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Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study
BMJ · 2008 · Vol. 337(dec04 2) · pp. a2338–a2338
James H. Fowler✉(University of California, San Diego)Nicholas A. Christakis(Harvard University)
Abstract
People's happiness depends on the happiness of others with whom they are connected. This provides further justification for seeing happiness, like health, as a collective phenomenon.
Social and Cultural DynamicsMental Health Research TopicsPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionHappinessSocial psychologyPsychologyInterpersonal tiesSix degrees of separationLongitudinal studyFramingham Heart StudySocial network (sociolinguistics)Social mediaMedicine
MeSH terms
HappinessHealth StatusHumansInterpersonal RelationsLongitudinal StudiesMental HealthPersonal SatisfactionSocial Support
Funding
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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