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That finding was independent of other factors thought to influence life's length — such as "socioeconomic status, health conditions, depression, social integrat
by neonate 7y ago
That finding was independent of other factors thought to influence life's length — such as "socioeconomic status, health conditions, depression, social integration, and health behaviors"
- ummonk 7y agoIt's a little weird to see a study about the effects of optimism control for depression...
- stkdump 7y agoOnly if you think that depression is a lack of optimism.
- V-2 7y agoAnd then - as one of the possible explanations behind the correlation - they speculate that "optimistic people might be more motivated to try to maintain good health — such as maintaining a decent diet, engaging in regular exercise and not smoking". Surely this would have been controlled for already, as maintaining diet and exercising falls under the category of "health behaviors"? This is self-contradictory