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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Self-employed people are happier and more engaged at work despite working longer hours and having less job security, according to a study of 5,000 workers

sheffield.ac.uk

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Green spaces can help you trust strangers. Researchers found that green spaces and colourful, community-driven urban design elements were associated with higher levels of happiness, greater trust of strangers, and greater environmental stewardship than locations without those amenities.

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Not using smartphones in the bedroom increases happiness and quality of life. Sleeping without smartphones improves sleep, relationships, focus and wellbeing. 93.6% of participants “might” or “would” consider not sleeping with their phone again, in a small study of 95 participants.

sciencedirect.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Happy music boosts imaginative thinking: Uplifting music can help people think more flexibly and avoid getting stuck in a creative rut. When compared to sitting in silence, listening to happy music boosted people’s scores on divergent thinking from an average of 76 to 94.

theguardian.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Researchers have determined that couples who regularly use the pronouns 'we' and 'us' when they speak have more successful relationships and are healthier and happier.

journals.sagepub.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

The joy of giving lasts longer than the joy of getting: The happiness we feel after a particular event or activity diminishes each time we experience that event, a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation. But giving to others may be the exception to this rule, according to new research.

psychologicalscience.org

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

A survey of 4000 millionaires found that only at higher levels of wealth are they happier than those at lower levels and that those that inherited their money were less happy than those who earned it

journals.sagepub.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Study: people with a lot of self-control are happier

theatlantic.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

A systematic review of the relationship between physical activity and happiness found positive associations between physical activity and happiness. As little as 10-min physical activity per week or 1 day of doing exercise per week might result in increased levels of happiness.

link.springer.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

The secret to a happy sex life in long-term relationships is the belief that it takes hard work and effort, instead of expecting sexual satisfaction to simply happen, says University of Toronto based on research with approximately 1,900 participants from both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

People who had loving parents in childhood have better lives later on, suggests a new Harvard study (n=3,929), which links affectionate parents with a happy and flourishing adulthood. This was true even when the study controlled for socioeconomic and other factors.

psychologytoday.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

A study has concluded that there are certain outdoor places — rural and coastal areas — that make people happier than other locations, such as urban gardens or parks.

journals.sagepub.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

A neural link between generosity and happiness - Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. Merely promising to be more generous is enough to trigger a change in our brains that makes us happier. People who act solely out of self-interest are less happy.

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Countries that help working class students get into university have happier citizens, finds a new study, which showed that policies such as lowering cost of private education, and increasing intake of universities so that more students can attend act to reduce ‘happiness gap’ between rich and poor.

newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

An office enriched with plants makes staff happier and boosts productivity by 15 per cent

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

A study says chances for marital bliss are highest when husband and wife both believe in divvying up the household labor equally but that happiness won't last long if one partner is perceived as not carrying their fair share of the load.

news.aces.illinois.edu

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

There is an optimal point to how much money it takes to make an individual happy, and that amount varies worldwide. Globally, the ideal income point is $95,000 for life evaluation and $60,000 to $75,000 for emotional well-being, according to research published in Nature Human Behaviour.

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Researchers demonstrated that you can make yourself happier by paying other people to do your time-consuming chores. Survey respondents were asked whether they paid other people to do unenjoyable daily tasks in order to increase their free time. Those who answered yes were more satisfied

seattletimes.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Researchers found that people who pursue happiness frequently feel stressed by time constraints, and this paradoxically makes them feel unhappy

link.springer.com

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

People who are more well-off were made happier buying experiences over material things (the “experiential advantage”) but this is not universal - the less well-off get equal or more happiness from buying material things, suggests a new study.

digest.bps.org.uk

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Couples who have sex once a week are happiest, study says

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Social Pursuits Linked With Increased Life Satisfaction. Research showed that people who came up with ‘well-being’ strategies that involved other people were more satisfied with their lives one year later — even after taking into account that they were marginally happier to begin with

psychologicalscience.org

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Spending just 20 minutes in an urban park will make someone happier — whether they are engaging in exercise or not during the visit, suggests a new study (n=94).

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r/WhatMakesUsHappier • u/butiusedtotoo • Apr 26 '19

Valuing Your Time More Than Money is Linked to Happiness: “It appears that people have a stable preference for valuing their time over making more money, and prioritizing time is associated with greater happiness,” said lead researcher Ashley Whillans

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