reported more life satisfaction and
happiness than participants in the other two conditions.
Married folks» enjoy better physical health, experience fewer emotional disturbances, rate themselves higher on
happiness levels,
report more satisfying sexual lives, earn
more money, and even live longer lives.
Last year, a major
report from the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University noted that many Americans now view life before children, and after they fly the coop, as the most satisfying years of adulthood, while children are viewed
more as a disruptive force and an obstacle to marital
happiness.
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).
Women who are in relationships with egalitarian men
report greater
happiness, health,
more stability, and greater sexual satisfaction than those in relationships with men who endorse traditional gender roles (Rudman & Phelan, 2007).
Research finds that parents who are married experience
more happiness and less depression than parents who are unmarried, as well as
reporting that their lives have a sense of purpose in higher numbers than their unmarried peers8.
Over 55 % of children
report that mindfulness helps them to enjoy life
more, demonstrating enhanced gratitude,
happiness, optimism and quality of life.
He also points out that across age groups, «Most people
report high levels of
happiness for themselves while simultaneously judging other people to be
more imbued by distress than by
happiness.»
But another,
more recent study,
reported that the cause is that older people are
more trusting, which comes with a number of healthy psychological benefits that lead to
happiness.
«REALTORS ® know that remodeling projects aren't just done to get
more money for a home once it's time to sell — a home is your sanctuary, the place you raise your family and where you make lifelong memories, which is why it's great the
report can also help consumers decide which projects can most enhance their current quality of life and
happiness,» he says.