Psychologists are launching the world's largest happiness experiment to determine what reliably boosts spirits. The Global Happiness Experiment will test various interventions, from physical exercise to social interactions, on a vast scale to identify effective strategies for enhancing well-being.
The science of happiness has spawned hundreds of thousands of studies, surveys, books and reviews, but what reliably lifts the spirits, to what extent, and who benefits most are still far from nailed down.
In the past six months, more than 1,000 scientists from over 70 countries submitted proposals for the project. In December, an expert panel whittled these down to seven categories of interventions, each including three or four different approaches, which will be tested in the GlobalThe researchers aim to recruit at least 30,000 people worldwide for the trial.
The project aims to address shortcomings that raise questions over the validity of some older happiness research. One concern is that most research involves “weird” people – western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic – meaning the bulk of the evidence is based on people from North America, Europe and other western regions. But what makes a person in Chicago happy might not work in Chongqing, Nagoya or Mombasa.
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