Chronic and consistent "estrangers," who walk away from relationships and cut people off for comfort or to be avoidant, are almost always unhappy. There's a certain healthy limit to estrangements that ...

Older couples share elevated positive emotions just 38% of the time together, but those moments lower stress hormones in both ...

Childhood religious service attendance also impacted an adult's levels of hopefulness differently in different countries. In ...

How would you rate happiness in your life so far? For the first time, researchers have quantified exactly how happy a ...

The study found that married people lived longer. When people had happy, strong relationships in their 50s, they were more likely to be healthier when they reached their 80s. And maintaining quality ...

What really makes for a good life? Money? Success? Genes? The longest-running study on happiness says none of those top the ...

July 22 -- Don't worry, be happy and, according to new research, you will also be healthy. It is estimated that over the course of one year, Americans suffer 1 billion colds. But new research shows ...

People who were working — either for themselves or someone else — also tended to feel more secure and happy than people who were seeking jobs. People who go to religious services once a week or more ...