December 20th 2022- a recent study measured a construct called aversion to happiness among a cross-cultural sample. the findings, published in the journal motivation and emotion, revealed that the top predictors of the belief were an unhappy childhood, perfectionism, loneliness, and belief in black magic and karma.
https://www.psypost.org/2022/12/people-with-unhappy-childhoods-are-more-likely-to-exhibit-a-fear-of-happiness-multi-national-study-finds-64533
