Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeremy Hunter used a beeper to sample the daily experiences of teens. They found that teens: a) rare
ly engaged in philosophical discussions with their parents. b) usually had too much to do at any given time.c) preferred English class to gym class. d) spent all their free time listening to their iPods. e) were happiest when with friends.
A person whose age lies between 13 and 19 is called as a teenager.
The Experience Sampling Method data which was based on a national sample of American youth was used to examine the proximal environmental factors,behaviors and habits that are related to personal happiness.
School activities rate below average scores and leisure activities rate above average scores in happiness.
A person is not happy alone while being with friend corresponds to the highest level of happiness.
Gender and race do not correlate with lower levels of happiness while Higher social class and age do.
