Comments on: How Money Problems Can Improve – Not Ruin – Your Marriage http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/how-money-problems-can-improve-not-ruin-your-marriage/ Got goals? Need a push in the right direction? You've come to the right place! Thu, 24 May 2012 01:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurie PK http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/how-money-problems-can-improve-not-ruin-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-5105 Laurie PK Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:07:04 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=1433#comment-5105 Money buys happiness after all, say researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Harvard Business School. In March 2008, professor and lead study author Elizabeth Dunn found that buying gifts for others and making charitable donations significantly improves happiness levels (unless you and your partner already have money and debt problems!) Spending money on yourself decreases feelings of happiness. “We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Dr Dunn. Their theory proved correct. “Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness.” To test happiness levels, the researchers conducted two separate investigations: a survey and an experiment. Both investigations revealed that the participants who spent money on others reported feeling happier at the end of the day than those who spent the money on themselves. Plus, participants didn’t have to give away huge amounts of money to feel happy. Dr Dunn says, “These findings suggest that very minor alterations in spending allocations – as little as $5 – may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day.” Source: University of British Columbia (2008, March 21). Money Buys Happiness When You Spend On Others, Study Shows. ScienceDaily. When you do get out of debt as a couple, start spending little bits of money on each other. Money buys happiness after all, say researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Harvard Business School. In March 2008, professor and lead study author Elizabeth Dunn found that buying gifts for others and making charitable donations significantly improves happiness levels (unless you and your partner already have money and debt problems!)

Spending money on yourself decreases feelings of happiness.

“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Dr Dunn. Their theory proved correct. “Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness.”

To test happiness levels, the researchers conducted two separate investigations: a survey and an experiment.

Both investigations revealed that the participants who spent money on others reported feeling happier at the end of the day than those who spent the money on themselves. Plus, participants didn’t have to give away huge amounts of money to feel happy. Dr Dunn says, “These findings suggest that very minor alterations in spending allocations – as little as $5 – may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day.”

Source: University of British Columbia (2008, March 21). Money Buys Happiness When You Spend On Others, Study Shows. ScienceDaily.

When you do get out of debt as a couple, start spending little bits of money on each other.

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