According to a recent study by the University of Glasgow in Scotland, the more children a couple have, the happier they are. The catch? This only holds true for married couples. The same children and happiness correlation didn’t apply to single, co-habiting or separated parents. The study took into account not only marital status [...]
Tags: children, co-habiting, Happiness, life satisfaction, marriage, single parents
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Happiness is a contagious thing. And not just in the “meet space” but in cyberspace as well. Happy people attract happy people and tend to form clusters – through social networks. This is according to a study conducted by researchers at Harvard, and reviewed by Nature News.
In the study, they found that people with smiling [...]
Tags: Happiness, links, network clusters, Social Networking, suicide pacts
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Is happiness linked to how we spend our money? Apparently yes, according to a recent study published in Science.
And shoppaholics would be surprised to hear the results – spending money on other people is more fun than spending money on one’s self. And, after you’ve spent money on other people, you gain more satisfaction in [...]
Tags: Happiness, money, prosocial spending
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With Valentine’s day approaching, and Easter not far away, perhaps you’ll be receiving some chocolate soon. Oooh, but what about watching your weight?
Researchers in Finland, who appear to be chocoholics, studied 300 pregnant women. They asked the women to record their diets and stress levels while pregnant, and then visited with the mothers and [...]
Tags: babies, Chocolate, Happiness, Pregnancy, Valentine's Day
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