• DOI:10.1177/1745691611406927
Corpus ID: 15132881

A Dark Side of Happiness? How, When, and Why Happiness Is Not Always Good

@article{Gruber2011ADS,
  title={A Dark Side of Happiness? How, When, and Why Happiness Is Not Always Good},
  author={J. Gruber and I. Mauss and M. Tamir},
  journal={Perspectives on Psychological Science},
  year={2011},
  volume={6},
  pages={222 - 233}
}

J. Gruber, I. Mauss, M. Tamir

Published 2011

Medicine, Psychology

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Happiness is generally considered a source of good outcomes. Research has highlighted the ways in which happiness facilitates the pursuit of important goals, contributes to vital social bonds, broadens people’s scope of attention, and increases well-being and psychological health. However, is happiness always a good thing? This review suggests that the pursuit and experience of happiness might sometimes lead to negative outcomes. We focus on four questions regarding this purported “dark side… CONTINUE READING

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