How do we keep happy and healthy as we get older?
Optimism doesn't influence how older men deal with negative situations, but it can help avoid everyday stresses, says research. A growing number of scientific studies have found a sunny outlook has benefits beyond enhancing our mood. For example, more optimistic people tend to live longer and experience better health than those with a more pessimistic... Continue Reading →
When faced with life's challenges, optimistic people remain so throughout life, says study. If you expect more good things to happen in life than bad, you are likely to be an optimist and a pessimist if you expect more bad things to happen than good. Our outlook on life stems mainly from life events (twenty-five... Continue Reading →
If you're the kind of person who thinks every cloud has a silver lining, the odds of living a long life may be stacked in your favour, according to research. What predicts long life? To answer the question, scientists have primarily explored biomedical areas such as genetics. But now, psychological attributes such as optimism are... Continue Reading →
If getting enough good quality sleep is a problem it may be down to whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, according to a study published online in the Journal of Sleep Research. It's not always situations in life that make us happy or unhappy; it's how we interpret situations. Whether something is good... Continue Reading →
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