Category: Happiness

Study suggests green spaces can help increase well-being and social connections among city residents

From the University of Waterloo press release: Simple, inexpensive urban design interventions can increase well-being and social connections among city residents, finds a new case study from the Urban Realities… Read more »

Study looks at how sensitivity to emotions changes across the lifespan

From the McLean Hospital press release: Why do we become more positive as we grow older? Why are adolescents so sensitive to negative social cues? These are a few of… Read more »

Study suggests spending time in an urban park may increase happiness

From the University of Alabama at Birmingham press release: Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Occupational Therapy have published new findings that suggest spending 20 minutes… Read more »

Study suggests ‘happiness’ exercises can boost mood in those recovering from substance use disorder

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Brief, text-based, self-administered exercises can significantly increase in-the-moment happiness for adults recovering from substance use disorders, report researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital… Read more »

Social media study suggests moods deteriorate along with air quality

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: For many years, China has been struggling to tackle high pollution levels that are crippling its major cities. Indeed, a recent study… Read more »

Study suggests best way to spend money to increase happiness varies with social class

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: What is the best way to spend money to increase your happiness? It may depend, in part, on how wealthy you are,… Read more »