Why high-achievers suffer from a midlife slump in their 40s and 50s — and five research-backed ways to bounce back.

Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly described as looking like a U-shaped curve: The joys of youth are followed by the challenges of our 20s and 30s before an upswing later in life ...

Contrary to the long-held belief that the mid-career crisis plagues everyone, new research suggests that job satisfaction follows a U-shaped trajectory only for managerial and professional workers.

The conclusions of the study by Blanchflower and Twenge upend the long-held belief that happiness follows a U-shaped curve. The researchers say a decline in unhappiness is especially apparent in ...

A conversation with the seniors at Stanstead Lodge Senior Club in Lewisham revealed an overwhelming consensus – most seniors believed they were happiest in their late teens and early 20s, back ...

The coefficient of \(x^2\) is positive, so the graph will be a positive U-shaped curve with a turning point and line of symmetry at \(x = −0.5\). To find where the graph crosses the \(y\)-axis ...