But the conclusion of 50
years of happiness research, according to Christine Carter, Ph.D., is that there's no greater happiness than strong connections with people.
Not exact matches
But as
research indicates, childfree couples divorce more often than couples who have at least one child, 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.
Research by psychologists at Plymouth University showed parents
of 10 and 11 -
year - olds consistently overestimated their child's
happiness, while those with 15 and 16 -
year - olds were inclined to underestimate.
Get off the hamster wheel by avoiding automatic «yes» responses to requests that catch you off guard, says Gretchen Rubin, author
of The
Happiness Project, a book chronicling the
year that Rubin spent test - driving scientific
research and popular wisdom about how to be happy.
The findings about greater
happiness in online couples «are tiny effects,» says Finkel, whose
research published last
year found «no compelling evidence» to support dating website claims that their algorithms work better than other ways
of pairing romantic partners.
There is a great deal
of research showing that unremitting stress leads to increased levels
of illness and infection, cuts
years off
of people's lives, and generally cuts down on people's
happiness.
Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors
of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power
of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing
Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education
Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five
Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education
Research to the Development
of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).
«After
years of research and development, we are especially excited to deliver a product that provides an innovative solution to the anxiety issues that dogs and their owners have always struggled with — one that is so vitally intrinsic to the health and
happiness of America's beloved dog families.»
Trending TED Talk speaker Dr. Robert Waldinger
of Harvard University will explain how his team's 75 -
year happiness study translates to the tourism industry, while the country
of Bhutan shares its
happiness success story and a leading U.S.
research institute reveals the results to Aruba's ongoing study on
happiness.
Orbuch has studied 373 couples for more than 28
years through the University
of Michigan's Survey
Research Center, and her research shows that frequent small acts of kindness are a predictor of happiness in a relat
Research Center, and her
research shows that frequent small acts of kindness are a predictor of happiness in a relat
research shows that frequent small acts
of kindness are a predictor
of happiness in a relationship.
At The Gottman Institute, where Drs. John and Julie Gottman have been studying relationship health for over 40
years, the
research shows that 67 %
of couples report a decline in relationship
happiness for up to three
years after the birth
of the first child.
In EMOTIONAL AGILITY: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life (Avery, On sale September 2016, Hardcover & Ebook), Susan David, Ph.D. a renowned psychologist and expert on emotions,
happiness, and achievement, draws on her more than twenty
years of research to show that emotionally agile people are not immune to stresses and setbacks.