Interviews & media articles featuring my research:
Springer Select (Springer’s press release for the international day of happiness) (17 March 2014) - What’s so bad about feeling happy?
The Measure of Everyday Life (28 July 2021) - Measuring well-being (audio interview)
Scientific American (28 Oct 2014) - Not Everyone Wants to Be Happy
The New York Times (29 Sep 2014) - Beware of Joy
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 's Character and Context Blog (19 Jun 2019) - Emotions matter more for people’s life satisfaction in religious than secular countries
Psychology Today (11 March 2020) - What Exactly is Happiness? Western and Eastern cultures have differing views
Pacific Standard (25 Sep 2014) - Hating Happiness
Scientific American (19 Dec 2013) - Afraid of Happiness
Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology (Vol 3, No 1, 2017) - Views on well-being research, policy and practice: An interview with Dr. Mohsen Joshanloo
The British Psychological Society Reader Digest (21 July 2014) - It's time for Western psychology to recognise that many individuals, and even entire cultures, fear happiness
Psypost (16 May 2021) - New study provides insight into how people with dark personality traits think about happiness
International Coach Academy (29 April 2021) - Aversion to happiness: individual and cultural core beliefs and their impact on self-sabotaging happiness and flourishing
Positivepsychology.com (3 December 2020) - Cherophobia explained: Fear of happiness & how to overcome it
Psychology Today (27 Jan 2018) - Relationship insecurity makes it hard to enjoy being happy
The American Scholar (30 April 2014) - Get Happy: It’s not a universal pursuit
Psychology Today (28 May 2020) - How Can We Develop a More Global Vision of Wellbeing?
Science Daily (3 Sep 2019) - Wealth can lead to more satisfying life if viewed as a sign of success vs. happiness
Medium Philosophy (12 Aug 2019) - Different cultures, same humanity: A study of western versus eastern philosophy
Spektrum and JOCHENS SOZIALPOLITISCHE NACHRICHTEN (8 June 2015) - Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein or Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein
UBC Okanagan News (13 Aug 2018) - Reducing the fear of being too happy
Express Business (16 Sep 2016) - De angst dat het te goed gaat of waarom zo velen bang zijn voor geluk
Grand Theories (23 July 2019) - The capability approach and a blueprint for happiness
Psychology Today (6 April 2013) -13 of Psychology’s Newest and Coolest Ideas (#11)
Diversity Issues (24 May 2013) - Do People Fear Happiness?
Psych2go (23 Sep 2020) - Why you feel sad all the time?
OZY (11 Sep 2017) - Russians are hiding something: A smile
Inpathy Bulletin (27 Feb 2017) - Cherophobia: Why Do Some People Have an Aversion to Happiness?
Nautilus (18 Apr 2016) - Happiness Is About Living the Good Life—However You Define It
The Irish Times (8 Dec 2015) - That’s Men: In the pursuit of happiness . . . why?
Medium (14 Jul 2018) - The Pursuit of Happiness as a Cause of Unhappiness
The Brock Press (25 March 2014) - Study finds happiness varies according to culture
Livescience (20 March 2014) - Why happiness scares us?
Daily News (18 March 2014) - The downside of happiness: Why some cultures feel it's not important
The Panel, Radio New Zealand (7 Feb 2014) - On Fear of Happiness (with Dr. Dan Weijers)
Dominion Post (23 Dec 2013, p. 13) - NO STRESS OVER HAPPINESS
Springer Select (Springer’s press release for the international day of happiness) (17 March 2014) - What’s so bad about feeling happy?
The Measure of Everyday Life (28 July 2021) - Measuring well-being (audio interview)
Scientific American (28 Oct 2014) - Not Everyone Wants to Be Happy
The New York Times (29 Sep 2014) - Beware of Joy
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 's Character and Context Blog (19 Jun 2019) - Emotions matter more for people’s life satisfaction in religious than secular countries
Psychology Today (11 March 2020) - What Exactly is Happiness? Western and Eastern cultures have differing views
Pacific Standard (25 Sep 2014) - Hating Happiness
Scientific American (19 Dec 2013) - Afraid of Happiness
Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology (Vol 3, No 1, 2017) - Views on well-being research, policy and practice: An interview with Dr. Mohsen Joshanloo
The British Psychological Society Reader Digest (21 July 2014) - It's time for Western psychology to recognise that many individuals, and even entire cultures, fear happiness
Psypost (16 May 2021) - New study provides insight into how people with dark personality traits think about happiness
International Coach Academy (29 April 2021) - Aversion to happiness: individual and cultural core beliefs and their impact on self-sabotaging happiness and flourishing
Positivepsychology.com (3 December 2020) - Cherophobia explained: Fear of happiness & how to overcome it
Psychology Today (27 Jan 2018) - Relationship insecurity makes it hard to enjoy being happy
The American Scholar (30 April 2014) - Get Happy: It’s not a universal pursuit
Psychology Today (28 May 2020) - How Can We Develop a More Global Vision of Wellbeing?
Science Daily (3 Sep 2019) - Wealth can lead to more satisfying life if viewed as a sign of success vs. happiness
Medium Philosophy (12 Aug 2019) - Different cultures, same humanity: A study of western versus eastern philosophy
Spektrum and JOCHENS SOZIALPOLITISCHE NACHRICHTEN (8 June 2015) - Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein or Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein
UBC Okanagan News (13 Aug 2018) - Reducing the fear of being too happy
Express Business (16 Sep 2016) - De angst dat het te goed gaat of waarom zo velen bang zijn voor geluk
Grand Theories (23 July 2019) - The capability approach and a blueprint for happiness
Psychology Today (6 April 2013) -13 of Psychology’s Newest and Coolest Ideas (#11)
Diversity Issues (24 May 2013) - Do People Fear Happiness?
Psych2go (23 Sep 2020) - Why you feel sad all the time?
OZY (11 Sep 2017) - Russians are hiding something: A smile
Inpathy Bulletin (27 Feb 2017) - Cherophobia: Why Do Some People Have an Aversion to Happiness?
Nautilus (18 Apr 2016) - Happiness Is About Living the Good Life—However You Define It
The Irish Times (8 Dec 2015) - That’s Men: In the pursuit of happiness . . . why?
Medium (14 Jul 2018) - The Pursuit of Happiness as a Cause of Unhappiness
The Brock Press (25 March 2014) - Study finds happiness varies according to culture
Livescience (20 March 2014) - Why happiness scares us?
Daily News (18 March 2014) - The downside of happiness: Why some cultures feel it's not important
The Panel, Radio New Zealand (7 Feb 2014) - On Fear of Happiness (with Dr. Dan Weijers)
Dominion Post (23 Dec 2013, p. 13) - NO STRESS OVER HAPPINESS
