In a study published online (December 4) by the British Medical Journal, scientists from Harvard University and UC San Diego indicate that happiness spreads through social networks of family, friends and neighbors – even three degrees removed.<\/p>\n
The scientists, who examined the relationships of 4,739 people for a period of twenty years (1983 – 2003), concluded that happiness is like a contagious disease<\/em>.<\/p>\n Co-author, James H. Fowler, an associate professor of political science at UC San Diego is quoted in one report as saying, \u201cIf your friend\u2019s friend\u2019s friend becomes happy, that has a bigger impact on you being happy than putting an extra $5,000 in your pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n Fowler added that he feels “so much more responsible [now] that I know that if I come home in a bad mood I\u2019m not only affecting my wife and son, but my son\u2019s best friend or my wife\u2019s mother.”\u00a0 As a result, he now intentionally listens to his favorite song while on his way home from work.<\/p>\n Author your happiness and share it with others.<\/em><\/p>\n Study Source: http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/337\/dec04_2\/a2338<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a study published online (December 4) by the British Medical Journal, scientists from Harvard University and UC San Diego indicate that happiness spreads through social networks of family, friends and neighbors – even three degrees removed. The scientists, who examined the relationships of 4,739 people for a period of twenty years (1983 – 2003),\u2026 Read More: Emotions are Socially Contagious »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,30,37],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-emotions","tag-happiness","tag-relationships"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t