A new survey reveals that optimistic people not only lead a better life, but also have longevity, even reaching the 85-digit mark.
A report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences first describes the relationship between hopefuls and the length of their lives. In this regard, extraordinary lengths of a particular age were also observed, ie life of over 85 years.
Earlier, genetic, medical, and functional factors were seen in older people, but for the first time, hope and high morale were included in the study, which is anesthetic.
The research was conducted at Boston University School of Medicine where psychology professor Livina O'Lean and her colleagues worked. According to him, we rarely research psychological attitudes and health like optimism, but the process of being optimistic is, in fact, a surety for the future, which impels humans to move forward.
For this, the experts conducted a detailed review of the data of 69,744 women and soldiers involved in the Nurses Health Study program, including 1429 men involved in the aging study. It was first launched in 2004 and subsequently re-evaluated in 2014. Participants were also asked about diet, exercise, alcohol and smoking.
But the most important question was also, do they spend most of their time feeling hopeful or frustrated?
In this way, five levels of hopelessness and hopelessness were placed, which represented a kind of scale. In the first ten years, 13% of women died and 70% of men died in a 30-year follow-up. The data showed that women and men who had the highest level of hope lived 11 to 15 percent longer than others.
This means that people who are optimistic most of the time of age increase their chances of getting 85 years old by 50 to 70 percent.
This is probably because hope has a positive effect on the whole body.
