New Study Shows Why You Should Accept Negative Emotions To Be Happier 

    New Study Shows Why You Should Accept Negative Emotions To Be Happier 

    Keeping yourself engaged in different activities can bring positive and negative emotions, and that some of our reactions depend on our age

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    New research shows that engaging in many different activities can bring positive and negative emotions, and that some of our reactions depend on our age.





    A new study conducted by the South Florida College It shows that engaging in different activities throughout the day causes a different set of emotions - which is great for our health, because it means that we appreciate the little things in everyday life more.

    For example, even in the case of negative emotions, feeling deep anger can mean that we have a limited appreciation of the situation we are experiencing. On the other hand, if we perceive a mixture of different emotions (for example anger, sadness and embarrassment), this can indicate a broader and more multifaceted emotional experience.

    In this study, data from nearly 3.000 middle-aged, healthy and well-educated volunteers were analyzed. It was found that individuals who took part in different activities each day had different emotional experiences - both positive and negative. In particular, those between the ages of 33 and 44 had a wider range of positive emotions than people between 68 and 84.

    The study focused, in particular, on the time that volunteers spent engaged in seven different activities: paid work, time spent with children, leisure activities, physical activity, engagement in voluntary associations, helping relatives or neighbors, singing . Participants recorded the time dedicated to each of these activities for eight consecutive days, together with the emotions perceived during their performance (both positive and negative). These data were then used by the researchers to calculate the levels of hemodiversity.

    (see also: Negative emotions: how to learn to manage them and turn them into positivity)

    Emodiversity is a term used to describe a rich and balanced range of emotions, consisting of 13 positive emotions (calm, full of life, satisfied, happy, proud ...) and 14 negative (nervous, embarrassed, irritable, scared, lonely, frustrated and etc). It is interesting to note that the time spent by participants in carrying out the different activities is not associated with either negative or positive emodiversity: this suggests that it is not the single action that counts, but rather the total time spent in a wide range of activities. different.



    As this study shows, younger people have stronger and more varied emotions than adults, as they engage in more diverse activities: for example, many of them spend time with children - something that many adults don't do over the years. Additionally, older people have more subdued or monotonous emotions as a result of the wisdom accumulated over the years, or the strategy to reduce social interactions to avoid potentially negative situations.

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    Fonte: Journal of Gerontology


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