In the short decades since the introduction of positive psychology instigated broader
interdisciplinary research, interest in happiness has been growing in academia, the media …

Is it true that engaging in more frequent sex is associated with greater well-being? The
media emphasizes—and research supports—the claim that the more sex you have, the …

American adults had sex about nine fewer times per year in the early 2010s compared to the
late 1990s in data from the nationally representative General Social Survey, N= 26,620 …

This is the first study to our knowledge to examine the relationship between happiness and
longevity among a nationally representative sample of adults. We use the recently-released …

Much cross-sectional research documented associations between sexuality and life
satisfaction, but very little longitudinal research on the topic has considered whether …

We examine the relationship between sexual activities and happiness using a sample of
3800 adults from China. We provide some results about the relationship between sexual …

Over the last 20 years the academic community has experienced a burgeoning interest in
the causes and correlates of subjective well-being. One of the most consistent findings has …

Previous research has established the negative influence of obesity on subjective well-
being. In the present work, the authors use multilevel modeling and Behavior Risk Factor …

How does job quality predict subjective well‐being in the United States? Prior research
suggests that various job quality dimensions such as job security and individual task …

A growing body of literature suggests that the extent to which people feel happy with their
lives depends, at least partially, on how they compare to those around them. Much of this …