Take down the photo album, if you dare.
A 2009 study published in thecan provide as a predictor of one's likelihood of divorce later in life. For one test, the researchers recruited more than 300 psychology alumni and around 350 general alumni, rating smile intensity in the participants' college yearbook photos from 1 to 10. Researchers found that none of the people who fell within the top 10 percent of smile strength had gotten a divorce. But in the bottom 10 percent, one in four had experienced a divorce.
For a second test, the researchers recruited more than 50 individuals over the age of 55 and asked them to provide up to eight photos of themselves between the ages of 5 and 22. According to the study, only 11 percent of those who were analyzed to be big smilers had been divorced, compared to 31 percent of those who frowned in their old photographs.
"I think [our results] go along with a lot of the literature that's been coming out over the last five to 10 years, which shows that positive emotionality is incredibly important in our lives," Hertenstein told LiveScience."There are many, many beneficial outcomes to a positive disposition." As the study notes, people with higher levels of positive emotionality are more likely to"take advantage of opportunities, are more open to social relationships, are more capable of 'undoing' sporadic negative emotions, and appraise ambiguous events more positively."People who frown in old photos could have a higher divorce risk for more than one reason.
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