Unhappy People Watch More TV
Academics found happy people socialise more, read more newspapers and have more sex - but watch less television. Those who are unhappy watch up to 30% more television than happy people, John Robinson and Steven Martin of the University of Maryland discovered.
The American researchers formed their conclusions after analysing the social habits of 30,000 people between 1975 and 2006, reports the Telegraph.
The findings raise questions about other studies which show that watching television is often the highlight of a person's day.
Robinson, a sociologist, said: "The conflicting data suggest that TV may provide viewers with short-run pleasure, but at the expense of long-term malaise."
"What viewers seem to be saying is that while TV in general is a waste of time and not particularly enjoyable, the shows I saw tonight were pretty good," Robinson said in an interview.
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