Indonesia is the country where people bloom most, according to a new global study. Here is one of the main reasons why

A new expansion Florit Global Study Found that you do not have to live in the richest countries to “bloom” described as “The relative achievement of a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good, including the contexts in which this person lives.”

To determine where people bloom, researchers at Harvard and Baylor universities analyzed the data collected by Gallup and the answers from the survey of more than 200,000 people from 22 countries over five years. The Florent Index takes into account the happiness and satisfaction of the life of the residents, the mental and physical health, the meaning and purpose, character and virtue and social relationships nearby.

Indonesia, a medium -income country, passed the list with the highest composed flourishing score, followed by Israel, Philippines and Mexico.

“Although many developed nations report relatively higher levels of financial safety and life evaluation, these same nations do not bloom in other ways, they often report lower meaning, pro-sociality and relationship quality,” the researchers write.

Three -quarters Participants in Indonesia reported to go to religious services at least once a week, for example, to provide context why their social connection is classified more than in other countries.

“Indonesia is often Contrasted unfavorably with Japan in International Development Debates, cited as an example of the so -called Average income trapin which economic growth is parallel New York Times Opinion. “This is true, with regard to, but our study suggests that the focus on economic growth only tells a part of the story.”

While Annual Report of World Happiness Consider if people live the best possible life they can imagine, the Florent study seems beyond individual happiness to consider the well -being of someone’s environment.

“Although the terms” bloom “and” well -being “are often used in an interchangeable way, it definitely blooms that the same environment is conducive to growth and being part of its flourishing,” say the authors. They found that the richness of a country has less in the perception of the residents of flowering.

“The claim made here is not a causal statement on the gross meaning of the domestic product,” the authors write. “Rather, the desired result of a society is probably one with high levels of economic development and high levels of meaning, and the question is how to get it.”

The study also found that the U -shaped curve Happiness: Illustrating how the satisfaction of life increases when you are young, then it falls and returns to the peak when you are old, it is less pronounced. In fact, people aged 18 to 29 flourished less than they thought before. Past investigations have indicated collaborators such as social isolation, financial concerns, social and political inconvenience, and the lack of meaning and direction, among others.

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• Americans under the age of 30 are so miserable that the United States has just fallen into a low historical rank In the annual report of world happiness

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