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The U Shape of Happiness Across the Life Course: Expanding the Discussion

Overview of attention for article published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, May 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#50 of 1,370)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

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news
42 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
72 X users
reddit
12 Redditors
video
1 YouTube creator
bluesky
1 Bluesky user
podcasts
5 podcasts

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mendeley
210 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
The U Shape of Happiness Across the Life Course: Expanding the Discussion
Published in
Perspectives on Psychological Science, May 2020
DOI 10.1177/1745691620902428
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 210 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 13%
Researcher 23 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 7%
Student > Master 15 7%
Student > Bachelor 12 6%
Other 31 15%
Unknown 86 41%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 58 28%
Social Sciences 25 12%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 2%
Arts and Humanities 3 1%
Other 13 6%
Unknown 100 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 432. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2026.
All research outputs
#84,035
of 34,340,594 outputs
Outputs from Perspectives on Psychological Science
#50
of 1,370 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,661
of 441,898 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Perspectives on Psychological Science
#1
of 32 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,340,594 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,370 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 79.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 32 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.