TRIBUNNEWS.COM - you want to have longevity? Happy, that's the key. Because a study says, a sense of ahagia was not only improve the quality of life, but also increase the quantity of your life.
Research by scientists from University College London, England included participants aged between 52 to 79 years. Participants then divided into three groups based on how happy and positive feelings they felt.
Five years later, 7 percent of people in the unhappy group had died, while at the happiest group of only 4 percent were found dead. The remaining 5 percent of the middle group.
The researchers also connect to aging, depression, chronic disease, lifestyle, and socioeconomic factors with risk of death of the participant. They also found that the happiest people 35 percent less likely to die.
"Although it seems far-fetched, but the emotional snapshot has proven its influence on overall temperament even in previous research," said Sarah Pressman, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
"We hope that we can see the relationship between how people feel happy in his life and longevity effects on his future. It turned out that the effect is very strong," added the leader Andrew Steptoe, PhD.
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