It has long been repeated that people with positive attitudes live longer. There is even scientific evidence to support this claim. A recent study involving 160 of women showed that optimists live longer on average than pessimists. At the same time, they have a better chance of exceeding 90 years.
Optimists live longer
Do you want to live longer? Work on optimism. This conclusion can be drawn from a recent study by scientists at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (USA).
They conducted an extensive analysis that covered almost 160. women of different ethnic origins. The results indicate that optimism was accompanied by a longer life, regardless of race.
After taking into account various accompanying factors, it turned out that the most optimistic female volunteers lived on average 5,4%. longer than their least optimistic friends. The biggest difference – 7,6 percent. it appeared in non-Hispanic white women.
“While optimism may be culturally driven, our results suggest that its benefits for life expectancy may apply to all ethnicities,” said Hayami Koga, co-author of the study.
Optimists lead a healthier lifestyle
The longer life expectancy was partly due to the fact that optimists were more likely to reach their true old age in their 90s.
A more detailed analysis showed, however, that optimists lead a healthier lifestyle, but only 24 percent were responsible for longevity.
Perhaps the very state of the psyche is of fundamental importance.
Optimism can be an important target for interventions to improve life expectancy in a variety of groups, concludes Hayami K. Koga.
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