Where belief in free will is linked to happiness

Monday, January 23, 2017 - 14:11 in Psychology & Sociology

Free will describes the ability to make independent choices, where the outcome of the choice is not influenced by past events. In this study, researchers show that Chinese teenagers who believe in free will also show increased happiness, suggesting that this phenomenon is not influenced by Western/Asian cultural differences.

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