Purpose in Life and Its Relationship to All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events

Cohen, Randy; Bavishi, Chirag; Rozanski, Alan

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“…However, health is arguably central to a person's sense of wholeness and well-being. Possibly some of the reason health is excluded is so as to be able to examine relationships between positive psychological states and subsequent physical health, and indeed there is a reasonably wellestablished literature that has done this (24)(25)(26). Composite measures of psychological well-being might indeed be better predictors of subsequent health than simply using life satisfaction.…”

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“…Each of the five or six domains of flourishing is also likely to have effects on the others. Understanding these too is an important area of empirical research, and considerable progress has been made in studying these relationships as well, for example, how positive affect, life satisfaction, and purpose in life might affect physical health (24)(25)(26). Although considerable progress has been made in understanding these relations, much empirical work with longitudinal designs still needs to be done.…”

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On the promotion of human flourishing

VanderWeele

2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Many empirical studies throughout the social and biomedical sciences focus only on very narrow outcomes such as income, or a single specific disease state, or a measure of positive affect. Human well-being or flourishing, however, consists in a much broader range of states and outcomes, certainly including mental and physical health, but also encompassing happiness and life satisfaction, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, and close social relationships. The empirical literature from longitudinal, experimental, and quasiexperimental studies is reviewed in attempt to identify major determinants of human flourishing, broadly conceived. Measures of human flourishing are proposed. Discussion is given to the implications of a broader conception of human flourishing, and of the research reviewed, for policy, and for future research in the biomedical and social sciences.flourishing | well-being | happiness | family | religion

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On the promotion of human flourishing

VanderWeele

2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…La spiritualité et la religiosité sont de plus en plus mentionnées comme facteur protecteur [31]. Cette composante associe les effets protecteurs d'un support social et d'un but de vie dont nous verrons plus loin l'importance [32].…”

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La psychocardiologie : une nouvelle spécialité

Houppe¹

2017

Hegel

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RésuméLe corps et l'esprit sont intimement liés. Les relations entre coeur et cerveau sont très fortes. La naissance de la psychocardiologie apparaîtc omme une évidence. Le stress psychosocial est à la fois un facteur de risque indépendant et un facteur pronostic d'événements cardiovasculaires. Il comprend des aspects psychologiques, des composantes sociologiques et socio-économiques. Il apparaîta ussi que la maladie cardiaque est elle-même un événement déclenchant de stress psychosocial.Les recommandations européennes sont de grade 1A pour l'évaluation du risque psychosocial et de grade 1B pour la prise en charge.Les connaissances actuelles sur le développement cérébral permettent de mieux comprendre la relation qui existe entre le stress psychosocial et le risque cardiovasculaire. Le risque psychosocial augmente les facteurs de risque classiques et entraîne par ailleurs une dysfonction endothéliale, une réponse inflammatoire et une activation de la coagulation.Les anxiolytiques et les antidépresseurs ne sont pas très efficaces dans la prise en charge du stress psychosocial, en revanche l'activité physique et les psychothérapies sont plus indiquées en particulier les thérapies cognitivo-comportementales, les thérapies de la pleine conscience et la thérapie EMDR.Depuis qu'il a été proposéàla find es années 70, le modèle biopsychosocial ne cesse d'accumuler des preuves de sa pertinence. Les recherches en médecine psychosomatique ,e nc ardiologie et en psychologie de la santé ont permis de faire en sorte que la psychocardiologie devienne une nouvelle spécialité fondées ur l'evidence based medicine. Il reste maintenant à faire en sorte que ces connaissances puissent être transmises aux praticiens et qu'ils puissent inclure cet aspect dans leur pratique quotidienne. Mots-clésCardiologie ;P sychocardiologie ;S tress psychosocial ;P sychothérapie ;P r é vention cardiaque Abstract Body and mind are closely linked. The relationships between the brain and the heart are very strong.T he emergence of pyschocardiology appears to be as imple truism. On the one hand

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“…Recent studies have highlighted the impact that psychological factors, “such as having a purpose in life,” have on living longer lives (Cohen, Bavishi, & Rozanski, 2016), in addition to maintaining physical functioning (Kim, Kawachi, Chen, & Kubzansky, 2017). Wong et al (2014) also reported four themes related to living long and well: positive relations with others, positive events and happiness, hope for the future, and positive life attitude.…”

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Preparing for a paradigm shift in aging populations: listen to the oldest old

Komatsu

Yagasaki

Kida

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: Current healthcare systems are not suitable for serving future societies in which the oldest old are commonplace. The objective of this study was to understand what the oldest old care most about in their daily lives. Methods: Semi-structured in-depth interviews and thematic analysis were used. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in 17 elderly residents (≥ 95 years) of Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan from July to November 2017. Results: Three themes emerged from the interview responses: “unshakable beliefs and social ties,” “natural acceptance,” and “my day-to-day life with precious moments.” The oldest old strongly believe in diligence and compassion and maintain strong relationships with people around them. Despite their small social networks, they are concerned about future society. They accept their selves and their lives, including their impending deaths. Despite their functional decline, they control their lives by making very small decisions. They live on a moment-to-moment basis, cherishing simple events. Conclusion: Maintaining autonomy through making small decisions and enjoying small pleasures are important to the oldest old. Understanding the needs of the oldest old is the first step towards developing optimal geriatric care for an aging population.

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Purpose in Life and Its Relationship to All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events

Cited by 344 publications

References 59 publications

On the promotion of human flourishing

On the promotion of human flourishing

La psychocardiologie : une nouvelle spécialité

Preparing for a paradigm shift in aging populations: listen to the oldest old

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