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Scientists decided to find out who lives better, optimistic or pessimistic. These facts are discouraged
Intuitively: the positive optimists who live alone and not peretruzhdaetsya, of course, need to live better lives than pessimists are sad and tired. But it turned out that everything is not so.
The famous psychologist Lewis Terman of Stanford University and his colleagues followed the lives of a thousand children since 1921: described the history of the family relationships in it, fixed evaluation of teachers and parents, recorded information on hobbies and pets, level of education, military service, career and a host of other details.
Then other researchers from Harvard, decided to analyze the data from the command Terman. Their work was delayed as much as two decades and led to quite unexpected findings largely contradict traditional notions of health and longevity of people.
The site publishes key findings of scientists: h3> Marriage can be good for health of men, but in women is not reflected; longer than any other men live those that consist of long-term marriages (live up to 70 years or more); Less than a third of divorced men live to 70 years; Men who never marry, live longer than those who repeatedly went to the altar, and for much longer divorced; For the health of women divorce is not so fatal: those that divorced and have remained alone, live almost as much and women in long-term marriage; The proposal does not work wear does not increase life expectancy: constantly working people of both sexes live longer than their more "relaxed" citizens; Early admission to school (up to 6 years) - a risk factor for early death; The child must be time to play and chat with classmates; Pets do not affect life expectancy, although they may temporarily feel better, as they are not suitable as a substitute for a friend; Members of the armed action live on less, but the reason for that is not the psychological stress, and not the subsequent health-promoting behaviors; People regained its sense of security in the world, as a rule, return and health; The feeling of love and care from others makes you feel good, but does not affect the life expectancy; The most obvious beneficial effect on health are involved in social relations, help others; In most cases, a healthy / unhealthy way of life determines his entourage, and not his personal inclinations. There is something to think about, is not it?
The famous psychologist Lewis Terman of Stanford University and his colleagues followed the lives of a thousand children since 1921: described the history of the family relationships in it, fixed evaluation of teachers and parents, recorded information on hobbies and pets, level of education, military service, career and a host of other details.
Then other researchers from Harvard, decided to analyze the data from the command Terman. Their work was delayed as much as two decades and led to quite unexpected findings largely contradict traditional notions of health and longevity of people.
