Not That Much Money Happier

Not That Much Money Happier

One man's ambition is to become rich and have lots of money. Human beings are willing to justify any means to get the main medium of exchange. But a new study in Britain showed that having more money may not always make you happy, especially if you're neurotic or suffering from neurological disorders.
In his research, economist Dr. Eugenio Proto University of Warwick to see how personality traits can influence your feelings about income in terms of life satisfaction.


Proto also found that people with neurotic could see a rise in salary as a failure if there were not as much as expected.
Own neuroses or nervous disorder characterized by excessive anxiety and emotional disorders, whereas neuroticism is the tendency to experience negative emotions such as anxiety, guilt, anger and depression.
Proto, who conducted the study with Aldo Rustichini, Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota say that the people whose salary is higher but also has high levels of neuroticism are more likely to see a salary increase as a failure.
"Someone who has high levels of neuroticism would see increased revenue as a measure of success. When low-income, salary increases do not be so satisfying for them as they see it as an achievement.
"But if his income is higher, they may not think for a raise as much as they expected. So they see this as a partial failure and lower their life satisfaction," explained Dr. Proto as reported from psychcentral, Wednesday (06/13/2012).
In this study, Dr. Proto uses data from the British Household Panel Survey and the German Socioeconomic Panel.
"These results suggest that we see money only as a tool to measure the success or failure, not as a means to achieve a more comfortable condition," said Dr. Proto.