The idea of the midlife crisis took hold decades ago and never went away, despite a lack of scientific evidence. The latest ...

Researchers observed an inverted U-shape, where middle-aged adults reported the highest level of happiness, or no significant age-related trend at all. Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly ...

On average, happiness declines as we approach middle age, bottoming out in our 40s but then picking back up as we head into retirement, according to a number of studies. This so-called U-shaped curve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scholars have long assumed happiness was like a U-shaped curve − which looks a bit like a smile. Richard Baker/In Pictures via ...

A theory that’s been around for more than a decade describes a person’s subjective well-being — “happiness” — as having a U-shape throughout the course of one’s life. If plotted on a graph, the shape ...

The theory that your happiness levels are high in your 20s, decline as you head towards middle age, crash in your 40s and then climb back up as you get older is one you're likely familiar with. But ...

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Financial planners talk about three phases in retirement: the go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years. Expenses tend to be highest at the beginning and end of retirement — creating a ...