Outgoing People Are Happier Than Shy Ones

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 22:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Shy? You may be less happy. Surveys say so.In its happy journey into becoming anthropology, epidemiology is increasingly tackling social issues like they are diseases and using surveys as verification. They have time now, since that whole malaria problem has been solved.  Dr. Catharine Gale, Reader in Epidemiology at the University of Southampton, and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh and University College London looked at survey results and concluded that young adults who are more outgoing or more emotionally stable are happier in later life than their more introverted or less emotionally stable peers. read more

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