Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
Eric W. Dolanpsypost.org
Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
We live in a world of widening emotional inequality. The top 20 percent of the world is experiencing highest level of happiness and well-being since Gallup began measuring these things. The bottom 20 percent is experiencing the worst. It’s a fundamentally unjust and unstable situation. The emotional health of the world is shattering.
New York Times • Opinion | The Rising Tide of Global Sadness
What rarely gets reported is what actually goes into constructing these national scores: GDP per capita, social support (determined by asking if, when in trouble, people have relatives or friends to count on), healthy life expectancy (taken from the World Health Organization’s assessment of 100 different health factors), freedom to make life
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In one survey after another Costa Ricans report far higher levels of life satisfaction than Singaporeans.
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
Csíkszentmihályi developed the idea of “psychological capital,” or what he terms “paratelics.” When Ed Diener, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, measured the world according to Csíkszentmihályi’s paratelic factors, he discovered something so “shocking,” he says, it must be true. These paratelic factors—“I can count on
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