Could the way you argue make you sick?

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If you rage with frustration during a marital spat, watch your blood pressure. If you keep a stiff upper lip, watch your back.

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“Our findings reveal a new level of precision in how emotions are linked to health, and how our behaviors over time can predict the development of negative health outcomes,” said UC Berkeley psychologist Robert Levenson, senior author of the study.

The study, published today in the journal Emotion, is based on 20 years of data. It controlled for such factors as age, education, exercise, smoking, alcohol use and caffeine consumption.

Overall, the link between emotions and health outcomes was most pronounced for husbands, but some of the key correlations were also found in wives. It did not take the researchers long to guess which spouses would develop ailments down the road based on how they reacted to disagreements.

Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally
Drawings by Jean Smith

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