The Pursuit of Happiness: Can It Make You Happy?

The Pursuit of Happiness: Can It Make You Happy?

Research has concluded that the explicit pursuit of happiness is counterproductive. In contrast, in the current research, we find it is possible to increase happiness by explicitly pursuing the goal of happiness. Thus, we suggest an important caveat to prior work on happiness.

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Hauptverfasser: Goldsmith, Kelly, Gal, David, Raghunathan, Raj, Cheatham, Lauren
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Happiness
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Research has concluded that the explicit pursuit of happiness is counterproductive. In contrast, in the current research, we find it is possible to increase happiness by explicitly pursuing the goal of happiness. Thus, we suggest an important caveat to prior work on happiness.
ISSN:0098-9258