SAPIEN Labs Ranks Sri Lanka as the second happiest country based on mental state

[Mr Bones]

SAPIEN Labs is based in the Washington DC area. The researchers at the SAPIEN labs collected data from over 500,000 respondents in 13 languages across 71 countries that spanned 9 regions. Data is collected using the MHQ assessment, a comprehensive online survey of cognitive and emotional capabilities that provides an overall mental wellbeing metric (the MHQ score) as well as multiple dimensional views that relate to the ability to navigate the normal stresses of life and function productively.

Why did Sri Lanka get the second spot on the list?

• The answer, according to Sapien Labs, is because internet-enabled populations in wealthy countries are also likely to have youth on smartphones, ultra-processed food and weak social ties; three factors that have been linked to poor mental health.
• Family ties crucial for mental wellbeing
  • Socially well-connected people and communities are happier and healthier, and are better able to take charge of their lives and find solutions to the problems they are facing.
  • According to Sapien Labs, adults’ risk of mental health challenges is four times lower if you have close family relationships - but wealthier countries were least likely to say they were close with many adult family members, at just 23 per cent.
• Food and technology also issues
  • We found that over half of those who eat ultra-processed food daily are distressed or struggling with their mental wellbeing, compared to just 18 percent of those who rarely or never consume ultra-processed food,” the report stated. This is almost a three-fold increase.
  • Meanwhile, a sample of almost 28,000 survey respondents found that 18- to 24-year-olds’ mental health was strongly impacted by how young they were when they got their first smartphone

Source:
https://mentalstateoftheworld.report/2023_read/

 

[Sri_Sampath]

නැව ගිලුණත් බෑන් චුං කිවේ නිකන් ද

 

[J Starlin]

ලෝකේ අසතුටින්ම ඉන්න ජාතිය - jvp

 

[kasun090354t]

Ranil's power

 

[dayt0na]

Survey eka Jeppekta hari top 10 % wath nethi ekekta yawanta thibbe.....Ammata Ham****** yawanne,,,,lol

 

[rajitha_5j]

Jah. Rasta fari.

 

[Mr.Curious]

Lol

 

[SDCR]

ලෝකේ අසතුටින්ම ඉන්න ජාතිය - jvp

ඕක වෙනස් වෙන්න ඕන මෙහෙම

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[Solo Rider]

Api inne lankawe neweda Yako ethakota

 

[Ritigala Jayasena69]

 

[Stimulus mind]

 

[SDCR]

Api inne lankawe neweda Yako ethakota

ai oya asathutinda inne?

 

[NRTG]

අපි නම් සතුටින්

 

[හෙනයා]

 

[PoweruseR]

Math sathutin income eka tikak awul unata.patta happy inne

 

[Mr Bones]

up

 

[gnilukshi]

අපි මෙන්ටල් කේස් වලට බෙහෙත් ගන්නෙ නෑ තොවිල් නටනවා

 

[Scarface]

Ignorance is bliss

 

[xcalifer]

dawasak private bus ekaka giyanm rating left.........

 

[dayt0na]

A wise man once said money can't buy happiness.