Research Database

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March 2014
TAKING THE TENSION OUT OF HYPERTENSION: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING AND HYPERTENSION
This study examined the relationship between psychological well being (using measures of vitality and optimism) and hypertension, finding that high emotional vitality but not optimism significantly predicted a reduced risk of hypertension.
April 17, 2012
The Heart's Content: The Association Between Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Health
Positive psychological well-being, especially optimism, protects against the incidence, and somewhat against the progression, of cardiovascular disease through a broad array of mechanisms, according to this extensive literature review.