02/15/2010

Benefits of Altruism

New York Times health columnist Tara Parker-Hope, as reported in Work & Family Life (February 2010), has found research that supports the idea that people benefit health-wise from helping others:

• A Boston College study found that patients with chronic pain fared better when they counseled other patients who were also in pain.  They felt less depression, less disability, and their intense pain was reduced.
• The Buck Institute for Age Research in California found a connection between volunteerism and longevity among older people.  Elderly participants who did volunteer work for more than four hours a week were less likely to die during the study period.
• A Miami study of patents with HIV found that those who demonstrated strong altruistic characteristics had lower levels of stress hormones.
• A study of 150 heart patients found that those who talked about themselves at length and used more first-person pronouns did worse on treadmill tests than those who referred to themselves less.

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