University students who briefly meditated Yi-Yuan Tang, Yinghua Ma, Junhong Wang, Yaxin Fan, Shigang Feng, Qilin Lu, Qingbao Yu, Danni Sui, Mary Rothbart, Ming Fan, and Michael Posner, "Short-Term Meditation Training Improves Attention and Self-Regulation," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America fPNAS), October 23, 2007.
Thirty times more likely to laugh Robert Provine, "Far from Mere Reactions to Jokes, Hoots and Hollers Are Serious Business: They"re Innate — and Important — Social Tools," Psychology Today, November 1, 2000.
Those who work out Gretchen Reynolds, "Even a Little Exercise Might Make Us Happier," The New York Times, May 2, 2018.
Active people have a much lower risk Felipe B. Schuch, Davy Vancampfort, Joseph Firth, Simon Rosenbaum, Philip B. Ward, Edson S. Silva, and Mats Hallgren, "Physical Activity and Incident Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies," The American Journal of Psychiatry, April 25, 2018.
Gratitude can positively affect our moods and general well-being Summer Allen, "The Science of Gratitude: A White Paper," prepared for the John Templeton Foundation by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, May 2018.
Expressing gratitude — even if you"re faking it Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough, "Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003.
6. Подключенные к общению
A study of rats showed that females injected with oxytocin Ksenia Meyza and Ewelina Knapska, "Maternal Behavior: Why Mother Rats Protect Their Children," eLife, June 13, 2017.
A game of virtual catch Kirsten Weir, "The Pain of Social Rejection," Monitor on Psychology, April 2012.
Roughly one-third were "actively psychotic and/or acutely suicidal" Stuart Grassian, "The Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement," Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, January 2006.
Socially isolated people are more irritable John T. Cacioppo and Stephanie Cacioppo, "Social Relationships and Health: The Toxic Effects of Perceived Social Isolation," Social and Personality Psychology Compass, May 15, 2014.
When Americans were asked how many confidants they had Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Matthew E. Brashears, "Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades," American Sociological Review, June 2006.
One in three people report feeling lonely Judith Shulevitz, "The Lethality of Loneliness: We Now Know How It Can Ravage Our Body and Brain," The New Republic, May 12, 2013.
Fifty percent of Canadians say they "often feel alone" "A Portrait of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Canada Today," Angus Reid Institute, June 17, 2019.
Fifty percent of Americans say they "lack companionship" "New Cigna Study Reveals Loneliness at Epidemic Levels in America," Cigna Global Health Insurance, May 1, 2018.
In the U.K., 60 percent of respondents listed their pet Rob Knight, "New Study Reveals How Pets Are Therapeutic for Lonely, Overworked People and for Those with Little Interaction Outside of Social Media," The Independent, September 20, 2018.
More than a half-million people under forty who haven"t left their homes "Why Won"t 541,000 YoungJapanese Leave the House?," CNN, September 12, 2016.
Loneliness may be worse for longevity Sharon Kiekey, "Researchers Are Working on a Pill for Loneliness, as Studies Suggest the Condition Is Worse Than Obesity," National Post, August 12, 2019.
Chronic loneliness has also been linked with an increased risk Javier Yanguas, Sacramento Pinazo-Henandis, and Francisco Jose Tarazona-Santabalbina, "The Complexity of Loneliness," Acta Biomedica, 2018.
Being lonely increased a woman"s risk of dying Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Timothy B. Smith, and J. Bradley Layton, "Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-Analytic Review," PLOS One, July 27, 2010.