A state of mild depression also reduces the likelihood of behaving selfishly, social scientists report. About positive side effects of sadness.
The sentence also haunts the realm of empty phrases: “Who knows what it’s good for.” This form of verbal damage management is expressed when something has gone wrong, a hope has been dashed, a project has failed or another emotional blow has hit the stomach. Something good will come of it, as the saying goes. Data from a study published by social scientists led by Laura Noval from the Rennes School of Business now suggests that something good could actually come from some setbacks. Like the scientists in the Journal of Business Ethics to report, sad people are more likely to act morally than people in a good mood. A state of mild depression also reduces the likelihood of behaving selfishly, the researchers said.