Anyone else notice how those with the most adverse experiences were both more likely to be depressed and more likely to be happy "all of the time" for the past month?
Is this a flaw in the data? What is the causal explanation for this?
Challenges with emotional regulation was my first thought.
I imagine children who grow up in stable environments can better regulate their mood as they can return to a caring parent who will soothe them when they're emotionally dysregulated, compared to those in instable environments.
This might lead to the highs being higher and the lows being lower, a stretching of the bell curve.
I noticed that the no adverse group had very few people who said they were happy most of the time. I think this could come down to the weight of debt and maintaining a "stable" lifestyle. The more adverse effect group is probably generally lower income and less likely to have a lot of debt.
Maybe high achievers can never get enough...whatever...to be content, and will always seek to define themselves not by looking at what they have, but by looking at what they don't have (yet).
Is this a flaw in the data? What is the causal explanation for this?