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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, researchers reported on Thursday. Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could ...
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But meantime, we should note at the outset that all of the findings from this survey should be taken with a general caution. Much of the research into the field of happiness -- to ...
http://pewresearch.org/assets/social/pdf/AreWeHappyYet.pdf

... which focuses on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. ... Authentic Happiness has almost 700,000 ...
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For example, this study examined the correlation between human-animal interactions and happiness. Other research could be done to study the effects of animals on ill people.
http://cujo.clemson.edu/manuscript.php?manuscript_ID=38

But new research by one Harvard scholar implies that happiness can be found by spending money on others. ... This study addressed a paradox that economists have talked about ...
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/04.17/31-happiness.html

With age comes happiness, University of Chicago study shows. April 16, 2008 ... on data that social scientists consider the gold standard of happiness research ...
http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1336

Much of the research into the field of happiness -- to say nothing of simple common sense - suggests that at the level of the individual, happiness is heavily influenced by life ...
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/301/are-we-happy-yet

Journal of Happiness Studies - NOW ACCEPTED BY ISIThe peer-reviewed Journal of Happiness Studies is devoted to scientific understanding of subjective well-being. Coverage includes ...
http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/quality+of+life+research/journal/10902

Yet after Watson's study, happiness research fell asleep until the late 1950's when a few more isolated studies about happiness were published.
http://www.gethappy.net/v104.htm

... concept of happiness, or satisfaction with life, is currently a major area of research ... right genetic mix as it is to personal circumstances according to a recent study. Happiness is ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061113093726.htm

WebMD) Could happiness be contagious? New research from Harvard Medical School and the ... The study showed that happiness spreads through social networks, sort of like a ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/health/webmd/main4649889.shtml

... Psychology at Rutgers and lead researcher on the study. Research ... Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness. All study ...
http://www.aboutflowers.com/happier.html

Money, Sex And Happiness: An Empirical Study," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, v106(3), 393 ... Research:
http://www.nber.org/papers/W10499

So suggests a new study proposing that happiness is transmitted through social networks, almost like a germ is spread through personal contact. The research was published Thursday ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-081204happiness,0,6297377.story

The Positive Psychology Center promotes research, training ... Understanding positive emotions entails the study of contentment with the past, happiness in the present ...
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MTV AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RELEASE LANDMARK STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAPPINESS In-Depth Research Reveals How Sex, Money, Race, Faith, Family and Technology Affect the Current ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else ... Sharks have wimpy bites, study finds
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2042446720080320

Researchers have found that it's possible to buy happiness after all: when you spend money on others. Employees were given a small amount of money and instructed to either spend it ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080320150034.htm

Story Highlights; Study: Happiness spreads more reliably than unhappiness ... New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed ...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/05/happiness.social.network/index.html

... internationally recognized political scientist who specializes in the study ... In a way, this is the online analogue of the research we did with happiness in the Framingham social ...
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Inventory of empirical findings on happiness that prepares for research synthesis ... Scale Interval Study Journal of Happiness Studies
http://www1.eur.nl/fsw/happiness/

Dec. 4, 2008 -- Could happiness be contagious? New research from Harvard Medical School and the ... The study showed that happiness spreads through social networks, sort of like a virus ...
http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20081204/happiness-is-contagious

Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study ... Most earlier research has suggested that happiness levels are stable," Inglehart said
http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6629

The majority of my research career has been devoted to studying human happiness. Why is the scientific study of happiness important?
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... others?rather than the absolute amount?that predicted their happiness. In the bonus study ... year. ?) Although people believe that having money leads to happiness, our research ...
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They say misery loves company, but the same may be even more true of happiness.. ... A study of the relationships of nearly 5,000 people tracked for decades in the Framingham Heart ...
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/05/science/sci-happy5

Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2338 Research Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec04_2/a2338