People get happier with age

People get happier with age

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by in happiness, Wellbeing Research

Avoid situations that make you sad and stressful and appreciate every waking hour. This is what older people do and recent research supports the premise that older people are happiest. Carstensen at Stanford University studied people aged from 18 to their mid-90s and had them keep diaries. Older people had fewer negative moods and were better able to deal with criticisms. Carstensen suggests people develop healthy routines and have a good balance in life.

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One Response to “People get happier with age”

  1. Sytropin

    25. Sep, 2009

    Yes this may be right because they might have faced many odd situation in their life, at old age they might know how to over come the problems.

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