Comments on: Happiness is Being Richer Than Your Friends http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/happiness_is_being_richer_than_your_friends/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:24:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Live Life » Happiness is Being Richer Than Your Friends Outside http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/happiness_is_being_richer_than_your_friends/comment-page-1/#comment-54774 Live Life » Happiness is Being Richer Than Your Friends Outside Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:28:06 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/11654#comment-54774 [...] Happiness is Being Richer Than Your Friends Outside the Beltway, VA - 3 hours ago A new study has confirmed what social scientists have known for decades: happiness comes from success relative to one's peer group rather than from the level Published in: [...] [...] Happiness is Being Richer Than Your Friends Outside the Beltway, VA - 3 hours ago A new study has confirmed what social scientists have known for decades: happiness comes from success relative to one's peer group rather than from the level Published in: [...]

]]> By: senia.com » Happiness: Your Body, Your “Relative” Income, and Your Education http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/happiness_is_being_richer_than_your_friends/comment-page-1/#comment-54771 senia.com » Happiness: Your Body, Your “Relative” Income, and Your Education Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:16:52 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/11654#comment-54771 [...] I like the analysis by James Joyner that this result is very similar to the research of Robert K. Merton on “relative deprivation.” Merton found in his study of the American soldier that the military police and the air corp had different attitudes toward promotion. In the ranks of the military police, there was little promotion and everyone was generally happy whereas in the air corp, there was significant promotion for many people, and yet people saw their co-workers getting promoted and felt “relative deprivation.” « Entertaining Yourself (and Writer’s Block)   [...] [...] I like the analysis by James Joyner that this result is very similar to the research of Robert K. Merton on “relative deprivation.” Merton found in his study of the American soldier that the military police and the air corp had different attitudes toward promotion. In the ranks of the military police, there was little promotion and everyone was generally happy whereas in the air corp, there was significant promotion for many people, and yet people saw their co-workers getting promoted and felt “relative deprivation.” « Entertaining Yourself (and Writer’s Block) [...]

]]> By: senia.com http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/happiness_is_being_richer_than_your_friends/comment-page-1/#comment-54770 senia.com Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:14:04 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/11654#comment-54770 <strong>Happiness: Your Body, Your “Relative” Income, and Your Education</strong> Every once in a while, “happiness” hits the news. Now, the latest is that researchers at Harvard and at Penn State say that the largest predictors of happiness are: * physical health * “relative” income * education, and * mar... Happiness: Your Body, Your “Relative” Income, and Your Education

Every once in a while, “happiness” hits the news. Now, the latest is that researchers at Harvard and at Penn State say that the largest predictors of happiness are:
* physical health
* “relative” income
* education, and
* mar...

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