“Humans think happiness is this one thing: You’re either happy or you’re not,” Jennifer Aaker says. Of course, it’s not so simple: New research conducted by Aaker and her colleagues not only ...

When we seek happiness, what exactly are we searching for? And when we wish happiness on someone else, what is it that we truly desire for them? Can happiness even be defined or is it an illusion, an ...

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Most Americans are familiar with these words, even if they don’t know that they are contained in the introduction to the Declaration of Independence, the ...

This idea may be difficult to define as it takes some thinking and evaluation of self. Our society seems to be so busy working, staying busy, rushing, setting goals, juggling all of the affairs of a ...

Guest columnist Nicole Schwartz is a senior psychology major and neuroscience minor at Baldwin Wallace University. After exploring the meaning of happiness in her last semester with Professor Jen ...

You have a challenging, steady job that pays the bills and puts your abilities to good use. You work with people you enjoy. You have loving relationships with your spouse, your children, extended ...

There are several books on my shelves that have the word “meaning” in their title. One I've turned to on multiple occasions, Viktor Frankl’s well-known book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” because if ...

America loves to talk about happiness. The word is everywhere, as is the search for its meaning. Gurus take to stages across ...

This year’s Sundance Film Festival introduced the audience to a fascinating new documentary titled Agent of Happiness. Directed by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó, this project took a closer look at ...