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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Happy people live longer |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Science |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0036-8075 |
| Volume | 331 |
| Number | 6017 |
| Page Range | 542 - 543 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Abstract Text | There is a longstanding idea that happiness causes people to live longer, healthier lives. However, convincing evidence that subjective well-being (the more scholarly term for happiness) contributes to longevity and health has not been available. Recently, however, social psychologists Diener and Chan (1) showed that many kinds of studies, using different methods, conclude that happiness has a positive causal effect on longevity and physiological health. |
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| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1126/science.1201060 |
| PubMed ID | 21292959 |
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| Additional Information | This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science Vol. 331 no. 6017, February 2011, DOI:10.1126/science.1201060 |