Research shows that people with more flow in their lives had a higher sense of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists are beginning to explore what happens in the brain during flow.
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As the year ends, New Zealand has done well in important global measures of success. But closer to home, the numbers often told a different story.
Some people might struggle a little harder to enhance their wellbeing than others.
On World Kindness Day, a scholar of Buddhist studies explains its idea of compassion and the diverse ways to think about and express kindness.
The change point at which the happiness of most Australians no longer strongly depends on income has almost doubled from A$43,000 to A$74,000.
There is more than one way to pursue happiness and to cope with the inevitable low times in life.
Would £184 million make you any happier?
People inevitably became less contented during the pandemic, but it’s part of a longer trend.
Tipping the scales away from work may not be the wisest way to recalibrate your work-life balance.
Ignoring negative emotions by trying to be positive all the time — called toxic positivity — can have consequences for mental health. Experiencing negative emotions is inevitable and essential.
A new study using music streaming data to measure national mood underlines how much stock markets are governed by emotion rather than rational calculation.
While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress.
A new study found that sales went down when salespeople conveyed emotion during their pitch – including expressions of happiness.
The pandemic has people spending more time online for school, socializing and work. To maintain a healthy relationship with social media, people should manage their online time and activities.
Happiness is different for everyone in ways that scientists don’t understand – yet.
GDP only measures economic growth – not inequality, poverty or unpaid work like elder care. So researchers in the Netherlands developed a new way for governments to see how people are actually doing.
A growing online movement believes that giving up masturbation can make us happier and boost our testosterone levels.
Receiving a pay raise will make you feel happier only if it was bigger than what you had expected. Why? Because it helps you learn.
New data shows how unhappy and polarised America has become – due largely to COVID-19.
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, but we shouldn’t let it take over our lives.
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Lancashire
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, King's College London
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Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, University of Stirling
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Lecturer in Positive Psychology, University of East London
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Professor of Data Science; Director, Adelaide Data Science Centre, Adelaide University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Research Psychologist, Health Behaviour Research Centre, UCL
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Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University