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Emotional Longevity : What Really Determines How Long You Live by Norman B. Elizabeth and Norman B. Anderson (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100670031852

ISBN-139780670031856

eBay Product ID (ePID)2266721

Product Key Features

Book TitleEmotional Longevity : What Really Determines How Long You Live

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGerontology, General, Longevity, Emotions

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Health & Fitness, Science, Psychology

AuthorNorman B. Elizabeth, Norman B. Anderson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-033071

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal612.6/8

Table Of ContentContentsPreface and Acknowledgments, vii Introduction:Emotional Longevity: Toward a New Definition of Health, 1 PART I: Thoughts and Actions 1: Expectations, Explanations, and Beliefs, 15 Chapter 1: Expectations and Explanations, 21 Chapter 2:Is Optimism Always Good? Is Pessimism Always Bad?, 36 Chapter 3:The Power of Beliefs and Illusions, 43 PART II: Thoughts and Actions 2: Concealing and Revealing Trauma, 61 Chapter 4: Silence, Secrets, and Lies: The High Price of Concealment and Avoidance, 69 Chapter 5: Emotional Disclosure: The Remarkable Benefits of Opening Up, 81 PART III: Environment and Relationships: Social Immunity, 101 Chapter 6: Healing Bonds, 107 Chapter 7: Mixed Blessings: The Complexity of Social Relationships, 136 PART IV: Personal Achievement and Equality: Learning, Earning, and Surviving, 147 Chapter 8: Beyond Obelisks: The Mystery of the Gradient, 153 Chapter 9: Beyond Individual Achievement: Inequality and Race1, 77 PART V: Faith and Meaning: Existential, Religious, and Spiritual Dimensions of Health, 187 Chapter 10: From Trauma to Meaning, 193 Chapter 11: The Health Benefits of Finding Meaning, 204 Chapter 12: Faith, Meaning, and Longevity, 211 PART VI: Connections-to Emotions, to the Future, 235 Chapter 13: Emotional Connections, 241 Chapter 14: Emotions as "Connective Tissue", 260 Chapter 15: Connecting to the Future, 268 Notes, 273 Bibliography, 289 Index, 319

SynopsisWhy do optimists have lower blood pressure and heightened immunity? Why have studies found asthmatics breathe easier after writing down traumatic events? And how is it that good relationships are a buffer against everything from heart disease to the common cold, and religious observance so often goes hand in hand with longevity? In his cutting-edge and compelling Emotional Longevity, one of America's most prominent behavioral science leaders bridges the two poles of recent scientific research-biological and behavioral science-to formulate a new paradigm of what it means to be healthy. It is far more than genetics, diet, or exercise. Far more than the mere absence of disease. More multifaceted even than the now-established mind/body link. Emotional Longevitymaps out the life-long web of scientifically proven connections between biology and social environment, biology and beliefs, biology and emotions. Dr. Norman Anderson illustrates the crucial links between the existential and the physical in dozens of lives, from his own and his family's to those of figures such as Maya Angelou, Wally "Famous" Amos, and Linda Ellerbee. And he shows readers how to orchestrate this interplay in themselves-the key to surviving illnesses, disasters, or traumas, living life to the fullest, and aging successfully.

LC Classification NumberRA776.75.A534 2003