Financial Security, More Than Money Alone, May Be Key To Happiness, Study Says

A study of the mental state of the modern American woman has found a powerful link between concerns over financial security and satisfaction with one's life. In looking toward the future, women who concentrated much of their thinking on financial matters were much less likely to be happy with their lives, according to the study.In looking toward the futurewomen who concentrated much of their thinking on financial matters were much less likely to be happy with their livesaccording to Talya Miron-Shatza postdoctoral research fellow in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at PrincetonAndcontrary to expectationsmany of those with such worries had plenty of money by conventional standardsshe saidsuggesting that there is more at play in obtaining peace of mind than simply having cash.

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