Wellbeing peaks in our 20s and again in older age, but slumps somewhere in the middle — with 47 the most abject age. And it’s ...

Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly described as looking like a U-shaped curve: The joys of youth are followed ...

We all want to be happy, don’t we? Well, if you’re dissatisfied, frustrated or downright miserable, cheer up. There’s apparently a cure for you. Even better, it will materialize ...

For decades, research showed that the way people experienced happiness across their lifetimes looked like a U-shaped curve: Happiness tended to be high when they were young, then dipped in midlife ...

Research shows that, after hitting 50, most people feel less regretful about their past and more positive about their lives in general. Emily Bobrow reviews “The Happiness Curve” by Jonathan ...

Much has been made of the so-called midlife happiness curve, but yet another critique sheds doubt on its ubiquity. When you look closely at it, the curve becomes a wiggly line.

Something has changed in how willing people are to stick with frustrating working conditions. The Happiness Curve may be in play.

It seems that when the happiness survey was being conducted, the team that carried out the study overlooked all the critical factors that I’ve just mentioned above. The happiness curve is not a ...

The Happiness Curve should be given to everyone on their 40th birthday. Required reading. As Rauch explains, knowing that this midlife disquiet is coming will not alleviate its symptoms. Unfortunately ...