A scientific explanation of happiness.. 50% of people's happiness is determined by inherited genes
A scientific article issued by the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences revealed that 50% of people's happiness is determined by their inherited genes, 10% based on their circumstances and 40% on intentional activity.
According to "Science Alert," scientists put the so-called "happiness pie" in the driver's seat, indirectly indicating that if you are unhappy, you are the reason, considering that there are people born with genetic abilities that help them to be happy, or at least draw They have happy paths even if the living conditions are difficult.
For decades, behavioral genetics researchers have studied twins and found that between 40% and 50% of the variance in their happiness is explained by genetics, which is why the ratio appears in the "happiness pie."
Behavioral geneticists use a statistical technique to estimate genetic and environmental components based on people's family kinship, and then use twins in their studies.
The researchers said that nature and nurture are not separate from each other.
On the contrary, molecular genetics, the study of the structure and function of genes at the molecular level, shows that they continually influence each other.
According to "Russia Today".
Genes influence behavior that helps people choose their environment.
For example, extraversion from parents to children helps children build their friendship groups.
Equally, the environment alters gene expression.
For example, when mothers expected to experience starvation, their children's genes changed accordingly, resulting in chemical changes that suppressed growth factor production.
This resulted in babies being born smaller than normal and with conditions such as cardiovascular disease.
It is pointed out that nature and nurture are interrelated and constantly influence each other.
This is why two people who grew up in the same environment might respond to it differently, which means that the behavioral genetics assumption of an equal environment is no longer valid.
The researchers also explained that whether people can become happier depends on their "environmental sensitivity" - their ability to change.
Some people are vulnerable to their environment and can therefore drastically change their thoughts, feelings, and behavior in response to both negative and positive events.
Are we destined to be unhappy? Some people may struggle more than others to improve their well-being, and this struggle means that they will remain unhappy for longer.
And in extreme cases, they may never feel high levels of happiness.
However, others who have greater genetic flexibility, meaning they are more sensitive to the environment and therefore have an increased capacity for change, may be able to enhance their well-being and perhaps even prosperity if they adopt a healthy lifestyle and choose to live and work in an environment that enhances their happiness and ability to thrive.
But genetics does not define who we are, even if it plays an important role in our well-being.
What also matters are the choices we make about where we live, who we live with and how we live our lives, which affect our happiness and the happiness of future generations.
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