A study in the "British Journal of Psychiatry" (BJP) is claiming that people with higher levels of education do not have a better level of mental well-being than people with low levels of education (so much for you Ph.D.s ;-). This research is making its way into the mass media but the couple of outlets that I viewed appeared to rely heavily on the press release by the university of researchers; the press release can be read here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/education_may_not/
One source that relies on this release if the EurekAlert website of the AAAS; see: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/uow-emn032515.php Another is the Science Daily website: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150325131620.htm Here's a link to the abstract on PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792696 One can link to the BJP website in the upper right corner of the screen and get a copy of the article (if your institution has a subscription). I'm sure that there will be a variety of interpretations of the results and I think a closer reading of the results is needed (which I will do later) but I think I can hear the cranks now: "If you're so smart, why aren't you happier!" ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=43656 or send a blank email to leave-43656-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
