Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy
By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato
Mohsen Joshanloo, Associate Professor in Psychology, Keimyung University
Do you feel you should say “good” when someone asks how you are? If so, you may be responding to pressures of pro-happiness tribalism.
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