Harvard Study of Happiness

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Harvard Study

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What has the longest-ever study of happiness taught us so far?

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The Harvard Study of Adult Development is the longest-running in-depth study of happiness in history.

It started life as two separate projects in 1938 and is now in its 86th year .

Researchers have studied the participants as they hit different life milestones and look at factors ranging from military service to spiritual experiences.

One of the biggest lessons from the study is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships has a powerful influence on our health.

Other predictors of long-term wellbeing are things we’re very familiar with: abstaining from smoking, not drinking to excess or using drugs, exercising regularly, and getting regular health checks all help promote physical health, which has an important knock-on effect on happiness. The Harvard Study is still ongoing, but as Waldinger once said in a TED Talk , there’s one inescapable conclusion: “the people who fared the best were the people who leaned into relationships.”.

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