A Selection of Interviews & Media Articles Featuring My Research
NewsWise (12 January 2026) - Having autonomy in your life is more important in wealthier countries, says new research on well-being
Greater Good Magazine (17 Dec 2025) - The top 10 insights from the “science of a meaningful life” in 2025
Psypost (6 November 2025) - AI roots out three key predictors of terrorism support
KBS World - (9 October 2025) - On Korea's happiness and unhappiness (Korea24)
Greater Good Magazine (24 Sep 2025) - Why some countries are happier than their wealth suggests
Psypost (18 August 2025) - Scientists are uncovering terrifying truths about loneliness and how it rewires us
Studyfindes (13 Jan 2026) - Money shapes how much freedom matters for happiness, global study finds
Happiness Science Labs (4 Aug 2025) - Fear of happiness: Explained with cultural influences (Audio)
The Conversation (28 July 2025) - Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy
Eudaimonic by Design (22 April 2025) - Rethinking meaningfulness through a cultural lens: Lessons from Mohsen Joshanloo (Audio)
Learning With Sue (27 March 2025) - In Conversation with Mohsen Joshanloo (Audio)
Psypost (8 January 2025) - New study reveals key psychological traits linked to generativity in older adults
Psychology Today (24 December 2024) - Machine learning uncovers drivers of late-life generativity
Psychology Today (8 October 2024) - You can shape your personality by pushing yourself, even a little
The British Psychological Society (20 May 2024) - Why there’s more to life than happiness
Psychology Today (8 October 2024) - Does being religious promote well-being?
Forbes (17 Sep 2024) - 5 questions to tell if you have a ‘fear of happiness’—by a psychologist
Existential Mental Health (18 July 2024) - Are you afraid of happiness?
Psypost (29 May 2024) - Zodiac signs irrelevant to psychological well-being, research confirms
Farsight (15 April 2024) - The shape and size of wellbeing
Psypost (27 March 2024) - Loneliness leads to changes in personality over time
The Washington Post (2 Dec 2023) - When I feel too happy, it terrifies me
Psychology Today (21 June 2024) - Your religious beliefs might not make you happy
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?
Psychreg (24 August 2024) - Boosting your sense of purpose could transform your personality, new study reveals
Psychology Today (26 July 2024) - The Fear of Happiness: Research shines a light on an understandable fear
Malaymail (1 Jun 2024) - Leo, Aries, Gemini: Which zodiac sign is most likely to be happy?
Medium (10 Nov 2024) - Fear of happiness: What, why, and how?
Psychology Today (1 August 2023) - What Aspects of Life Are Meaningful to You?
Researching Happy Podcast (12 June 2024) - What happens when you use the right methodology
Psychology Today (4 November 2023) - Is it Time to Add Some Silliness Back Into Your Life?
Biztech Weekly (8 June 2024) - Astrological misfire: Researchers debunk influence of zodiac signs on mental state
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
Newsbytes (4 Jun 2024) - Astrological signs hold no weight on well-being, study finds
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
Your Tango (16 January 2025) - People with this one rare trait feel more fulfilled in old age, study finds
Local12 (6 June 2024) - Written in the stars: New study scientifically debunks zodiac signs
Psychology Spot (1 Jan 2024) - The fear of being happy exists: It is called Cherophobia
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
Futurism (2 Jun 2024) - Game over, astrologists: Zodiac signs have zero bearing on our state of mind, researchers find
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 (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
Twisted Sifter (14 July 2024) - Research finds zodiac signs have no bearing on a person’s personality or state of mind
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
Free Malaysia Today (7 June 2024) - Can your astrological sign influence your wellbeing?
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
The Swaddle (22 Dec 2022) - How unhappy childhoods can make people scared of feeling happy as adults
BGR (5 June 2024) - Scientists prove astrology is nonsense, but they’re such Capricorns
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
The Print (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
UBC Okanagan News (13 Aug 2018) - Reducing the fear of being too happy
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?
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
Live Science (20 March 2014) - Why happiness scares us?
ScienceNews (20 March 2024) - Not all cultures value happiness over other aspects of well-being
Daily News (18 March 2014) - The downside of happiness: Why some cultures feel it's not important
Non-English-Language Media
Doctissimo (10 May 2025) - L'astrologie influe sur votre bien-être ? La science a répondu
Actualidad en Psicología (18 January 2025) - Claves psicológicas de la generatividad en adultos mayores
Sain et Naturel (9 January 2025) - Une nouvelle étude révèle les traits psychologiques essentiels liés à la générosité chez les personnes âgées
Metro Moscow (6 June 2024) - Учёный объяснил, почему гороскопы бессмысленны, а астрология не работает
Query Online (26 Agosto 2024) - Se l’oroscopo influenza le nostre vite non è colpa delle stelle
Deutsche Welle (DW) (5 June 2024) - Su signo zodiacal no influye en su bienestar, según estudio
Naked Science (31 May 2024) - Несостоятельность астрологии научно обосновали
Forskning (6 June 2024) - Kan stjernetegnet ditt spå om hvor lykkelig du blir?
Fanpage (31 May 2024) - Qual è l’effetto del segno zodiacale sulla tua vita secondo uno studio scientifico
Süddeutsche Zeitung (1 Oct 2021) - Gott wird es schon richten
Biobiochile (4 Jun 2024) - Estudio analiza a 12 mil personas y concluye que el signo zodiacal no influye en el bienestar
L'independant (31 May 2024) - Lion, Bélier, Gémeaux : quel signe du zodiaque est le plus susceptible d'être heureux?
Allodocteurs (4 June 2024) - La science a parlé : l'astrologie n'a pas d'influence sur votre bien-être
Kristeligt Dagblad (30 Sep 2021) - Pave Frans opfodrer til klimakamp, religiøse mennesker er sjældent rige, og 96-årig stilles nu for retten som naziforbryder
Scienze Notizie (2 June 2024) - Un team di scienziati ha studiato l’effetto dei segni zodiacali sulla nostra vita
Spektrum and JOCHENS SOZIALPOLITISCHE NACHRICHTEN (8 June 2015) - Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein or Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein
Express Business (16 Sep 2016) - De angst dat het te goed gaat of waarom zo velen bang zijn voor geluk
Greater Good Magazine (17 Dec 2025) - The top 10 insights from the “science of a meaningful life” in 2025
Psypost (6 November 2025) - AI roots out three key predictors of terrorism support
KBS World - (9 October 2025) - On Korea's happiness and unhappiness (Korea24)
Greater Good Magazine (24 Sep 2025) - Why some countries are happier than their wealth suggests
Psypost (18 August 2025) - Scientists are uncovering terrifying truths about loneliness and how it rewires us
Studyfindes (13 Jan 2026) - Money shapes how much freedom matters for happiness, global study finds
Happiness Science Labs (4 Aug 2025) - Fear of happiness: Explained with cultural influences (Audio)
The Conversation (28 July 2025) - Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy
Eudaimonic by Design (22 April 2025) - Rethinking meaningfulness through a cultural lens: Lessons from Mohsen Joshanloo (Audio)
Learning With Sue (27 March 2025) - In Conversation with Mohsen Joshanloo (Audio)
Psypost (8 January 2025) - New study reveals key psychological traits linked to generativity in older adults
Psychology Today (24 December 2024) - Machine learning uncovers drivers of late-life generativity
Psychology Today (8 October 2024) - You can shape your personality by pushing yourself, even a little
The British Psychological Society (20 May 2024) - Why there’s more to life than happiness
Psychology Today (8 October 2024) - Does being religious promote well-being?
Forbes (17 Sep 2024) - 5 questions to tell if you have a ‘fear of happiness’—by a psychologist
Existential Mental Health (18 July 2024) - Are you afraid of happiness?
Psypost (29 May 2024) - Zodiac signs irrelevant to psychological well-being, research confirms
Farsight (15 April 2024) - The shape and size of wellbeing
Psypost (27 March 2024) - Loneliness leads to changes in personality over time
The Washington Post (2 Dec 2023) - When I feel too happy, it terrifies me
Psychology Today (21 June 2024) - Your religious beliefs might not make you happy
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?
Psychreg (24 August 2024) - Boosting your sense of purpose could transform your personality, new study reveals
Psychology Today (26 July 2024) - The Fear of Happiness: Research shines a light on an understandable fear
Malaymail (1 Jun 2024) - Leo, Aries, Gemini: Which zodiac sign is most likely to be happy?
Medium (10 Nov 2024) - Fear of happiness: What, why, and how?
Psychology Today (1 August 2023) - What Aspects of Life Are Meaningful to You?
Researching Happy Podcast (12 June 2024) - What happens when you use the right methodology
Psychology Today (4 November 2023) - Is it Time to Add Some Silliness Back Into Your Life?
Biztech Weekly (8 June 2024) - Astrological misfire: Researchers debunk influence of zodiac signs on mental state
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
Newsbytes (4 Jun 2024) - Astrological signs hold no weight on well-being, study finds
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
Your Tango (16 January 2025) - People with this one rare trait feel more fulfilled in old age, study finds
Local12 (6 June 2024) - Written in the stars: New study scientifically debunks zodiac signs
Psychology Spot (1 Jan 2024) - The fear of being happy exists: It is called Cherophobia
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
Futurism (2 Jun 2024) - Game over, astrologists: Zodiac signs have zero bearing on our state of mind, researchers find
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 (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
Twisted Sifter (14 July 2024) - Research finds zodiac signs have no bearing on a person’s personality or state of mind
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
Free Malaysia Today (7 June 2024) - Can your astrological sign influence your wellbeing?
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
The Swaddle (22 Dec 2022) - How unhappy childhoods can make people scared of feeling happy as adults
BGR (5 June 2024) - Scientists prove astrology is nonsense, but they’re such Capricorns
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
The Print (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
UBC Okanagan News (13 Aug 2018) - Reducing the fear of being too happy
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?
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
Live Science (20 March 2014) - Why happiness scares us?
ScienceNews (20 March 2024) - Not all cultures value happiness over other aspects of well-being
Daily News (18 March 2014) - The downside of happiness: Why some cultures feel it's not important
Non-English-Language Media
Doctissimo (10 May 2025) - L'astrologie influe sur votre bien-être ? La science a répondu
Actualidad en Psicología (18 January 2025) - Claves psicológicas de la generatividad en adultos mayores
Sain et Naturel (9 January 2025) - Une nouvelle étude révèle les traits psychologiques essentiels liés à la générosité chez les personnes âgées
Metro Moscow (6 June 2024) - Учёный объяснил, почему гороскопы бессмысленны, а астрология не работает
Query Online (26 Agosto 2024) - Se l’oroscopo influenza le nostre vite non è colpa delle stelle
Deutsche Welle (DW) (5 June 2024) - Su signo zodiacal no influye en su bienestar, según estudio
Naked Science (31 May 2024) - Несостоятельность астрологии научно обосновали
Forskning (6 June 2024) - Kan stjernetegnet ditt spå om hvor lykkelig du blir?
Fanpage (31 May 2024) - Qual è l’effetto del segno zodiacale sulla tua vita secondo uno studio scientifico
Süddeutsche Zeitung (1 Oct 2021) - Gott wird es schon richten
Biobiochile (4 Jun 2024) - Estudio analiza a 12 mil personas y concluye que el signo zodiacal no influye en el bienestar
L'independant (31 May 2024) - Lion, Bélier, Gémeaux : quel signe du zodiaque est le plus susceptible d'être heureux?
Allodocteurs (4 June 2024) - La science a parlé : l'astrologie n'a pas d'influence sur votre bien-être
Kristeligt Dagblad (30 Sep 2021) - Pave Frans opfodrer til klimakamp, religiøse mennesker er sjældent rige, og 96-årig stilles nu for retten som naziforbryder
Scienze Notizie (2 June 2024) - Un team di scienziati ha studiato l’effetto dei segni zodiacali sulla nostra vita
Spektrum and JOCHENS SOZIALPOLITISCHE NACHRICHTEN (8 June 2015) - Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein or Die Angst vor dem Glücklichsein
Express Business (16 Sep 2016) - De angst dat het te goed gaat of waarom zo velen bang zijn voor geluk
