Optimisme en een lang leven
Uit het onderzoek blijkt dat optimisme verband houdt met een langere levensverwachting en een grotere kans om 85 jaar of ouder te worden.
Optimistische mensen leven gemiddeld 11-15% langer, ongeacht factoren als sociale status of gezondheidsgedrag.
De resultaten suggereren dat...
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Lewina O. Lee a,b,1, Peter James c, Emily S. Zevon d, Eric S. Kim d,e, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald d,e, Avron Spiro III b,f,g, Francine Grodstein h,i,2, and Laura D. Kubzansky d,e,2
a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130;
b Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118;
c Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215;
d Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115;
e Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115;
f Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130;
g Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118;
h Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115; and
i Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
Edited by Bruce S. McEwen, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, and approved July 30, 2019 (received for review January 18, 2019)