However, the rising awareness of gender equality has empowered more women to pursue their sources of happiness and fulfillment beyond traditional confines. The field of positive psychology has ...

For International Day of Happiness, DW asked young people if they can still manage to be happy despite global warming, wars, rising prices and increasing loneliness. Joana Meurkens didn't have an ...

The hedonic treadmill is the idea that an individual's level of happiness, after rising or falling in response to positive or negative life events, ultimately tends to move back toward where it ...

The rising tide lifting all boats ... But what is making a big difference between the happiness of the United States and the Nordic countries is social trust. For example, if a person returns ...

Our collective understanding of the relationship between money and happiness has shifted over the past two decades as researchers increasingly uncover close ties between individuals’ earnings ...

Happiness evolves with the different ages and milestones we experience. Although overall happiness levels may not oscillate dramatically, happiness tends to follow some patterns over the lifespan.