A Sense of Purpose Lowers Mortality in Older Adults
A recent article referenced research by CTMH affiliate Dr. Koichiro Shiba and colleagues investigating the impact on sense of purpose and longevity:
“Older adults with the highest sense of purpose in life had a 46 percent lower mortality risk over four years compared to those with the lowest scores — according to a 2022 study by Harvard’s Eric Kim and colleagues — making purpose roughly 1.8 times as protective against death as not smoking, meaning what you wake up wanting to do may turn out to matter for how long you live almost as much as anything else you can measure”
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