Social psychology

Human relations, the key to our happiness

Human relations, the key to our happiness

Human relationships are key to ensuring happiness, As demonstrated by the psychiatrist and researcher Robert Waldinger, who directs the adult development study in Harvard, which has been classified as one of the longest studies on adult life.

In this research, the life of more than 700 men for 78 years has been followed up, contacting them every two years to investigate matters about their mental and physical health, their marriages and professional lives. Similarly, participants underwent interviews, medical exams, brain scan and blood tests.

All these information collected allowed investigators to identify what the circumstances and elections in the lives of individuals were, as well as they could realize the effect of the same.

Some points about this research on happiness are at a TED conference entitled :: Whats to Good Life? Lessons from The Longest Study On Happiness (What does a good life do? Longest study lessons on happiness).

One of the most outstanding aspects is The importance of good interpersonal relationships, Well, this is linked to happiness and health, while loneliness is often not so beneficial.

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  • Human relationships and time
  • Learning to face stress
  • The effects of happiness on childhood are enduring
    • Bibliography

Human relationships and time

According to Waldinger, "the important thing is the quality of relationships", and this has been one of the most important results in research, although the amount also counts.

Looking to the past, people often indicate that the time shared with others was more significant and was the part of their life in which they felt more proud.

That is, sharing time with other people made many individuals feel happiness every day. Despite age and physical changes, the time with a partner was a point of support.

Learning to face stress

Although there is a diversity of methods and techniques to combat stress and anxiety, Waldunger and his team noticed that among the best and most durable strategies were sublimation, suppression and altruism.

These strategies were more effective than maladaptive, such as denial, acting out or projection.

The study in question allowed us to conclude that The people who dealt with stress through adaptive strategies had better interpersonal relationships. In addition, they observed that this form of coping also brought with it other benefits that included the social support received and that influenced the fact of having a healthy old age.

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The effects of happiness on childhood are enduring

Having good relationships with parents during childhood is very positive, since it allows predicting what type of relationship will be established with the next people.

Those who have had warm relationships when they were little, may have safe and good quality relationships in adult life. Having good relationships, at least with one of the brothers, also influence being less likely to suffer depressions.

However, children do not choose the family in which they will be born or the place, so there are those who have grown up in environments that represent a true challenge, with economic insecurity, or instability and, therefore, they could not grow equally happy than the other children.

However, Upon reaching medium age, there are those who commit themselves to helping others, To guide them and become a good influence for other generations and this allows them to feel happier and have better adaptation than those who do not.

These Waldinger discoveries and his research group have impressed many people, however, he admits that it is a biased sample, since he has not worked with heterogeneous groups. However, the study continues.

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Bibliography

  • Mingus, m. (2020). The Impacts of Educational, Environmental and Economic Factors On The Happiness Index: Score of A Country. In Proceedings of the Jepson undergraduate Conference on International Economics (Vol. 2, no. 1 p. 1).
  • Waldinger, r. (2015). Whats to Good Life? Lessons from The Longest Study On Happiness. Retrieved, fifteen, 2018.
  • Waldinger, r. (2002). The Study of Adult Development. United States of America. Fonte: http: // hr1973. org/docs/Harvard35threunion_waldinger. PDF.
  • Waldinger, r. J., & Schulz, M. S. (2010). What's Love Got To Do With It? Social Functioning, Perceced Health, and Daily Happiness in Married Octogenarians. Psychology and Aging, 25(2), 422.