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US veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience

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Happiness in US military veterans: Results from a nationally representative study
U.S. veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience. Credit: sranson, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

U.S. veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0313609

Article Title: Happiness in US military veterans: Results from a nationally representative study

Author Countries: U.S.

Funding: Preparation of this report was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 1IK1CX002532-01 (PJN). Funders did not play any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0313609

Happiness in US military veterans: Results from a nationally representative study

11-Dec-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Depression Happiness Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0313609
Article Publication Date
2024-12-11
Article Title
Happiness in US military veterans: Results from a nationally representative study
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, December 11). US veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LKN6YMNL/us-veterans-report-average-happiness-levels-of-541-out-of-7-with-greater-happiness-most-associated-with-reporting-greater-purpose-in-life-lower-depressive-symptoms-and-higher-optimism-emotional-stabil.html
MLA:
"US veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience." Brightsurf News, Dec. 11 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LKN6YMNL/us-veterans-report-average-happiness-levels-of-541-out-of-7-with-greater-happiness-most-associated-with-reporting-greater-purpose-in-life-lower-depressive-symptoms-and-higher-optimism-emotional-stabil.html.