Research has shown that emotions, attitudes, and beliefs such as altruism , and faith , and optimism can increase one's length of life and improve marriages. People who attend religious services weekly live longer. Specifically, the research looked at how many years are added to life expectancy based on:
Regular physical exercise: 3.0-to-5.1 years
Proven therapeutic regimens: 2.1-to-3.7 years
Regular religious attendance: 1.8-to-3.1 years
Optimistists had a 55 percent lower risk of death from all causes and 23 percent lower risk of death from heart failure. Altruistic love was associated with greater happiness in general and especially with more marital happiness.
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