| Happiness is spread by contagion and "waves" |
 We can now say that happiness is not only contagious nature, but is also spreading in social groups such as family and friends. The effect creates the "clusters" of people happy (or unhappy), both socially and in terms of geography: happiness is not selfish and isolated. If the mood of neighbors and friends can have more impact than that of the companions and companions, office colleagues are not against by, affected by the positive mood of someone among them. Geography can have an impact on happiness, if you have a friend who is happy and live within a circle of 1.6 km, this will increase your chance of being happy by 25%. It was also noticed that the life partners who are happy to increase the likelihood that the spouse is pleased to 8%. Whether siblings happy living in the neighborhood, the probability increases by 14% and 34% in the case of neighbors! The mood of co-workers had no impact: it suggests that the social context prevents the release of emotional states. The study was based on research involving 5124 adults aged 21 to 70 and lasted between 1971 and 2003. To assess happiness were asked to agree or disagree with four statements: "I felt the hope for the future", "I was happy," "I liked life "," I felt that I was as good as other people. " Happiness as such has been defined as a maximum positive agreement with the four previous statements. The study also important in terms of health. A happy person is less prone to diseases. Happiness can be spread in a network and form leads to another group of people happy. Most important is the recognition that people are integrated into social networks and the health and well-being of a person affects the health and well-being of others. Sources: Imaginascience, Cosmos mag
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