The secret of happiness was found by researchers in Arizona

NEWS24.CO.ID - Researchers found that people who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier. The study that conducted with a diverse sample size of 486 people, confirmed that quality conversations are linked to greater happiness, but found that small talk seems to have no relationship with happiness one way or the other. 

Co author Matthias Mehl, a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona said that the results hold true for both introverts and extroverts.

“Researchers found that idle small talk is not necessarily negatively related to well-being. Small talk didn’t positively contribute to happiness, and it didn’t negatively contribute to it,” said Mehl, who carried out the work alongside lead author Anne Milek.

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Overall, study participants who engaged in a greater number of substantive conversations were happier, regardless of whether they had more introverted or extroverted personalities.

Upon waking until bedtime, participants in each study wore what is called the EAR, or Electronically Activated Recording, device, which is set to turn on intermittently for short periods of time throughout the day to capture candid moments of daily interactions.

The full findings are published in the journal Psychological Science.

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