If You Don't Have Hope, You're More Likely to Take Risk
It's been hard to have hope during this time of illness and death. But h aving hope for the future could protect people from risky behaviours such as drinking and gambling - according t o new research from the University of East Anglia, newswise.com reports. Researchers studied 'relative deprivation' - the feeling that other people have things better than you in life. They wanted to find out why only some people experiencing this turn to escapist and risky behaviours such as drinking alcohol, taking drugs, over-eating or gambling, while others do not. And they found that the answer lies in hope. Postgraduate researcher Shahriar Keshavarz, from UEA's School of Psychology, is quoted at the web site, saying: "I think most people have experienced relative deprivation at some point in their lives. It's that feeling of being unhappy with your lot, the belief that your situation is worse than others, that other people are doing better than you. "Roosevelt