Tip to Healthy Heart: Self-Regulation = It measures the ability to use and control both positive and negative emotions and responses to situations

Health: Negative emotions can affect the heart - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Arts & Entertainment: "A long-term study of Boston-area men looked at a marker of psychological and emotional health called self-regulation. It measures the ability to use and control both positive and negative emotions and responses to situations.

High self-regulation reflects flexibility and resilience. In the group of men who scored highest on a test, 6 percent had a heart attack or died of cardiovascular disease during the following 12 years, compared with 14 percent in the group scoring lowest.

These findings add to the evidence a positive outlook or positive emotions somehow contribute to a healthy heart and arteries. They may do it directly, in which case learning techniques to be more positive could be a prescription for better health.

It's also possible positive emotions could be working indirectly; people with positive attitudes or outlooks may exercise more, eat a more healthful diet or be better about taking medications.
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