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Married with children the key to happiness?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 27, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 1

Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. These findings by ...

Money won't buy happiness: Poverty-reduction programs need to also look at improving people's well-being

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Sep 07, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

There is more to life satisfaction than money, and public policy programs aiming to tackle poverty need to move beyond simply raising people's income to also improving their quality of life in other areas. These findings1 ...

Teaching resilience, sense of purpose in schools can prevent depression and improve grades

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Aug 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Teaching children how to be more resilient along with regular classroom instruction can improve children's outlook on life, curb depression and boost grades, according to a researcher who spoke at the American Psychological ...

Life lessons: Where psychology stands on living well

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 22, 2009 | 3.2 / 5 (6) | 0

Unfortunately for us, there is no formula for fulfillment or guide to life satisfaction; however, humans have turned to philosophy, religion and science time and again for answers to our existential questions. We may have ...

Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 08, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who seed their life with frequent moments of positive emotions increase their resilience against challenges, according to a new study by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill psychologist and ...

In the eye of the storm: Why some people stayed behind

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast. The 2005 storm breached every levee in New ...

Are socialists happier than capitalists?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jun 09, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (24) | 19

Driven by a decline in satisfaction with work life and family life, overall well-being initially plummeted in countries directly affected by the fall of the Iron Curtain, reveals an important new study.