01.28.2008 5:07 pm
Is it possible to be "too happy"?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
University researchers say the answer is yes.
Our story for Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch outlines the work of researchers at the University of Illinois (my alma mater!), University of Virginia and Michigan State University (boo!). The results of their work, according to the U of I news release:
The research team began with the prediction that mildly happy people (those who classify themselves as eights and nines on the 10-point life satisfaction scale) may be more successful in some realms than those who consider themselves 10s. This prediction was based on the idea that profoundly happy people may be less inclined to alter their…
