Think Positive and Feel Positive
积极思考,乐观生活
Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation?
困境中你会觉得信心百倍还是迷茫无助?
Do you react positively or negatively?
你会积极应战还是逆来顺受?
The answer may depend in part on whom you're around.
这可能部分取决于你周围的人是什么样的。
A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases.
有研究发现消极思维在很多情况下会传染。
For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates.
例如,此次研究的对象是103位大学室友。
They measured each roommate's tendency towards negative thinking.
研究者们估量了每个室友的消极思维倾向的程度。
It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious.
研究发现思维方式可以传染。
Students with a negative-thinking roommate became more depressed themselves.
思维消极的人,其室友也可能颓废不振。
And students with more positive-thinking roommates were more likely to become more positive as well.
思维积极的人,其室友更可能同样变得积极向上。
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