| 摘 要： | Happiness pays off, studies show. Psychologists' seeking the real secrets of happiness report that very happy people tend to be more extroverted and agreeable than less happy people. Our findings suggest that very happy people have rich and satisfying social relationships and spend little time alone relative to average people, "write psychologists Ed Diener and Martin E. P. Seligman in the journal Psychological Science.Solid social relationships do not guarantee happiness, but they are a significant contributing factor. The very happy people whom the authors studied all said they had good quality social relationships. However, the authors write, there is no single key to high happiness. High happiness seems to be like beautiful symphonic music-necessitating many instruments, without any one being sufficient for the beautiful quality.Diener defines happiness as "subjective well-being"-in other words, the person evaluates his or her own quality of life. The question to ask is, "is my life going well, according to the standards I choose to use? "If the answer is "yes, "then that person is judged to be happy.
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