Current scientific literature supports the protective role of positive psychological states like optimism in mitigating biological aging, showing that psychological well-being helps buffer against cellular aging markers such as telomere attrition.
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Molecular pathways linking chronic psychological stress to accelerated aging: mechanisms and interventions.
2026 · cited by 1
Paper [4] links psychological stress to accelerated aging and explores interventions, supporting the inverse premise that positive psychological states like optimism mitigate aging.
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The role of optimism, connectedness, and neighborhood collective efficacy as moderators of harsh parenting on telomere length.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper [5] demonstrates that optimism serves as a protective factor against the physiological toll of adverse environments, preserving telomere length as a biomarker of biological aging.