Investigations revealed that most elderly people happy middle-aged children the most depressing

Many people think that, with age gradually getting older, people will become more and more unhappy. However, one pair of 80 countries over 200 million people on the well-being of transnational investigation report shows that the emotional life of modern man is in the doldrums of middle age. The economist in charge of the investigation team found that relatively speaking people in childhood and old age when some happier, and in the 40-year-old to 50-year-old middle-aged are the most vulnerable period of depressed. According to reports, in the United Kingdom, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick Andrew Oswald and the United States Dartmouth College economics professor David Bulanqifu Ah, under the leadership of the Panel of the global 80 countries over 200 10,000 people start this sense of happiness and the relationship between the age of the investigation. Final report will soon in the United Kingdom, "Social Science and Medicine," published academic journals. Women than men into the early period of emotional ebb The report showed that, the joy of life were obviously the level of a U-Shape distribution, childhood and old age, middle-aged time low. Study group on most of the world's countries - from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe investigated and found that most of the countries of the well-being of the people all of ups and downs show U-Shape the law. For British men and women, their 44-year-old at the time the most prone to depression problem. In the United States, the men most likely to be unhappy at the age of 50-year-old female in the 40-year-old. Generally speaking, women than men entering middle age that earlier period of emotional ebb. More elderly people cherish life The researchers believe that, U shaped by the laws of human nature is determined by internal factors. Investigations revealed that some external factors, including different countries and ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic status, work, marriage and fertility, this little impact. Whether rich or poor, married or single persons, the unemployed or the industry elite, they entered middle age when all may experience "middle-age crisis" of depression. Oswald said: "Although people do not happy to differing degrees, some people some more serious, but the average, middle-age crisis in this issue is very common." Oswald said: "What reasons for the emergence of U-Shape, and why developed and developing countries on this issue no difference, not yet clear. One possibility is to increase with age, people gradually learn To accept their own strengths and weaknesses, but also from middle age began to suppress their unrealistic fantasies and aspirations. Other reasons include: Happy people generally live longer, so that the elderly population's happiness level to rise. In addition, the elderly see Friends of the deceased will be more treasure their remaining years. " The report showed that, in the investigation of the 80 countries, 72 countries showed U-Shape law. And eight did not follow the laws of most countries are developing countries. Oswald believes that these countries the national average life expectancy of a relatively short period, may also be caused by one of the reasons for the difference. British mental health charity Thain person in charge of Madeleine Wallace said: "Depression is a very complicated issue, human understanding of depression is also very limited. This report to the people to understand depression provided a very Meaningful help. "