Enhancing Positive Emotions via Positive Interpersonal Communication: An Unexplored Avenue towards Well-Being of Mankind

Abstract

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com IntroductionIn Indian-Bengali community the elderlies, if occasion arises, bless the younger ones by touching the head and uttering "Be healthy, be happy and live long". It reflects the general belief, intricately interwoven with culture of this land, that being healthy, being happy and living long are the most coveted goals in human life. Perhaps the same sort of wishes for self and others -near and dear -existed and exists in human mind across generations and across different cultures globally. In the present articleHealth, Happiness and Longevity have been considered as three components of wellbeing of mankind. AbstractInterpersonal Communication is at the root of human existence itself. It is through communication that interpersonal relationships are formed, managed and dissolved (when the occasion arises). The quality of relationship -positivity/ negativity is one of the most powerful psychosocial predictors of one's physical and mental health outcomes.Positive emotions-experienced by an individual during, or subsequently to positive communication with another person produces a pleasant state of body and mind accompanied by enhanced immune system functioning, undoing of negative cardiovascular incidents, and building of physiological, psychological and social resources for coping with stressful life challenges and contribute to physical and mental health, happiness and more successful performance.Negative emotions also have an intuitively adaptive value. In an instant, they narrow other thought action repertoire to those of fight or flight that promote our survival in life threatening situations. They produce a downward spiral of ill-being unlike positive emotions which create on upward spiral of wellbeing. Such grossly opposite positions of them in human beings is due to "functional asymmetry" of our two hemispheres of brain -the right one sub serving negative emotions, activating specific neuroendocrine channels stimulating an unpleasant state of body and mind; and the left one sub serving positive emotions and activation of different neuroendocrine channels creating a pleasant state of body and mind.Even amidst overwhelming negativity in almost all dimensions of human life in the present era, a ray of hope is that relentless attempt to be a good communicator generating positive emotions in self and others can yield the desired result. It can go a long way out by cultivating the habit of being a good communicator. This is a matter of attitude and not money -caring words, listening with all attention, using a calm tone of voice, looking in the eyes, a smile and a genuine concern for wellbeing of the communicatee are all what are needed.

Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study

“…Attachment is shown to be more stable in adulthood and therefore more difficult to modify (Fraley, 2019) thus, interventions targeting adolescence may be a critical window in which to intervene. Interventions with an attachment focus may have potential in improving life satisfaction in adulthood, given that improving interpersonal communication is associated with better psychological health and wellbeing (Mukherjee, 2017;Oliveira et al, 2022). Approaches to increasing relational confidence and attachment security can be implemented in a range of settings that extend beyond 1:1 therapy (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2020).…”