Here's Why You Should Pick Your Friends Wisely

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    • Publish Date: Sep 22 2017 12:13PM
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    • Updated Date: Sep 22 2017 12:16PM
Here's Why You Should Pick Your Friends Wisely

Because Pals Are More Likely To Spread Cheer Than Give You The Blues, Reveals Study

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How your friend affects your mood
Good and bad moods can be 'picked up' from friends and spread through social networks, but the effect is not strong enough to push people into depression, a study has found. 
Using mathematical modelling, researchers found that having more friends who suffer worse moods is associated with a higher probability of an individual experiencing low moods and a decreased probability of improving. They found the opposite applied to adolescents who had a more positive social circle.

Mood and social media

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The findings imply that mood does spread over friendship networks, as do various different symptoms of depression such as helplessness and loss of interest. However they also found that they also found that the effect from lower or worse mood friends was not strong enough to push the other friends into depression.

Researchers say
“We investigated whether there is evidence for the individual components of mood -such as appetite, tiredness and sleep -spreading through US adolescent friendship networks while adjusting for confounding by modelling the transition probabilities of changing mood state over time,“ said Rob Eyre, from the University of Warwick in the UK. 
“Evidence suggests mood may spread from person to person via a process known as social contagion,“ said Eyre. “Previous studies have found social support and befriending to be beneficial to mood disorders in adolescents while recent experi ments suggest that an individual's emotional state can be affected by exposure to the emotional expressions of social contacts.“

Fact: The World Health Organisation has estimated that depression affects 350 million people across the world, impacting on individual's abilities to work and socialise and at worse leading to suicide.

The findings emphasise the need to also consider those who exhibit levels of depressive symptoms just below those needed for a diagnosis of actual depression when designing public health interventions. The study also helps confirm that there is more to depression than simply low mood.

What it means for you: A good friend will guide you wisely 
At the individual level, these findings imply that following the evidence-based advice for improving mood, eg exercise, sleeping well, and managing stress, can help a teenager's friends as well as themselves.

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 Whilst for depression, friends do not put an individual at risk of illness so a recommended course of action would be to show them support.  “Understanding that these components of mood can spread socially suggests that while the primary target of social interventions should be to increase friendships because of its benefits in reducing of the risk of depression, a secondary aim could be to reduce spreading of negative mood,“ said Frances Griffiths, professor at Warwick Medical School.

Q: Like this story? Now use the comment section to send thanks to friends who have been your best cheerleaders! (Don't forget to tell us how they helped you) 

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Comments

Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

I loved reading this article! I''m proud of my friends. Many times my friends help me overcome a tough mood. Two years ago, I was crying and many tried to console me, but atlast it was my bestie who made me to laugh. She is naturally a funny girl at school. Thus helped me a lot. The same day I saw a message which stated that best friends are the one who makes you to laugh when you cry. #bestieforever!

Gagana M D SCHOOL VIVEKANANDA SAHAKARANAGAR

Friends truly affect our moods. Many a time a jovial person is not found alone. Self-centered with friends makes one happy and cheerful and surprisingly boosts our confidence level But choosing the right buddies becomes a very important decision, anyway the character of a person is judged by the group he mingles with.

R.Suman Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

The history says "Tell about your friend I will say abut your character." some poem also says about friendship,"Make new friends but keep the old one is silver and the other is gold” I say,"The best mirror is an old friend."

CHHAVI RANA RUKMINI DEVI PUB. SCHOOL(PITAMPURA)

Very true #thanks to all my friends

CHHAVI RANA RUKMINI DEVI PUB. SCHOOL(PITAMPURA)

Very true #thanks to all my friends

kaushyik Velammal Matric Hr Sec School ..

Good facts

Prathamesh Kandale HILLGREEN SCHOOL

my friend,bro,dude whatever you call him,he will be by your side in your tough times.

Aishwarya Iyer Deens Academy

Friends are really amazing!!! Irreplacable! #LuvMyFriends

VRINDA P MGM Model School, Varkala, Trivandrum

friend are one who will be with us any situations

shivangi saxena magarpatta city public school

Nice read....Friends are irreplaceable #Friends #Fun #Life

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