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The Influence of Inner State on Self-Reported Long-Term Happiness

Elaine Aron

Arthur Aron

Department of Psychology, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA 95053.

No set of external variables or life events has been found to account for more than about 20% of an individual's reported long-term happiness. Therefore, this article considers lines of evidence suggesting that a large amount cf the variance is accounted for by inner, background conditions such as perception and response set-probably influenced by age and experience, and by more basic physical conditions, especially lack of fatigue. Happy moods are also associated with an hypothesized at-rest, background condition. Bringing that background state to the foreground might increase self-reported long-term happiness.

Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 2, 248-270 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/0022167887272009
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