Yeah, others are right, they didn't even get what the initial statement/theory was about. When the point made is "in the aftermath of achieving something that required a lot of effort people become depressed or otherwise their mental health takes a hit", you don't prove much by testing "are rich people more healthy".
How does making more money tell you anything about the goals somebody has set and their devotion to them? You might as well have somebody talented who just cruised through their career without it being the most important thing in their life. Or people who just climb up without a set goal so they never have that moment of achieving a specific endgame.
I dunno how you'd select for people who devoted significant effort towards a specific goal and have reached it, but it sure isn't what they've tried here.
Norian24 t1_iwnwyq9 wrote
Reply to New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud's "wrecked by success" hypothesis: People with exceptionally successful careers tend to be healthier than their less successful peers by HeinieKaboobler
Yeah, others are right, they didn't even get what the initial statement/theory was about. When the point made is "in the aftermath of achieving something that required a lot of effort people become depressed or otherwise their mental health takes a hit", you don't prove much by testing "are rich people more healthy".
How does making more money tell you anything about the goals somebody has set and their devotion to them? You might as well have somebody talented who just cruised through their career without it being the most important thing in their life. Or people who just climb up without a set goal so they never have that moment of achieving a specific endgame.
I dunno how you'd select for people who devoted significant effort towards a specific goal and have reached it, but it sure isn't what they've tried here.