Road to Happiness – Social or Academic Success?

What childhood achievements are most important to your happiness as an adult? Researchers looked at the relationship between language development in childhood, academic achievement in adolescence, social connectedness growing up and well-being in adulthood.

Social success – defined as positive attachments to parents, peers and teachers was a strong pathway to happiness. On the other hand, academic success was a weak indicator of adult well-being.

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