Types of listening
Eavesdropping on happiness
Cigna health study
100

Discriminative listening is.. 

Listening for tone of voice (body language

100

Higher well being is associated with spending..

LESS time alone and MORE time talking to others

100

Gez Z was labeled..

"The loneliest generations"

200

Comprehensive listening is...

understanding messages at a basic level

200

Further higher well being was associated with having..

LESS small talk, and MORE substantive conversations 

200

27% reported..

rarely or never feeling as though people understand them.

300

Critical listening is...

Problem solving and trying to make a decision. 

300

The happiest participants spent about..

25% less time alone and 70% more time talking.

300

47% do not have..

Meaningful conversations

400

Sympathetic listening is...

Providing support and understanding so the speaker feels heard.

400

They had roughly..

1/3 as much small talk.

400

43% reported feeling..

isolated
500

Active listening...

Responding actively

500

They had how many substantive conversations? 

TWICE as many

500

46% reported..

sometimes or always feeling alone or left out.

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