Research

This article was originally published in the Harris Poll. Before the start of the winter holiday season—defined as the period beginning in mid-November and running through New Year’s Day—The Human Flourishing Lab at The Archbridge Institute and The Harris Poll...

Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Key Findings: 1. Most Americans (61%) agree that most of their fellow Americans can be trusted. This includes 63% of men and 58% of women. 2. There are no differences in social trust between political groups. Around 60% of...

This article was originally published in the Harris Poll. World fertility rates—defined by the World Bank as “the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with...

Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Key Findings: Most Americans (69%) agree or strongly agree that they have the power to live a meaningful life (high existential agency). This is the case for both men and women and across regions of the country. The percent of...

Click here to view the PDF in a new tab. Key Findings: 1. As in previous years most Americans, regardless of race, income, or education, believe that they haveeither achieved the American Dream or are on their way to achieving it. And the trend shows that fewerpeople...

Click here to view PDF in a new tab. Existential psychology plays a central role in human progress and flourishing, in part, because meaning in life is a self-regulatory and motivational resource that helps people live healthy, productive, prosocial, and goal-oriented...

Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Key Findings: 1.Most Americans, regardless of race, income, or education, believe that they have either achieved the American Dream or are on their way to achieving it.2. Most Americans regard living better and fuller...

Click here to view the PDF in a new tab. Key Findings: Most Americans, regardless of race, income, or education believe that they have either achieved the American Dream or are on their way to achieving it. The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected Americans’...