Middle-Aged Misery Spans Globe, Study Says
Posted in Psychology on 01/29/2008 05:23 pm by adminIf you think turning 40 is bad, just wait until you turn 44. Researchers say that’s the age when people feel most depressed.
Using data on two million people from 80 countries, researchers found an extraordinarily consistent pattern in depression and happiness levels that leaves us most miserable in middle age.
Using a sample of one million people from the U.K., researchers discovered that for both men and women the probability of depression peaks around 44 years of age.
The only country which recorded a significant gender difference was in the U.S., where unhappiness reached a peak at around 40 for women and 50 for men. (full story on Fox News)