• English
  • Italiano
Frey, B. S. (2011). Happy People Live Longer. Science 331, 542

There is a longstanding idea that happiness causes people to live longer, healthier lives. However, convincing evidence that subjective well-being (the more scholarly term for happiness) contributes to longevity and health has not been available. Recently, however, social psychologists Diener and Chan ( 1) showed that many kinds of studies, using different methods, conclude that happiness has a positive causal effect on longevity and physiological health.

[Continue reading]

Authors

Frey, Bruno S.

Bruno S. Frey is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich, Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Science at the Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, UK, and Research Director of CREMA - Centre for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, Switzerland. He is...

Contenuti allegati

Prossimi eventi

Nessun evento presente.