REAL LIFE NEWS: BRIGHT PEOPLE ARE HAPPY PEOPLE
by Hazed
The cliché of people being dumb and happy may not have any truth to it, if new research is to be believed. It shows that those with low intelligence are more likely to be unhappy those their cleverer colleagues.
Researchers from University College, London, studied 6,870 people in a study called the Adult Psychiatric Morbity Survey. One of the questions asked: “Taking all things together, how would you say you were these days - very happy, fairly happy or not too happy?” The answers were analyzed together with the participants verbal IQ.
The results showed that of those saying they were “very happy”, the highest proportion had an IQ between 120 and 129. However, the people who said they were “not too happy” tended have an IQ between 70 and 79.
The study said that lower intelligence was linked to lower income and lower health. And we all know that although money may not buy you happiness, lack of money can make you very unhappy indeed!
