Can seeking happiness make people unhappy? Paradoxical effects of valuing happiness
Mauss, Tamir, Anderson and Savino, Emotion 11(4), 2011, 807-815. Two studies of women. Study 1: valuing happiness more went with lower reported happiness under low life stress. Study 2: experimentally leading participants to value happiness made them respond less positively to a happy film induction, mediated by disappointment in their own feelings; the effect appeared after the happy film and not after a sad one. Two studies.
Mauss, Tamir, Anderson and Savino, Emotion 11(4), 2011, 807-815. Two studies of women. Study 1: valuing happiness more went with lower reported happiness under low life stress. Study 2: experimentally leading participants to value happiness made them respond less positively to a happy film induction, mediated by disappointment in their own feelings; the effect appeared after the happy film and not after a sad one. Two studies.
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Mauss, I. B., Tamir, M., Anderson, C. L., & Savino, N. S. (2011). Can seeking happiness make people unhappy? Paradoxical effects of valuing happiness. Emotion, 11(4), 807-815. doi:10.1037/a0022010 https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022010