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Being Too Happy Could Be Counter Productive
January 25, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Lifestyle News
The study, led by Illinois psychology professor Ed Diener, suggests that moderate happiness may be preferable to full-fledged elation.
The researchers looked at data from the World Values Survey, a large-scale analysis of economic, social, political and religious influences around the world. They also analysed the behaviours and attitudes of 193 undergraduate students at Illinois.
The study indicates that those at the uppermost end of the happiness scale, i.e. people who report that they are 10s on a 10-point life satisfaction score, are in some measures worse off than their slightly less elated counterparts.
“Happy people are more likely (than unhappy people) to get married, are more likely to stay married, are more likely to think their marriage is good. They’re more likely to volunteer. They’re more likely to be rated highly by their supervisor and they’re more likely to make more money,” Diener said.
“But there is a caveat, and that is to say: Do you then have to be happier and happier" How happy is happy enough,"” he added.
The researchers started off with the prediction that mildly happy people, i.e. those who classify themselves as eights and nines on the 10-point life satisfaction scale, may be more successful in some realms than those who consider themselves 10s.
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