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ReviewCommunicative & integrative biology2023

On the beauty of sadness: it's okay to say, I am sad, thank you.

Tobore Onojighofia Tobore

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Review in Communicative & integrative biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Tobore Onojighofia ToboreIndependent Scholar, Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-2915

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We live in times when our culture is obsessed with happiness. The value of almost every aspect of our lives is increasingly judged in terms of their contribution to our happiness. Happiness has become the ultimate goal by which values and priorities are constructed and the only thing for which any action in pursuit of does not require justification. In contrast, sadness is increasingly abnormalized and pathologized. In this paper, an effort is made to counteract the narrative that sadness, a critical aspect of human life is abnormal or a pathological condition. The evolutionary benefits of sadness and its place in human flourishing are discussed. A rebranding of sadness is proposed that emphasizes the free expression of sadness in everyday greetings to remove it from its current negative state and promote many of its benefits including post-traumatic growth and resilience.

Indexed as

Depressiondiminishing returnsemotionsevolutiongene-environment interactiongeneticsgrade inflationgreetingshappinesshappy birthdayhappy holidayshelicopter parentingheritabilitylow moodmaterialismnarcissism and happinessnegative emotionsnegative moodspost-traumatic growthpursuit of happiness: sadness rebrandingresiliencesadness

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PMID37197171
PMCPMC10184602

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