A theory that's been around for more than a decade describes a person's subjective well-being—"happiness"—as having a U-shape ...

Spokeo explores why happiness is declining in the U.S. and how growing divides are pushing the country down in global ...

The United States has slumped to its lowest ranking since 2012 in the World Happiness Report. Which counties are happiest? We ...

The Research. Stavrova and Chopik used data from two large long-term studies of couples. The first study included a sample of over 18,000 German couples who completed an annual survey for 37 years ...

About 59% of respondents reported being "very happy" in 1998, compared with 58% in 2023. PPIC Statewide Survey Director and Miller Chair in Public Policy Mark Baldassare said the decline is likely ...

But over time, it evolved from an expansive ideal into something individual and small. ... Happiness was big. But not for long. Over the next century, its meaning began to contract.

Romantic partners' happiness levels tended to become more similar over time. However, rather than the two partners meeting somewhere in the middle, the less happy partner had an outsized influence.