Back in 1938, security, knowledge and religion were the top three most important aspects of happiness. Good humor and leisure made the cut some 76 years later, according to psychologist Sandie McHugh from the University of Bolton in the U.K. She presented her study this week the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Guess with factors of happiness are timeproof?
What makes us happy has changed over the past 80 years
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