Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Happiness Across the Life Span

Happiness Across the Life Span: Not a Slippery Slope after all
https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/people-get-happier-as-they-age/
Contrary to popular opinion, when it comes to well-being, our lives do not represent an inevitable decline from the sunny uplands of youth to the valley of death. Instead, the opposite is true — we can confidently look forward to old age as the happiest time of our lives.
 
Happiness of the younger, the older, and those in between
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2024/happiness-of-the-younger-the-older-and-those-in-between/
Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain are countries where the old are now significantly happier than the young, while Portugal and Greece show the reverse pattern.
 
Happiness in poorer countries does not follow the typical U-shaped curve − people are often happiest in middle age
https://theconversation.com/happiness-in-poorer-countries-does-not-follow-the-typical-u-shaped-curve-people-are-often-happiest-in-middle-age-243648