Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV
By Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer
posted: 15 November 2008 01:27 pm ET
Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people.
The finding, announced on Thursday, comes from a survey of nearly 30,000 American adults conducted between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey.
While happy people reported watching an average of 19 hours of television per week, unhappy people reported 25 hours a week. The results held even after taking into account education, income, age and marital status.
In addition, happy individuals were more socially active, attended more religious services, voted more and read a newspaper more often than their less-chipper counterparts.
The researchers are not sure, though, whether unhappiness leads to more television-watching or more viewing leads to unhappiness.
Pick one…
Just another example of money wasted on idiotic studies leading to foregone conclusions…
(Wait a Second!!! This study lasted from 1975 to 2006??? That's 31 wasted freakin' years!!!)
They just wanted to be thorough. :wait: