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>A study published in February in the British Journal of Psychology looked at 15,000 respondents and found that people who had more social interactions with clo
by oolongCat 10y ago
>A study published in February in the British Journal of Psychology looked at 15,000 respondents and found that people who had more social interactions with close friends reported being happier—unless they were highly intelligent. People with higher I.Q.s were less content when they spent more time with friends. Psychologists theorize that these folks keep themselves intellectually stimulated without a lot of social interaction, and often have a long-term goal they are pursuing.
Does anyone have a link to this so called study? Funny how in academia you are required to reference everything but when it comes to journalism anything goes.
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Please ignore my request, I had a temporary brain fart, a Google search helped me find it.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847844 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847844
- cubano 10y agoThis TED talk https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good... makes the same point and used data from an 75y study.
- oolongCat 10y agoThis is incredible, thanks very much for sharing this. I really needed this.
- koluft 10y agoThe "speculation" is the worst part of a science research. It gets the most air play but has but has the least basis in fact. Perhaps more intelligent people (by IQ test) are more introverted -- more thinking less feeling/EQ, and so are less comfortable with the company of other people they don't know well. That certainly fits the bookworm/ computer nerd / uberhobbyist type of high IQ person.