Can Money Really Buy Happiness?

"Everyone has-been said that if you spend your money on life experiences that make you happier, purpose, find that this is not always the case," said Ryan Howell, assistant professor psychology SF State.
"Extremely buyers Materials You represent about a third of the population in general are a bit stuck. They are not happy with any purchase.
Because this is the material When buyers purchase life experiences, they are not happier because buying is likely "according to your personality and values​​.
Purpose If they spend on material things are not better either, because others may criticize or belittle your options.
When buyers purchase experience material life are not happier because it is "out of proportion to their values. Purpose if they spend money on material things, they are afraid of being criticized by others. Researchers found materials buyers feel closest friends after a purchase experience, however. Picture in Picture
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When buyers purchase experience material life are not happier because it is "out of proportion to their values. Purpose if they spend money on material things, they are afraid of being criticized by others. Researchers found materials buyers feel closest friends after a purchase experience, however. Picture in Picture
"I'm a baseball fan I say." Go spend money in a lifetime experience ", and bought tickets to a baseball game, it would be true to who I am, and probably make you happy" said Howell.
'On the other hand, I'm not a big museum guy. If you have purchased tickets to an art museum, I spend money on a life experience that seems to be the best choice, because the goal is not true to my personality, I will not be happy any result. "
Reasons Someone buys a lifetime experience: such as opera tickets in the photo, which does not reflect their personality understands the desire to adapt to other
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Reasons Someone buys a lifetime experience: such as opera tickets in the photo, which does not reflect their personality understands the desire to adapt to other
Altho the link between experiential purchases beens shown happiness and well, says Howell Few studies have examined the types of people should live any benefit.
To do this, he and his colleagues interviewed buyers to know if there was a limit factoring momentum happy shopping experience.
The researchers found that those who tend to spend money on material things reported no impulse experiential happiness.
Since those crossing is not to give them a greater sense of "expression of identity" - the belief that bought something that reflects your personality.
"The results show that it is not correct to say to everyone:" If you spend money on life experiences that you will be happier, "For we must take into account the values buyer, "said Jia Wei Zhang, main study author.
Reasons Someone buy a life experience that does not reflect your personality include a desire to fit in or Spend time with others, according to Zhang.
Researchers discover that feel closer family friends for buyers material or purchase by the experience afterwards.
However, this feeling of closeness was not enough to compensate for the absence of terms of identity and thus provide impetus happiness.
"There are many reasons someone might buy something, Howell said, but if the reason is to maximize happiness, the best you can do for that person is to acquire a life experience that is online with his personality. "