A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that running could be contagious between groups and friends. This idea could help researchers, epidemiologists, athletes and athletes to understand what motivates and influences to perform a certain activity.
Over a five-year period, researchers collected data from a company that tracked the daily habits of its 1.1 million users. They also collected other data, such as social networks, or if they exchange information about their activities. With this, if runner A and B were friends who exchanged information about their habits, would A's behavior affect B?
To answer this question, the researchers used a way to check it: if one lives in Chicago and another in Boston, and the first city rains, will the other user of Boston go to run?
They discovered that no, and that men are more likely to be affected. Christos Nicolaides, a postdoctoral fellow at the Sloan School of Management, says there is an explanation: the idea that we value our personal worth by comparing ourselves with others. When it comes to exercise, having a partner motivates and helps us to overcome; At the same time, our colleagues can also improve. "Our findings support both arguments," says the expert.
The idea that we can have a direct influence on the behaviors in the exercise of the others opens a wide window of implications for programs of exercise and well-being.
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