I should go on a relaxing vacation after reading this
Investigations had revealed that people with upcoming days off were a lot more positive than those whose vacation were still months away. But a new study has revealed that this is the entire extent of this feeling. In other words, people returning from vacation have roughly the same level of happiness as their colleagues who worked while they were off, AlphaGalileo reports.
For this research, scientists focused on answering four main questions. They wanted to know first and foremost if vacationers were happier than their colleagues that remained at work, and also to find out if taking a trip indeed boosted happiness. Then, they sought to understand precisely how long people remain happy after a vacation, if taking a trip indeed has a positive effect. Lastly, the researchers wanted to discover what were the roles played by the length of the time off, and the stress people experienced in their vacation, on the final results.
It was, however, revealed that very relaxing vacation could indeed boost happiness for a long period of time, especially in the first two weeks after the workers returned to their jobs. The effect disappeared completely within 8 weeks. Details of this investigation appear in the latest online issue of the respected Springer journal Applied Research in Quality of Life.
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