Scientists have discovered that finding positive meaning in life is closely related to one’s health. The more purposeful one’s life is, the stronger the immune system.
In 2003, Dr. Julienne Bower led a team of researchers in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences to conduct a bereavement-related disclosure intervention study on 43 females who recently lost close relatives, mostly mothers, to breast cancer. Their findings were published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. The participants averaged 42 years old. The study lasted for four weeks.
