Single people just as happy alone as they are in relationship

“This is actually the first evidence that being single doesn’t necessarily undermine life satisfaction or wellbeing and in fact may offer benefits including protection against being hurt or rejected by relationship partners”, Ms Girme says.

Respondents were handed special questionnaires and were asked to provide answers to experts’ questions related to their levels of happiness and their views on romantic relationships.

Many past studies have revealed that being single often results in unhappiness and loneliness, while having a spouse or lover causes fulfillment.

Psychologists from University of Auckland found that people who prefer avoiding arguments or disagreements are more content and happy being single than being in a relationship.

However avoiding battle does not are likely to work out for these in relationships.

“It is a well-documented discovering that single individuals are typically much less glad in comparison with these in a relationship, however that will not be true for everybody”, explains Yuthika Girme, who is a psychology doctoral candidate at the College of Auckland. They were between the ages of 18 to 94 years old, and had an average of long-term relationships that lasted 22 years.

With a high divorce rate, solo parenting, and many people delaying marriage to pursue career goals, the number of single people is on the rise.

Generally speaking, sociologists find that people in relationships tend to be happier and more satisfied than single people.

Not surprisingly, individuals who have excessive “strategy social objectives”, who direct their power towards selling intimacy and progress in a relationship, tended to be happier of their relationships and fared a lot better with a associate than alone.

While high avoidance goals may help people be happier when they are single, it can have negative effects in a relationship, contributing to anxiety, loneliness, lower life satisfaction. The other participants were involved in long-lasting relationships or married at all times during the study. In their opinion, people should not run away from conflicts and be able to solve them, instead. Genetics in particular can greatly impact people’s personality traits, and whether they feel that life is good or bad, according to Chicago Tribune.

“I think this study underscores the point that you can never say one-size-fits-all”, said James Maddux, a senior scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University in Fairfax.