Roseto effect, Is social connections best for a healthy heart
Modern life favours egocentric individualist society, where one makes decisions considering their preferences, needs and rights. A collectivist society, on the other hand, perpetuates a set of values in which the well-being of the community as a whole is given priority over individual preferences. Roseto effect is an observation based on such collectivist experience. Roseto during the ’50s Roseto is a town in Eastern Pennsylvania, a settlement area of the immigrants from Southern Italy. Rosetans created a collectivist community by transplanting the peasant culture of Italy to Pennsylvania. An epidemic of heart disease During 1940-1950, America was witnessing a growing...
