Study links religion, ‘sustained happiness’

August 19, 2015

A study of 9,000 Europeans over 50 has found a link between religious participation and “sustained happiness.”

Researchers at the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands found no similar link between “sustained happiness” and volunteerism, enrollment in educational courses, or involvement in community or political groups, The Washington Post reported.

 

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Further information:

• Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion, study suggests (Washington Post)
• Social Participation and Depression in Old Age: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in 10 European Countries (American Journal of Epidemiology)