Let me summarize two studies there into one.
我把这两个研究合总结在一起
So what they did was essentially take random group of people and divide them into four groups.
他们的研究就是随机挑出一组人,把他们分成四组
First group every night before going to bed write at least five things for which you are grateful.
第一组每天晚上睡觉前都要写下至少五次他们感激的事
Big things, or little things.
大事小事都行
Second group write at least five hassels in your life-five bad things that happen to you.
第二组写下至少五件生活中遇到的与别人的争吵,坏事
Third group write at least five things that you are better than others at- superior to others.
第三组写下至少五个你比别人优秀的地方
And the fourth group- control group write about anything that happen to you during the day.
第四组是对照组,他们可以随便写下一天中遇到的任何事
The outcome measures are that they looked at what optimism, happiness, physical health
测量标准是看他们的乐观,幸福程度,身体健康程度
(how often they visited the doctor of the six months of the study, one of the studies),
(过去参加这个研究的六个月他们多久去看一次医生)
how generous and benevolent they were toward other people and finally how likely they were to achieve their goals that they set for themselves,
他们对别人有多慷慨和仁慈,最后还有他们达成目标的可能性,他们为自己设下的目标
in other words, how successful they were.
也就是说他们有多成功
The group that performed the worst was the hassels group.
结果最差的那组是与人争吵的那组
Five bad things that happen to you.
生活中发生的五件坏事
The group that performed the best that is happist, most optimistic, most likely to achieve their goals,
结果最好的那组,最快乐的那组,最乐观,最有可能达成目标
most generous and benevolent toward other people and healthist, was the group every night before going to bed wrote at least five things for which they were grateful.
对别人最大方最仁慈,最健康的那组就是每晚睡觉前写下他们感激的至少五件事的那组
Both psychological and health benefits.
对身体和心理都有好处