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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? 


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


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

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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
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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
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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
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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 


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