Gratitude has a strong connection to well-being, but more than that, two psychologists say, it could have a powerful effect on others. So, don’t hold back when it comes to expressing it.
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With a deepening climate crisis, unprecedented biodiversity loss and widespread inequality, it’s pertinent to question if indefinite GDP growth will deliver true and long-lasting prosperity.
There are many ways to be happy, but we can also find comfort in the knowledge that our constant dissatisfaction is what makes us human.
Today’s national accounts will be important, but for many Australians will say little about living standards.
Happiness varies by location, and what matters for happiness varies as well.
After the intensity of early courtship, even a healthy, happy relationship can feel lackluster. Psychology researchers have ideas for what can help you perk up your relationship rather than give up.
Research suggests Harry and Meghan would be well and truly in their right minds to be sick of royal fame and fortune.
Losers suffer a far greater sense of loss than the corresponding euphoria experienced by those on the winning side.
Societies have much to learn from the pursuit of happiness on an individual level.
Of the countries we looked at, all have seen an increase in subjective happiness since the 1970s.
Men and women who report a decrease in sexual activities are more likely to experience a deterioration in how they rate their overall level of health.
Finding your creative space with meaning.
In Nordic and Latin American countries, education systems promote well-being and resilience. The UK still has a lot to learn.
Happiness is a human construct, an abstract idea with no biological basis. But this is something to be happy about.
The more humans seek happiness, the more it can elude them. In exploring this conundrum, a Nigerian novelist spoke with everyday people in his country, finding the coexistence of hope and deprivation.
Happiness may well be a choice, but it is a difficult choice. And much that might make that choice a little easier depends on the choices of influential others.
Minority sexual identities are on average less satisfied with their lives — but being accepted is crucial to this.
Countries around the world are taking society’s happiness and well-being into account when formulating policy. So, why is Australia so focused on economics as the sole marker of progress?
Are you an extrovert or an introvert? From personality to emotional maturity, individual differences matter when it comes to happiness.
The Hinch Army of domestic goddesses seems more Women’s Institute than the future of media.
Top contributors
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, University of Stirling
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Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, King's College London
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Mental health researcher, University of Cambridge
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Research Psychologist, Health Behaviour Research Centre, UCL
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Lecturer in Positive Psychology, University of East London
