New BYU research shows that hitting the books and helping others in your 20s leads to a happier, more regret-free life in ...

Joy, along with achievement and meaningfulness, is one of the three keys to a satisfying life. Yet it’s the missing piece for many ambitious individuals, the authors found after examining data ...

What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists ... The study identifies six key dimensions of flourishing: Participants rate how they’re doing in each of these areas on a ...

What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing – a sense of well-being that goes beyond just happiness or success. It’s ...

Participants completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) to assess dispositional mindfulness, the Adult Hope Scale (AHS) to measure hope, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) to evaluate ...

Victor Counted is a psychological scientist whose research across 40 African countries offers a data-rich rethinking of ...