Does Watching a Sad Movie Make You Feel Happier?
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2012/04/01 20:41:37
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Feeling down in the dumps? Well, according to a recent study, if you are hoping to improve your mood by watching a movie, you may be better off choosing a tragedy over a comedy.
A team of researchers at Ohio State University discovered that when people watch tragic films they often leave with a “count your blessings” mentality about their relationships with loved ones. That type of thinking typically brightens moods in the short term.
“People seem to use tragedies as a way to reflect on the important relationships in their own life,” Associate Professor Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, who led the study, told Science Daily. “That can help explain why tragedies are so popular with audiences, despite the sadness they induce.”
A team of researchers at Ohio State University discovered that when people watch tragic films they often leave with a “count your blessings” mentality about their relationships with loved ones. That type of thinking typically brightens moods in the short term.
“People seem to use tragedies as a way to reflect on the important relationships in their own life,” Associate Professor Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, who led the study, told Science Daily. “That can help explain why tragedies are so popular with audiences, despite the sadness they induce.”
The researchers came to these conclusions after showing an abridged version of Atonement, “the 2007 flick depicting two war-torn lovers who fall victim to casualties of conflict,” to 361 college students.
The team monitored the viewers’ responses before, during, and after the screening, by asking them a series of questions to measure their happiness and rate the emotions they were feeling throughout the movie.
The team monitored the viewers’ responses before, during, and after the screening, by asking them a series of questions to measure their happiness and rate the emotions they were feeling throughout the movie.
What about you SodaHeads? Does watching a sad movie make you feel happier?
Read More: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/28/can-watching-s...
Top Opinion
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Lexi 2012/04/01 23:17:00
Probably less than 1% have a "count your blessings" mentality when they get out of there.
Personally, I'd rather watch a comedy. The only way I hurt is if they're doing it wrong, or far too well. (As in, either they failed to amuse me, or I'm hurting from laughing so hard.)
Watching a sad movie makes me feel sad. No ifs or buts about it but I can do sad.
If the movie has a good storyline then it's worth every tear.