Happiness and well-being depend on how much volition, choice and control people feel they have over their life—their sense of ...

Showing trust in others can strengthen your relationships, while giving yourself space can help you maintain focus and ...

Autonomy versus shame and doubt is the second stage of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. This stage occurs between the age of 18 months and around age 2 or 3 years. According to ...

Being married can feel like you’re at risk of losing your independence or your autonomy. How do you and your spouse keep a perspective of yourselves both as individuals and as a couple at the same ...

As scholars of the topic know, happiness and well-being are complicated constructs. This was evident this past weekend as my family engaged in a spirited discussion on the question of what makes ...

But money isn’t the best predictor of overall happiness and a sense of well-being. A study published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that autonomy, defined as “the feeling that ...