A Child’s Smile Can Predict Future Marital Success
Posted by eka in Child and Art on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
As a parent who hopes that one day that your children meet the boy or the girl on the right, and "live happily ever after." What if, as they smile when you say "Cheese!" Can help their marriage prospects?
According to the latest issue of Scientific American Mind, the researchers found that the exuberance and joy in the smile of a child may affect their marital happiness.
"The images of smiling children may be more than happy child: a psychological study of Depauw University shows that the intensity of people smile on the little picture, as shown in the smile lines around the eyes, anticipation of their marital success adult According to research conducted by. PhD Matthew Hertenstein, people whose smile was lower in the photographs from childhood to adulthood were more likely to report being divorced in middle age and the old. Weakest smiles in the photographs College, ending a four-times divorced, compared with one in 20 of the widest smiles. The same trend is even among those represented at a mean age of 10. "
"The document is based on a 2001 study by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, to measure satisfaction and marital satisfaction of women in the university through their early 50s. This work found Coeds with that smile was the brightest in their senior pictures directory was more likely to be married in their late 20s were least likely to remain unmarried middle-aged and happiness in their marriage and they also obtained better on measures of overall relationship well-being (including psychological and physical problems, with others and in general self-satisfaction). "
This research provides a lot of sense, because:
One of my favorite authors, Malcolm Gladwell discusses "slice" of behavior in his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Tips for the observation of the features of a small person or behavior may be predictive of a person's instinctive emotional alienation and what they are really thinking. Thanks to our "intuition" more often, we rely on our "adaptive unconscious," a 24 / 7 mental valet gives us instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to an idea new.
Just watch a person's ability to laugh can give us the "rapid cognition" about their positive feelings, how they react to others and finally, by Hertenstein, "making that person more open and likely to seek situations can lead to lasting peace, happy marriage. "
It’s gratifying to see that science continues to bolster what we’ve known intuitively for many years. Building a child’s ( and even an adult’s) self esteem has a dramatic impact on their future relationship and career success.
It’s a wonderful gift to see a smile. My Flax Dental staff and I have a greater appreciation of the “ripple effect” in helping others Look Better, Feel Better, and Live Longer.
That new smile warms up not only your appearance, but the instant minute by minute perceptions that people have of you. It becomes a window to your soul.
Hope this helps you and others in making all of your or your children’s lives much happier. Feel free to comment and share.
Keep smiling right
Hugh