Higher life satisfaction associated with positive health and well-being outcomes – News-Medical.Net

New research from UBC finds that higher life satisfaction is associated with better physical, psychological and behavioral health.
The research, published recently in The Milbank Quarterly, found that higher life satisfaction is linked to 21 positive health and well-being outcomes including:

• a 26 per cent reduced risk of mortality
• a 46 per cent reduced risk of depression
• a 25 per cent reduced risk of physical functioning limitations
• a 12 per cent reduced risk of chronic pain
• a 14 per cent reduced risk…

Click here to view the original article.