Talking Your Way to Happiness: Well-being Is Related to Having Less Small Talk and More Substantive Conversations

Am tempted to say ‘well, duh!’, but I guess it’s worth being reminded just how important it is to have regular social interaction.

PhD students take note: don’t isolate yourself!

psychotherapy:

…Greater well-being was related to spending less time alone and more time talking to others: The happiest participants spent 25% less time alone and 70% more time talking than the unhappiest participants. In addition to the difference in the amount of social interactions happy and unhappy people had, there was also a difference in the types of conversations they took part in: The happiest participants had twice as many substantive conversations and one third as much small talk as the unhappiest participants.

These findings suggest that the happy life is social and conversationally deep rather than solitary and superficial. The researchers surmise that — though the current findings cannot identify the causal direction — deep conversations may have the potential to make people happier. They note, “Just as self-disclosure can instill a sense of intimacy in a relationship, deep conversations may instill a sense of meaning in the interaction partners.

Source: psychotherapy

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