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resolves into an enduring feeling of contentment. Contentment from writing a song is a pretty good reward. But playing the song for band mates, and turning it into something that we perform, and then getting positive feedback from an audience is sublime. I sometimes get asked how I find time to make music. I always answer the same way. I’m a better scientist, husband, father (and every other ro...

Positive emotions are hypothesized to undo the cardiovascular aftereffects of negative emotions. Study 1 tests this undoing effect. Participants (n = 170) experiencing anxiety-induced cardiovascular reactivity viewed a film that elicited (a) contentment, (b) amusement, (c) neutrality, or (d) sadness. Contentment-eliciting and amusing films produced faster cardiovascular recovery than neutral or...

objective: the current study aimed at investigating the role of patience and its components in predicting self-control among high school students in shiraz, iran. methods: the statistical population of the study included all high school students of shiraz. three hundred and thirty-two students (161 females and 171 males) were recruited via cluster sampling method. the subjects participated in t...

have traded a bit of autonomy for the greater good when clinical freedom is now so difficult to defend; or that general practice mainly provides Monday to Friday daytime care in the NHS and many other healthcare systems. The research on the dangers of stress and poor morale has convinced doctors, and more importantly their negotiators, that quality of life needs to be taken more seriously. What...

Moderate training of an endurance nature, but also other exercise activities, not only has a preventive effect on various illnesses and pre-illness states such as the metabolic syndrome and cancer, but is also effective in treating patients in the rehabilitation phase after illness, e.g. cardiovascular or cancer. Our investigation demonstrates that even low level physical activity has a very go...