Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly described as looking like a U-shaped curve: The joys of youth are followed ...

Researchers observed an inverted U-shape, where middle-aged adults reported the highest level of happiness, or no significant age-related trend at all. Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly ...

Contrary to the long-held belief that the mid-career crisis plagues everyone, new research suggests that job satisfaction follows a U-shaped trajectory only for managerial and professional workers.

Conventional wisdom — and at least one study — says people typically experience an inverted U-shaped happiness curve. Starting at age 18 your happiness level begins to decrease until you reach peak ...

The commonly held belief that happiness follows a U-shaped curve – with peaks at the beginning and end of life – might be incorrect. But Fabian Kratz and Josef Brüderl – both at the Ludwig Maximilian ...

Scholars have long assumed happiness was like a U-shaped curve − which looks a bit like a smile. Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly described ...

Is there really a mid-career crisis? Job satisfaction follows a U-shaped curve only among highly skilled workers, according to new study Contrary to the long-held belief that the mid-career crisis ...