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Research suggests that people in their 40s and 50s who stay without a partner often develop the ability to hold difficult emotions themselves, strengthening emotional regulation and self-reliance as they age, rather than becoming harder; solitude can accelerate emotional growth when basic security is present, while suppression leads to a different outcome.
A large-scale study finds that adverse societal conditions like corruption, inequality, poverty, and violence are linked to higher levels of dark personality traits such as selfishness and moral disregard across countries and US states, suggesting that social environments influence personality development.
New psychology research suggests that gratitude may effectively reduce and prevent boredom by enhancing the feeling that life is meaningful. The study found a strong negative association between gratitude and boredom, with individuals feeling more gratitude tending to feel much less bored. The research also indicated that gratitude might increase the experience of meaning in life, which, in turn, reduces boredom. However, the study's design does not allow for cause-and-effect inferences, and the results were based on MTurk workers, so they may not be representative of the general population.