Some interviews & media articles featuring my research
SAGE Perspectives Blog (5 April 2023) - Positive and negative aging perceptions as predictors of the longitudinal trajectory of perceived stress
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 's Character and Context Blog (20 July 2022) - What predicts fear of happiness?
The New York Times (9 Sept 2023) - I’m not a joiner. Was I born that way?
Psychology Today (1 August 2023) - What Aspects of Life Are Meaningful to You?
Psypost (20 Dec 2022) - People with unhappy childhoods are more likely to exhibit a fear of happiness, multi-national study finds
Springer Select (Springer’s press release for the international day of happiness) (17 March 2014) - What’s so bad about feeling happy?
The Economist (25 Sep 2021) - Religious belief really does seem to draw the sting of poverty
Psypost (23 Oct 2021) - A 20-year longitudinal study finds little evidence that religiosity leads to greater life satisfaction
Scientific American (28 Oct 2014) - Not everyone wants to be happy
Psypost (9 Aug 2021) - Perceiving society as unjust reduces life satisfaction, but this effect is weaker in countries with higher religiosity
The New York Times (29 Sep 2014) - Beware of joy
Psypost (29 August 2023) - New research uses an evolutionary perspective to reveal overlooked aspects of psychological well-being
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
Psypost (10 Apr 2023) - Wellbeing and social connection can generate “an upward spiral” by reinforcing one another
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
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
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 Measure of Everyday Life (28 July 2021) - Measuring well-being (interview with a public radio program)
International Coach Academy (29 April 2021) - Aversion to happiness: individual and cultural core beliefs and their impact on self-sabotaging happiness and flourishing
Psypost (8 Dec 2021) - Study suggests the reciprocal relationship between depression and loneliness decays within six years
Psypost (18 March 2022) - A low income has less of an effect on well-being in underdeveloped nations — and religiosity might explain why
Positivepsychology.com (3 Dec 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
ThePrint (14 Nov 2021) - Why poverty probably takes graver mental toll on an American than on an Indian
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
Kristeligt Dagblad (30 Sep 2021) - Pave Frans opfodrer til klimakamp, religiøse mennesker er sjældent rige, og 96-årig stilles nu for retten som naziforbryder
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)
Süddeutsche Zeitung (1 Oct 2021) - Gott wird es schon richten
Diversity Issues (24 May 2013) - Do people fear happiness?
Psypost (17 March 2014) - Study sheds light on how cultures differ in their happiness beliefs
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)
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 's Character and Context Blog (20 July 2022) - What predicts fear of happiness?
The New York Times (9 Sept 2023) - I’m not a joiner. Was I born that way?
Psychology Today (1 August 2023) - What Aspects of Life Are Meaningful to You?
Psypost (20 Dec 2022) - People with unhappy childhoods are more likely to exhibit a fear of happiness, multi-national study finds
Springer Select (Springer’s press release for the international day of happiness) (17 March 2014) - What’s so bad about feeling happy?
The Economist (25 Sep 2021) - Religious belief really does seem to draw the sting of poverty
Psypost (23 Oct 2021) - A 20-year longitudinal study finds little evidence that religiosity leads to greater life satisfaction
Scientific American (28 Oct 2014) - Not everyone wants to be happy
Psypost (9 Aug 2021) - Perceiving society as unjust reduces life satisfaction, but this effect is weaker in countries with higher religiosity
The New York Times (29 Sep 2014) - Beware of joy
Psypost (29 August 2023) - New research uses an evolutionary perspective to reveal overlooked aspects of psychological well-being
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
Psypost (10 Apr 2023) - Wellbeing and social connection can generate “an upward spiral” by reinforcing one another
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
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
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 Measure of Everyday Life (28 July 2021) - Measuring well-being (interview with a public radio program)
International Coach Academy (29 April 2021) - Aversion to happiness: individual and cultural core beliefs and their impact on self-sabotaging happiness and flourishing
Psypost (8 Dec 2021) - Study suggests the reciprocal relationship between depression and loneliness decays within six years
Psypost (18 March 2022) - A low income has less of an effect on well-being in underdeveloped nations — and religiosity might explain why
Positivepsychology.com (3 Dec 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
ThePrint (14 Nov 2021) - Why poverty probably takes graver mental toll on an American than on an Indian
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
Kristeligt Dagblad (30 Sep 2021) - Pave Frans opfodrer til klimakamp, religiøse mennesker er sjældent rige, og 96-årig stilles nu for retten som naziforbryder
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)
Süddeutsche Zeitung (1 Oct 2021) - Gott wird es schon richten
Diversity Issues (24 May 2013) - Do people fear happiness?
Psypost (17 March 2014) - Study sheds light on how cultures differ in their happiness beliefs
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)
