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From "What Makes Us Happy?" in the June 2009 Atlantic magazine:

In an interview in the March 2008 newsletter to the Grant Study subjects, Vaillant was asked, “What have you learned from the Grant Study men?” Vaillant’s response: “That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”

Edit: an LJ friend pointed out that the article was in the Atlantic, not Harper's, and I corrected.

Comments

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

Hey! Do you know that I was an RA for this study for about two years? The glowing recommendation of Bob Waldinger, who's slowly taking over for Valliant is, I suspect, one of main reasons I got into grad school.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten about that until this moment when you mentioned it! But yes, now I remember all the followup work you did. That's great!

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

It was a pretty cool job. It wasn't follow up exactly - we were asking them about their marriages and looking at their daily interactions. It was also cool because some of the spouses participated, which was definitely interesting.

[nafe.livejournal.com]

I knew it! I was thinking about you the whole time I was reading the article.

That means that part of this study took place *in-my-kitchen!*

I like to be part of things...

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

It's true! You totally helped science.