Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this societal commitment seems laudable, overly emphasizing positivity (versus negativity) may create an unattainable emotion norm that ironically compromises individual well-being. In this multi-national study (40 countries; 7443 participants), we investigate how societal pressure to be happy and not sad predicts emotional, cognitive and clinical indicators of well-being around the world, and examine how these relations differ as a function of countries' national happiness levels (collected from the World Happiness Report). Although detrimental well-being associations manifest for an average country, the strength of these relations varies across cou...
The experience of positive emotion is closely linked to subjective well-being. For this reason, camp...
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy...
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
International audienceAbstract Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens...
International audienceAbstract Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
peer reviewedIn this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotio...
The experience of positive emotion is closely linked to subjective well-being. For this reason, camp...
The experience of positive emotion is closely linked to subjective well-being. For this reason, camp...
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy...
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
International audienceAbstract Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens...
International audienceAbstract Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this soc...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate o...
peer reviewedIn this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotio...
The experience of positive emotion is closely linked to subjective well-being. For this reason, camp...
The experience of positive emotion is closely linked to subjective well-being. For this reason, camp...
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy...
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy...