Radio
Now Playing
Quickyla Radio โ€” Click to play
Open โ†’
3 min left

Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower well-being, even when incomes are similar

New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction. Led by McGill University researchers, the study shows that people who feel worse off financially than their peers are more likely to report signs of languishing, even when

Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower well-being, even when incomes are similar
Phys.org โ€” 15 June 2026
Text:
2 0 0

New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction. Led by McGill University researchers, the study shows that people who feel worse off financially than their peers are more likely to report signs of languishing, even when their actual income is similar. The paper is published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

This report comes from Phys.org. The story centres on Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower well-being, even when incomes are similar. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from Phys.org and related outlets covering this beat.

Advertisement
React:
Sources
Sponsored

More to Read

'Astonishing': James Webb telescope spots the most chemicalโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ”ฌ Science
'Astonishing': James Webb telescope spots the most chemically primitive galaxy in the ancโ€ฆ
Live Science ยท 15 days ago
NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure
๐Ÿ”ฌ Science
NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure
NASA ยท 17 days ago
Astronomers gaze into the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' and see a vโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ”ฌ Science
Astronomers gaze into the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' and see a vision of our dying sun โ€” Spaceโ€ฆ
Live Science ยท 15 days ago
CBS News insiders worry how 60 Minutes will endure after fiโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ’ฐ Business
CBS News insiders worry how 60 Minutes will endure after firings: โ€˜What are they going toโ€ฆ
Guardian Business ยท 11 days ago
Sam Altman says OpenAI's top token spender uses 100 billionโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ“ˆ Markets & Finance
Sam Altman says OpenAI's top token spender uses 100 billion tokens a month โ€” and they're โ€ฆ
Business Insider Mkt ยท 12 days ago
Intel, AMD, Micron shares sink as Broadcom results spark seโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ“ˆ Markets & Finance
Intel, AMD, Micron shares sink as Broadcom results spark semiconductor sector sell-off
Yahoo Finance ยท 11 days ago
Full view