Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
May. 9, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, Media Release | Tags: book, Dept. of Psychology, Elizabeth Dunn, Faculty of Arts, happiness, health, money, spending, sustainability, wealth
People around the world, with both modest and comfortable incomes, reported being happier when they spent money on others than on themselves, say University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School professors who have popularized their findings in a new book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending.
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May. 17, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: arts, children, happiness, health, intercultural understanding, kids, marriage, Psychology, research, Science
New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning from life than non-parents.
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May. 2, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories | Tags: arts, graduation, happiness, learning, Psychology, studentlife
After studying acting in London and working in Hollywood North, something clicked in a psychology class at UBC.
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May. 24, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: Alec Beall, bad boys, business, Culture, emotions, evolution, gender, happiness, health, Jessica Tracy, marketing, Marlon Brando, pride, Psychology, relationships, research, Robert Pattinson, Science, sex, sexual attraction, shame, Social Sciences
Women find happy guys significantly less sexually attractive than swaggering or brooding men, according to a new University of British Columbia study that helps to explain the enduring allure of “bad boys” and other iconic gender types.
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May. 4, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, News Tip | Tags: American Psychological Association, Anita Hibbert, arts, Christiane Hoppmann, Denis Gerstorf, happiness, health, marriage, Psychology, relationships, research
A study of older married couples that gives new meaning to the matrimonial adage “for better or worse” finds that spouses have a much greater impact on their partner’s health than previously known. The study, published in the current issue of the American Psychological Association’s journal Health Psychology, finds strong associations between the physical and [...]
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Sep. 14, 2010 | Filed under: News Feed, News Tip | Tags: children, Education, happiness, health, HELP, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Middle Years Development Instrument, united way
Children who report having more support in their community are also more likely to have high self-esteem, optimism, overall health, happiness and less sadness, says a study conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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