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Friendship More Important For Health Than Family As We Age, Study Finds

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7Jun – by Daniel Steingold

 In Family Studies Happiness Studies Health Studies Psychological Studies Relationship Studies

EAST LANSING, Mich. — We may have less time to spend with friends as we get older, but that doesn’t mean that close companionship becomes any less important to our well-being. That’s because our social circle has a greater impact on our health and well-being than family does, a new study finds.

Researchers at Michigan State University conducted two separate, yet related studies, hoping to find the empirical value of friendship.

A new study finds that friendship is important to our health and well-being as we age than relationships with family members.

The first study analyzed a survey that provided self-reported measures of health and happiness from over 270,000 participants of all ages worldwide. Meanwhile, the second study derived its data on relationships and chronic illness from a survey of nearly 7,500 American adults.

Via the first study, the researchers found that both having healthy relations with family and friends were determinants of good health and happiness in general, but friendship alone was seen to be a solid predictor of positive overall health at later ages.

https://www.studyfinds.org/friendship-health-family-happiness/

2 thoughts on “Friendship More Important For Health Than Family As We Age, Study Finds

  1. And some booz.

  2. How much of my tax dollars went to fund these useless and ridiculous studies?

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