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Psychological Wealth – PsychTests’ Study Shows That Money Can’t Buy Happiness
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Nov 29, 2014, 03:00 ET

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Being rich does not guarantee satisfaction or happiness. Mental health is true wealth.
Being rich does not guarantee satisfaction or happiness. Mental health is true wealth.

Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) November 29, 2014 -- It’s that cliché again: The one that insists that winning the lottery and retiring early still won’t make us happy - especially if our psychological health is not in top shape. Researchers at PsychTests stopped just short of giving everyone a million dollars and instead, used data collected from their Life Satisfaction Test to prove their point: People are much happier with a healthy mind than with an overflowing bank account.

Analyzing data from 304 people, researchers at PsychTests divided their study participants into three groups:

Having plenty of money can help relieve some of the burden you feel, but it certainly won’t resolve all your problems.

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• Group 1: People who are satisfied with their financial health, but not really satisfied with their physical or psychological health.
• Group 2: People who are satisfied with their physical health, but not so much with their financial or psychological health.
• Group 3: People who are satisfied with their psychological health, but not so much with their financial or physical health.

They then compared how satisfied each group is with different aspects of their life (relationships, job, social life), and then looked at different traits related to life satisfaction, like optimism, resilience, sense of freedom, sense of belonging, etc. What the data revealed is that people who are psychologically healthy are much more satisfied with their life, even without financial security or perfect physical health:

Overall level of life satisfaction (on a scale from 0 to 100, with 100 indicating Total Satisfaction)
• Score for group 1 (financial): 55
• Score for group 2 (physical): 56
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 70

Satisfaction with social life
• Score for group 1 (financial): 56
• Score for group 2 (physical): 54
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 70

Satisfaction with professional life
• Score for group 1 (financial):57
• Score for group 2 (physical): 51
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 64

Satisfaction with boss
• Score for group 1 (financial): 60
• Score for group 2 (physical): 53
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 65

(A high score on the following is conducive to life satisfaction):

Sense of Purpose/Meaning
• Score for group 1 (financial): 69
• Score for group 2 (physical): 70
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 91

Sense of Accomplishment
• Score for group 1 (financial): 54
• Score for group 2 (physical): 47
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 71

Sense of Belonging
• Score for group 1 (financial): 53
• Score for group 2 (physical): 51
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 71

Sense of Freedom
• Score for group 1 (financial): 60
• Score for group 2 (physical): 60
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 67

Positive outlook on life
• Score for group 1 (financial): 50
• Score for group 2 (physical): 51
• Score for group 3 (psychological): 70

“What our study reveals goes beyond the cliché that money really doesn’t buy happiness,” explains Dr. Jerabek, president of PsychTests. “We can also add this simple but straightforward analysis: If your self-esteem is rock bottom, if you have anger issues, if you tend to worry excessively, or you haven’t been able to let go of guilt from an event that happened years ago, then a raise, bonus, or even a lottery jackpot won’t make everything better.”

"Having plenty of money can help relieve some of the burden you feel, but it certainly won’t resolve all your problems,” points out Dr. Jerabek. “Moreover, the unresolved emotions or issues you have will pop up again. Sure, you’ll probably be walking around your 15-bedroom mansion or driving your Lamborghini when they do, but you need only look at celebrity lifestyles to realize the sobering truth: Plenty of independently wealthy celebrities have psychologically crashed and burned. Money will do little if anything to fix them – unless, of course, they invest it in rebuilding their psychological strength and wellbeing.”

So what’s the lesson here? Researchers at PsychTests decided to create a few more potential clichés:
• In the absence of depression, anxiety, anger, guilt or other unhealthy mental states, life is pretty good.
• Psychologically healthy people still love (or at least really like) their life, even if they are not particularly wealthy or physically healthy.
• Money can buy you a lot, but not a healthy mind.
• Financial security does not guarantee that all your worries will go away.
• Focus more on the pursuit of psychological well-being. Then, if you still want the wealth, you will be empowered to make it happen.

Want to assess your degree of life satisfaction? Go to http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/3295

Professional users of this assessment (therapists, life coaches and counselors) can request a free demo of this or any other tests from ARCH Profile’s extensive battery: http://hrtests.archprofile.com/testdrive_gen_1

To learn more about psychological testing, download this free eBook: http://hrtests.archprofile.com/personality-tests-in-hr

About PsychTests.com
PsychTests.com is a subsidiary of PsychTests AIM Inc. PsychTests.com is a site that creates an interactive venue for self-exploration with a healthy dose of fun. The site offers a full range of professional-quality, scientifically validated psychological assessments that empower people to grow and reach their real potential through insightful feedback and detailed, custom-tailored analysis.

PsychTests.com originally appeared on the internet scene in 1996. Since its inception, it has become a pre-eminent provider of psychological assessment products and services to human resource personnel, therapists, academics, researchers and a host of other professionals around the world. PsychTests AIM Inc. staff is comprised of a dedicated team of psychologists, test developers, researchers, statisticians, writers, and artificial intelligence experts (see ARCHProfile.com). The company’s research division, Plumeus Inc., is supported in part by Research and Development Tax Credit awarded by Industry Canada.

Ilona Jerabek, PsychTests AIM Inc., http://psychtests.com, +1 514-745-3189 Ext: 112, [email protected]

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Psychological wellbeing is the key to life satisfaction, even more so than financial or physical health.
Psychological wellbeing is the key to life satisfaction, even more so than financial or physical health.
Psychological wellbeing is the key to life satisfaction, even more so than financial or physical health.

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