Maisha
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 | | Subject: Freedom more important for happiness Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:35 am | |
| Read an article in one of the leading news site - Quote :
- Personal independence and freedom are more important to people's well-being than wealth.
Researchers in New Zealand analysed the findings of three studies that included a total of 420,599 people from 63 countries, spanning nearly 40 years. The key finding was that money leads to autonomy, but it does not add to well-being or happiness.
The studies looked at data from three different psychological tests familiar to therapists:
The General Health Questionnaire, which measures distress in terms of anxiety and insomnia, social problems, severe depression and physical symptoms of mental distress, such as unexplained headaches and stomach aches.
The Spielberger anxiety inventory, which evaluates how anxious respondents feel at a particular moment.
The Maslach Burnout Inventory, which screens for emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment.
The analysis revealed that freedom and autonomy were the best predictors of well-being. Furthermore, if wealth was a significant predictor on its own, then its effect disappeared when individualism was factored in.
These findings provide an insight into predictors of well-being at the social level What do you think??
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| | Subject: Re: Freedom more important for happiness Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:53 pm | |
| People say, money cant buy anything... But believe me.. Money can... U talk about happiness... Wat is happiness? Ur wishes come true. U get everything. but some how for me.. Neither money is important nor Happiness.. U cannot expect any of them to be with u always... and unexpected things i hate a lot.. No conclusion yet.... but money has a bigger part to play... In happiness.  | |
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| | Subject: Re: Freedom more important for happiness Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:08 pm | |
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