Research associated with Well-being and happiness

Publications:

Does a helping hand mean a heavy heart? Helping behavior and well-being among spouse caregivers
Poulin M, Brown S, Ubel PA, Smith DM, Jankovic A, Langa K. Psychology and Aging 2010;25(1):108-117.

Are they really that happy? Exploring scale recalibration in estimates of well-being
Lacey HP, Fagerlin A, Loewenstein G, Smith DM, Riis J, Ubel PA. Health Psychology 2008;27(6):669-675.

Hope I die before I get old: Mispredicting happiness across the lifespan.
Lacey HP, Smith DM, Ubel PA. Journal of Happiness Studies 2006;7(2):167-182.

Press Coverage:

Hope and Hopelessness
Business Week Online - November 04, 2009

"Perfectly Happy" in the Boston Globe
May 19, 2009

Happier Parents
April 28, 2009