Aug 16, 2022 03:52 PM
All over the world, people have mid-life crises and then get happier.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...0s-and-60s
KEY POINTS: Becoming happier after midlife is a pattern that shows up in human brain scans as well as research with primates. One study found that people who focus on family have poorer functioning as they age than those who value friendship highly. Staying engaged with cultural, social, and physical activities is the path to happiness as one ages... (MORE - details)
Here are the benefits - and downsides - of being extraverted
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/h...xtraverted
EXCERPTS: . . . according to a UK study that hit headlines [...] new mothers put extraversion above even intelligence and conscientiousness on their list of most wished-for traits in their children. But is this personality trait really all that it’s cracked up to be?
A massive 2019 review of 97 meta-analyses of studies exploring links between extraversion scores and workplace success concluded that the trait “confers a pervasive and robust advantage”: compared with introverts, extraverts were more motivated to do well, got on better with others, felt more positively about life (including challenges at work), and got better employer evaluations.
[...] Extraverts tend not only to do better at work, but also to be happier. But can pretending to be an extravert make you happier, too? According to some recent work, the answer is a qualified “yes”. In 2019, we reported on a US study that encouraged people to be more extraverted for a week. They were asked to be as “talkative”, “assertive”, and “spontaneous” as possible — and they reported feeling more positive emotions during this period. (When they were asked to spend a week being more introverted — to act more “deliberate”, “quiet”, and “reserved” — their wellbeing took a hit.)
However, another study found that for people who are particularly introverted, acting “like an extravert” — which in this case meant trying to be more excited, lively and enthusiastic — can be so exhausting that it actually increases negative emotions...
[...] Though extraversion is associated with all kinds of benefits and advantages, these do have their limits. As we reported earlier this year, we don’t trust extraverts any more than we trust introverts, for example. In fact, according to this study, only one of the Big Five personality traits was linked with perceived trustworthiness: agreeableness. Other research goes even further, linking extraversion with a negative perception…. (MORE - missing details)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...0s-and-60s
KEY POINTS: Becoming happier after midlife is a pattern that shows up in human brain scans as well as research with primates. One study found that people who focus on family have poorer functioning as they age than those who value friendship highly. Staying engaged with cultural, social, and physical activities is the path to happiness as one ages... (MORE - details)
Here are the benefits - and downsides - of being extraverted
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/h...xtraverted
EXCERPTS: . . . according to a UK study that hit headlines [...] new mothers put extraversion above even intelligence and conscientiousness on their list of most wished-for traits in their children. But is this personality trait really all that it’s cracked up to be?
A massive 2019 review of 97 meta-analyses of studies exploring links between extraversion scores and workplace success concluded that the trait “confers a pervasive and robust advantage”: compared with introverts, extraverts were more motivated to do well, got on better with others, felt more positively about life (including challenges at work), and got better employer evaluations.
[...] Extraverts tend not only to do better at work, but also to be happier. But can pretending to be an extravert make you happier, too? According to some recent work, the answer is a qualified “yes”. In 2019, we reported on a US study that encouraged people to be more extraverted for a week. They were asked to be as “talkative”, “assertive”, and “spontaneous” as possible — and they reported feeling more positive emotions during this period. (When they were asked to spend a week being more introverted — to act more “deliberate”, “quiet”, and “reserved” — their wellbeing took a hit.)
However, another study found that for people who are particularly introverted, acting “like an extravert” — which in this case meant trying to be more excited, lively and enthusiastic — can be so exhausting that it actually increases negative emotions...
[...] Though extraversion is associated with all kinds of benefits and advantages, these do have their limits. As we reported earlier this year, we don’t trust extraverts any more than we trust introverts, for example. In fact, according to this study, only one of the Big Five personality traits was linked with perceived trustworthiness: agreeableness. Other research goes even further, linking extraversion with a negative perception…. (MORE - missing details)
