Research finds countries that focus the most on happiness can end up making people feel worse
- Written by: Brock Bastian, Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockHave you looked at the international rankings of the world’s happiest countries lately?
Measuring a country’s subjective levels of happiness has become something of an international sport. People look with interest (and a little jealousy) to nations such as Denmark, which consistently tops the world happiness rankings.
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