Young people in developed countries unhappy
By Kate Holton
Young people in developing nations are at least twice as likely to feel happy about their lives than their richer counterparts, a survey says.
Indians are the happiest overall and Japanese the most miserable.
According to an MTV Networks International (MTVNI) global survey that covered more than 5,400 young people in 14 countries, only 43 percent of the world’s 16- to 34-year-olds say they are happy with their lives.
MTVNI said this figure was dragged down by young people in the developed world, including those in Britain and the United States where fewer than 30 percent of young people said they were happy with the way things were.
Only eight percent in Japan said they were happy.
Reasons for unhappiness across the developed world included a lack of optimism, concern over jobs and pressure to succeed.
In developing countries a majority in the same age group expected their lives to be more enjoyable in the future, led by China with 84 percent.
“The happier young people of the developing world are also the most religious,” the survey said.
The MTVNI survey took six months to complete and resulted in the Wellbeing Index which compared the feelings of young people, based on their perceptions of how they feel about safety, where they fit into society and how they see their future.
Young people from Argentina and South Africa came joint top in the list of how happy they were at 75 percent.
The overall Wellbeing Index was more mixed between rich and poor. India came top followed by Sweden and Brazil came last.
“In developing countries, economic growth is on the go … so you could see that logically there should be optimism and a positive feeling,” Bill Roedy, the President of MTVNI, told Reuters.
Developed countries were particularly pessimistic about globalisation, with 95 percent of young Germans thinking it is ruining their culture, while developing countries which tended to be more receptive to globalisation were also more optimistic about their economic future and more proud of their nationality.
MTVNI said one of the trends they spotted was that young people with access to mass media tended to feel less safe as they did not have the cognitive skills to interpret real risk.
In the UK, more than 80 percent of 16- to 34-year-olds said they were as afraid of terrorism as they were of the getting cancer — though the latter was far more likely to hurt them.
The 14 countries included in the survey were Argentina, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the U.S.
木偶: ７楼啊～
不高兴的永远是学习好的孩子
而你我站在快乐和痛...
黑洞:2006-12-12 11:13 AM
开心有因，快乐满分
Guest:2006-12-13 17:42 PM
不是说快乐是遗传的么
yiyi:2006-12-15 10:46 AM
这是APA的嘛,原文链接到的是Yahoo
不知道他们的问题是怎么问的
淇:2006-12-21 13:34 PM
我觉得中国人还不错吧
少数派:2007-01-07 17:08 PM
看来我属于那16%里的人，而且对全球化不表示乐观。
漂:2007-01-14 19:40 PM
是不是国家发展水平程度越高越不快乐
Guest:2007-02-04 18:53 PM
同意楼上的，谁都是这样
爸爸妈妈总跟孩子说：去找学习好的小朋友玩
学习不好的孩子跟学习好的孩子能玩上肯定高兴
不高兴的永远是学习好的孩子
上善:2007-02-10 14:39 PM
我想应该跟文化也是有着关联的吧~
Guest:2007-03-05 14:55 PM
我站在快乐和痛苦的天平上摇晃，永远没有一个准确的定位~~~
红尘俗世:2007-03-13 17:34 PM
我很苦恼啊,我每天都好像不开心似的.都不知道怎么办.无意中发现这个网站,但是不知道怎样才能得到大家的帮助.是不是可以咨询一些关于心理问题的东西啊?要怎样才能咨询到啊?
艳:2007-05-25 10:24 AM
我觉得快乐更多的时候来自自己的内心感受
ahzocwvrt cdupafms:2007-08-31 8:37 AM
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jessie:2007-09-11 11:41 AM
写的很好的文章，读过以后会有很大收获。
方方:2007-10-26 11:22 AM
遇到这个网站纯属缘分，当时自己被偷了，数量不少，郁闷了好几天，就上网查关于小偷的文章，就这样，认识了这个让我受益匪浅的网站。
７楼啊～
不高兴的永远是学习好的孩子
而你我站在快乐和痛苦的天平上摇晃，永远没有一个准确的定位~~~
那想必是意味着你的学习一般咯？
真是乱发言～
真为那些学习好活得很快乐的小孩感到不值（或许他们根本不在意无聊的误会也）
说第一名人生一定很无趣不愉快的人，本身大概也是个很对比的角色吧？
ss:2010-09-01 14:05 PM
快乐其实很简单，全靠自己，我们遇到的很多不开心的事情只要强迫自己笑一笑，心情就会变好。
我来说两句