HappinessiscontagiousresearchersreportedonThursday.Peoplewiththemostsocialconnections—spousesfriendsneighboursandrelatives—werealsothehappiestthedatashowed.“Eachadditionalhappypersonmakesyouhappier”
HappinessiscontagiousresearchersreportedonThursday.
Peoplewiththemostsocialconnections—spousesfriendsneighboursandrelatives—werealsothehappiestthedatashowed.“Eachadditionalhappypersonmakesyouhappier”Christakissaid.
“ImaginethatIamconnectedtoyouandyouareconnectedtoothersandothersareconnectedtostillothers.ItisthisfabricofhumanitylikeanAmericanpatchquilt.”
Eachpersonsitsonadifferentcolouredpatch.“Imaginethatthesepatchesarehappyandunhappypatches.Yourhappinessdependsonwhatisgoingoninthepatcharoundyou”Christakissaid.
“Itisnotjusthappypeopleconnectingwithhappypeoplewhichtheydo.Aboveandbeyondthereisthiscontagiousprocessgoingon.”
Andhappinessismorecontagiousthanunhappinesstheydiscovered.
“Ifasocialcontactishappyitincreasesthelikelihoodthatyouarehappyby15percent”Fowlersaid.“Afriendofafriendorthefriendofaspouseorasibling(兄弟姐妹)iftheyarehappyincreasesyourchancesby10percent”headded.
Ahappythirddegreefriend—thefriendofafriendofafriend—increasesaperson’schancesofbeinghappyby6percent.
“Buteveryextraunhappyfriendincreasesthelikelihoodthatyou’llbeunhappyby7percent”Fowlersaid.
ThefindingisinterestinganditisusefultooFowlersaid.
“Amongotherbenefitshappinesshasbeenshowntohaveanimportanteffectonreducedmortality(死亡率)painreductionandimprovedcardiac(心脏的)function.Sobetterunderstandingofhowhappinessspreadscanhelpuslearnhowtopromoteahealthiersociety”hesaid.
Thestudyalsofitsinwithotherdatasuggestedin1984thathaving$5000extraincreasedaperson’schancesofbecominghappierbyabout2percent.
“Ahappyfriendisworthabout$20000”Christakissaid.
1.Accordingtotheresearchyourhappiness .
A.hasnothingtodowithyourworkmatesorschoolmates
B.hassomethingtodowithanyonewhohasacloserelationshipwithyou
C.dependsonthosewhoareinfavourofyouorareagainstyou
D.haslittletodowithwhatsocialconnectionsyouhave
2.Theunderlinedword“contagious”inthefirs