• Are more genuine, real, and open in communication and relationships.
  
• Have more purpose and meaning in life.
  
• Have values which are fairly stable and feel right for the person.
  
• Are optimistic about events and the future.
  
• Have mostly positive self-statements in anticipating a stressful event.
  
• Have more rational beliefs regarding: self-worth, the past, needing approval, needing to be perfect.
  
• Have a sense of control over what happens to them.
  
• Have a sense of being able to cope.
  
• Feel less depressed, helpless, or hopeless.
  
• Have a satisfactory pace of life (do not always feel rushed)
  
• Have fewer major life changes in a given period of time.
  
• Have more Type B behavior: less competitive with others, numbers, and time; less time urgency, surer of values, less hostility.
  
• Have a liking for people.
  
• Have better relationships with co-workers.
  
• Are less lonely.
  
• Have at least one confidant who listens, understands, and doesn't judge.
  
• Have a support group of friends or relatives.
  

Other Research and Literature Confirms or Suggests

• Engage in regular, moderate or vigorous exercise.
• Eat foods which give the body more protection against stress.
• Eat regular meals with no snacks in between and breakfast every day.