The happiness curve
Subtitle: why life gets better after 50
By: Jonathan Rauch
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781250078803
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Middle age; Interpersonal relations; Happiness; Psychological aspects
Description: Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before surging upward again after age fifty, and offers ways to endure the slump during midlife.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: The voyage of life: Thomas Cole's journey; title: and mine; title: What makes us happy (and doesn't): the strange illogic of life satisfaction; title: A timely discovery: how unsuspecting economists (and apes) found the happiness curve; title: The shape of the river: time, happiness, and the curve of the U; title: The expectations trap: midlife malaise is often about nothing; title: The paradox of aging: why getting old makes you happier; title: Crossing toward wisdom: the happiness curve has a purpose, and it's social; title: Helping ourselves: how to get through the U; title: Helping each other: bringing midlife out of the closet; title: Epilogue: Gratitude.