Research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the quality of close relationships, rather than the number of friends or relationship status, is the key factor determining health outcomes; high-conflict relationships without affection are particularly harmful to health, potentially worse than divorce, while warm, supportive relationships provide significant protective benefits for overall well-being.
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The second big lesson that we learned is that it's not just the number of friends you have, and it's not whether or not you're in a committed relationship, but it's the quality of your close relationships that matters. It turns out that living in the midst of conflict is really bad for our health. High conflict marriages, for example, without much affection turn out to be very bad for our health, perhaps worse than getting divorced. And living in the midst of good, warm relationships is protective.
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