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Happiness is something we all [starve / strive] for in life. However, what constitutes happiness [varies / varieties] greatly from person to person. A new study into the state of being happy shows that our [confinement / contentment] depends on the interaction [at / of] a wide variety of factors. Emorie Beck, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, led an investigation [onto / into] what makes us happy. Understanding this could help [mental / mentally] health professionals to provide better treatments for people struggling with [depressives / depression] and anxiety. Professor Beck wrote: "We have to understand the [sauces / sources] of happiness to [build / built] effective interventions." Her study has been published [in / to] the journal "Nature Human Behaviour".

Professor Beck suggested that happiness can [go / come] from external circumstances, like income, job satisfaction, and [possessives / possessions] or internal feelings. Beck wrote about three models of happiness. The first is the "bottom-up" [train / frame] of mind. This is based [in / on] our overall satisfaction with factors like wealth, jobs and [relationships / relationship] . This framework is the [one / once] used for the World Happiness Report. The second model is a "top-down" [perspective / respective] . This suggests happiness comes from internal attitudes towards life. People can control this [through / though] things like meditation or therapy. The [finally / final] model is a bidirectional one. This is where the bottom-up and top-down models interact to [procreate / create] happiness.