FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., March 24 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following press release:

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Imagine turning 70 and realizing your happiness depends not just on personal circumstances, but also on your surroundings, such as trust in your community, national stability, and your sense of connection to others.

Understanding how these factors shape quality of life is the focus of recent research by Broadwell College of Business and Economics faculty, published Feb. 5 in the Journal of Happiness Studies, an international publication focused on subjective well-being.

Baeyong Lee, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, and Hoolda Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, authored the article. Their study, "Explorin...