Psychology
3 years ago

Society's Pressure to Be Happy Leads to Less Happiness.

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Happiness as a norm: Its implications for the pursuit of happiness, person judgment, and decision making
Asteria Devy Kumalasari

Paper Summary

Happiness is seen as a big deal by many people and society uses it to measure how good things are. Feeling like you have to be happy can make you less happy, but wanting to be happy can actually make you happier. People tend to like happy people and make choices based on what they think will make them happy.

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