The Happiness Boomerang Effect: When Positive Activities Backfire
Why do seemingly positive activities have negative consequences?
Sonja Lyubomirsky is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science whose research focuses on happiness. She is the author of The How of Happiness, The Myths of Happiness, and, most recently, How to Feel Loved (with Harry Reis).
Why do seemingly positive activities have negative consequences?
Most people want to be happy. It is a desire that transcends age, culture, geographical location, political belief, religion, and life experience.