Research on 'happiness' so far aimed at outgoing people and not for introverted people, what is necessary for introverted people to be happy?

by JJ Jordan

Many studies have shown that "outgoing is more likely to be happier than an introverted personality". However, in recent years there have been doubts about the results of this survey, the relationship between introvert and happiness is gradually becoming apparent. People who are introverted type and have a high level of happiness and well-being have something in common.

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Various assertions are made on "extroversion" and "introversion" on the Internet, but in the scientific literature, the extroversion is "a diplomatic, sociable, expressive, dogmatic, environmental reward It is defined as "sensitive to the human being" and the introversion to "only low, threshold for environmental conscience, quiet, quiet". Introverted people are not necessarily shy, they are not more creative or imaginative.

Colin DeYoung, who conducts research on personality neuroscience about the definition of introversion, said, "People with low extroversion scores are not necessarily introverted, and introverted people are motivated by environmental remuneration and energy It is considered hard to obtain, so they are small in number, motivation does not occur, hard to experience enthusiasm, they are regarded as rewards for diplomatic people to be "annoying and tiring" Their passive attitude does not indicate immersion to internal imagination or ideas unless it is open to experience. "

Research that investigated "introverted human happiness" after defining introversion as described above has been increasing in recent years.

For example, Luke Smillie's Jessie Sun and his University of Melbourne of the University of California, Davis, by focusing on the multidimensional of having a plurality of sides and the well-being with a personality (PDF file) study was carried out. Well-being at this time is not just "happiness" but includes self-acceptance, autonomy, self-development. As a result, what is important for well-being is "enthusiasm" (enthusiasm) "low withdrawal" "industriousness / grit" "compassion" "intellectual curiosity (intellectual curiosity ) ", And it was shown that well-being is influenced by these five points irrespective of overall extroversion / introversion level.

by Blaise Vonlanthen

Also, in a study by Mr. Rowan Jacques-Hamilton of the University of Melbourne, the cost of "maintain diplomatic behavior" on a daily basis was investigated. What I emphasized here is about the positive acts of the subjects to "maintain". Experimental subjects were instructed "to act outwardly every day for a week", whereas outgoingness generally indicated that "positive emotions were born", "I felt that I was outgoing It was reported that there was a report saying.

On the other hand, subjects who were considered "more introverted" in this study said that positive emotions did not increase much, negative emotions and fatigue increased, and "real emotions" decreased. Researchers emphasize the cost of playing a personality other than their personality and the cost of being ordered to perform a certain personality.

The above research contains important suggestions about introverted well-being in introverted culture where emphasis is placed on extroversion. C. Ashley Fulmer of Georgia State University investigated the relationship with happiness, self-esteem, and outgoingness of as many as 7,000 people in 28 communities and said, "The extroversion level of that person matches the average of social extroversion levels When we do it, happiness and self-respect are kept healthy ". The researcher advocates a "people-culture matching hypothesis" that "cultures amplify the positive effects of their self-esteem and happiness". On the other hand, we showed that whether or not individuals and the environment are in agreement on the relationship between introversion and well-being becomes important.

It is important that none of these studies is quantitative but qualitative. A qualitative approach is to help you understand the actual experience of introverted people. In the American medical school, an introvert (PDF file) qualitative analysis was conducted, and students who recognize it as introvert feel that they are not conforming, or change their identity to succeed at the medical school I found that I felt it needed. However, as some people were relieved by seeing the TED movie "Potential Strength in being Introverted", researchers recommend several ways to welcome inward-looking people at medical schools I will.

by Vasily Koloda

The results of these studies are that the introverted happiness of people is brought about by "tolerating them". It is important that you are asked to behave like yourself and behave like another character or not to think that you are away from the person's image that is supposed to be "ideal".

In the latest research done by Rodney Lawn, after asking the subject to show how intuitively / outwardly he was, I asked them to indicate how ideal introverted / extroverted degree is. As a result, 96% of subjects thought extroverted nature was worth more than introverted nature in society. We also found that 82.2% of the subjects believed that they needed to exhibit extroverted nature in their daily lives. And 53.6% of subjects wanted to become more outgoing, especially those with introverted personality tended to think that they wanted to become outgoing.

Furthermore, the research team of Mr. Lawn et al. Discovered that, among the subjects of the study, those who are satisfied with their introversion are more "more outgoing" than those who think " It is said that the sense of being "is strong. In addition, it seems that these people recorded values ​​close to the level of well-being experienced by outgoing people. From this, it is thought that by changing the way of thinking about my introversion / extroversion, it has a great influence on the sense of well-being and "feeling yourself as real".

by Giulia Bertelli

If you can not think about the environment, it is one way to change your way of thinking about yourself. It is possible to be happier if we can accept our uniqueness.