Happy Tech Lab students present research at 2021 SPSP Annual Convention

Two undergraduates and one graduate student from the Happy Tech Lab will present their research at the 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention this February.

Ori Cantwell, an undergraduate at Wesleyan University, will present his poster titled Yes We (Anxiously) Can: Liberal Ideology and Anxiety Predict Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Maureen Tibbetts, an undergraduate at Georgetown University, will present her poster titled Digital Behaviors and Well-Being During Social Distancing: Evidence from an Exploratory Study During COVID-19.

Matthew Leitao, a Ph.D student studying under Dr. Kushlev in the Human Development and Public Policy Ph.D. program at Georgetown University, will present his poster titled Screen Time in Bed Predicts Better Sleep Outcomes in College Students

New paper published by Dr. Kushlev

Today, Dr. Kushlev published a new paper in Psychological Science. The study used a 6 month randomized controlled trial with 155 community adults to investigate if happiness improves our health. “Happier people are healthier, but does becoming happier lead to better health?” Read the full article here.