Life satisfaction is an important predictor of major events that will occur in our lives, according to a new study. Researchers, led by Maike Luhmann of the University of Chicago, found that people satisfied with their lives are more likely than dissatisfied people to get married or become parents in the next five years, and they are less likely to separate from their spouse, lose their job, start a new job, or relocate in the next five years. These effects were consistent across three nationally representative samples from Australia, Germany, and Great Britain, and held after controlling for gender, age, income, education, and personality, as published online this month in Social Psychological and Personality Science.
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