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UrduLorenzo Norris is an associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Chief Wellness Officer at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is also medical director of the GW Resiliency & Well-being Center. Amir Afkhami, an expert…
Tag: Happiness
Policies for happiness: Finnish experts available to comment on what keeps the population happy
Experts from Finland available to comment on policies that create happiness
Experts from Finland available to comment on policies that create happiness
In anticipation of the 2023 World Happiness Report, experts from Aalto University in Finland are available to comment on what happiness means in this context and how this small country ensures its residents’ well-being. Finland has topped this subjective well-being…
‘All Work, No Independent Play’ Cause of Children’s Declining Mental Health
A new study suggests the rise in mental health disorders in children and teens is attributed to a decline over decades in opportunities for them to play, roam and engage in activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults. Although well intended, adults’ drive to guide and protect children has deprived them of the independence they need for mental health, contributing to record levels of anxiety, depression, and suicide among young people.
Was I Happy Then? Our Current Feelings Can Interfere with Memories of Past Well-Being
Many of us spend our lives chasing “happiness,” a state of contentment that is more difficult for some to achieve than others. Research in Psychological Science suggests that one reason happiness can seem so elusive is that our current feelings can interfere with memories of our past well-being.
New Psychological Science Findings Link Local Prejudice to Police Militarization, Offer Hope for Fostering Belief in Science
Findings also help explain why happy people are more optimistic, how false visual memories can be perpetuated, and why feeling good often just means feeling better.
‘Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face’
Just like the famous lyrics suggest, if you put on a happy face you will feel a little brighter, according to a new study published in Nature Human Behaviour.
UCI research team finds positivity is not equally protective against illness across races
Research has consistently shown that positive psychological factors are linked to better physical health, including increased resistance to infectious illnesses such as the flu and the common cold. A new study from the University of California, Irvine, examines the role that race plays in this connection, comparing the results of African American and European American participants in a series of landmark experimental studies from the Common Cold Project, conducted between 1993 and 2011.
Stress-relief Music Therapy Can Also Effectively Relieve Pain
Medical results show that music therapy can lower blood pressure, relieve pain during chemotherapy and dialysis, as well as stimulate the elderly brain. The Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University is offering a Music Therapy Program aiming to heal the ever-increasing patients with various chronic diseases in society.
Believing Leisure Is Wasteful Reduces Happiness
While many – from Aristotle to the Dalai Lama – have opined on the state of human happiness, a new Rutgers-led study finds that utter contentment depends, at least in part, on believing that leisure activities are not a waste of time.
Think leisure is a waste? That may not bode well for your mental health
Feeling like leisure is wasteful and unproductive may lead to less happiness and higher levels of stress and depression, new research suggests.
To Touch and to Smell – a Nature Experience that Creates Happiness
According to new findings by researcher’s at Israel’s Technion, the senses — mainly smell and touch — are vital in the process that allows us to relax and enjoy nature.
Smartphone Surveys Find a Connection Between Daily Spiritual Experiences and Well-being
Using smartphone check-ins twice a day for two weeks, sociologists in a national study have found a link between individuals’ daily spiritual experiences and overall well-being, say researchers from Baylor University and Harvard University.
When it comes to happiness, what’s love got to do with it?
How accurate was William Shakespeare when he said, “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,”? Researchers from Michigan State University conducted one of the first studies of its kind to quantify the happiness of married, formerly married and single people at the end of their lives to find out just how much love and marriage played into overall well-being.
Study shows humans are optimists for most of life
Researchers from Michigan State University led the largest study of its kind to determine how optimistic people are in life and when, as well as how major life events affect how optimistic they are about the future.
Happiness Might Protect You From Gastrointestinal Distress
DALLAS – June 9, 2020 – Serotonin, a chemical known for its role in producing feelings of well-being and happiness in the brain, can reduce the ability of some intestinal pathogens to cause deadly infections, new research by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The findings, publishing online today in Cell Host & Microbe, could offer a new way to fight infections for which few truly effective treatments currently exist.
People Who Felt Knowledgeable About COVID-19 at Time of Outbreak More Likely to Report Positive Mood
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Assistant Professor Haiyang Yang finds in a new study that people who perceived themselves as knowledgeable about COVID-19 – regardless of the actual amount of their knowledge – experienced more happiness during the outbreak than those who didn’t perceive themselves as informed about COVID-19.
8 Ways to Make 2020 Your Best Year Ever
Here’s a resolution we can all keep: Make 2020 the year you decide never to set a resolution again. Instead, consider following some of the sage advice about living wisely and well from CSU faculty experts in psychology, gerontology and palliative care. Here’s how they say you can make the most of 2020 or any year.
McCombs School of Business Launches Open Online Course on Happiness in the Workplace
AUSTIN, Texas — If you want a better business, make sure your employees are happy. If you want to be a more successful employee, make sure not to neglect your own happiness.