Hope Is The Most Impactful Emotion In Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes

Hope Is The Most Impactful Emotion In Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes

Hope Is The Most Impactful Emotion In Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes Photo by Carl Hunley Jr on Unsplash Is hope just “a thing with feathers” as Dickenson wrote, or is it Aristotle’s “waking dream?” Or instead. is it “a promise we live” rather than a “promise we give” as Amanda Gorman wrote in 2021. According to new research examining the impact of hope as a positive emotion on long-term economic and social outcomes, it’s very much the Gorman definition. That research presents evidence that not only is hope the least-studied dimension of positive emotional wellbeing, but that it’s also likely the most consequential in terms of long-term outcomes—beyond things like happiness or security. Individuals in an Australian cohort of 25,000 randomly-sampled people that were more hopeful had on average improved wellbeing, education, economic, and employment outcomes measures years later, both better perceived health and objective measures of health, and were less likely to be lonely. …