The word "happiness" refers both to the temporary emotion and a long-term state of being satisfied with your life. Nowadays the long term state is often called "life satisfaction" in research.
Someone in a gulag would have low life satisfaction.
That study isn't the final word though. Other studies have found that winning the lottery increases life satisfaction, while still others have found that they don't.
Someone in a gulag would have low life satisfaction.
The original lottery winners vs accident victim study attempted to measure the long term state: https://www.talenteck.com/academic/Brickman-Coates-Janoff-19...
That study isn't the final word though. Other studies have found that winning the lottery increases life satisfaction, while still others have found that they don't.