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Baumeister concludes quality is more important that quantity. "Having two as opposed to no close relationships may make a world of difference to the person's health and happiness; having eight as opposed to six may have very little consequence. Also more that two hours of socializing per day appears to have diminishing returns.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656618300369</ref> | Baumeister concludes quality is more important that quantity. "Having two as opposed to no close relationships may make a world of difference to the person's health and happiness; having eight as opposed to six may have very little consequence. Also more that two hours of socializing per day appears to have diminishing returns.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656618300369</ref> | ||
Individuals with a melancholic disposition with close friends were indistinguishable from the controls without such disposition in terms of momentarily reported negative effect, social motivation and appraisal.<ref>https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5726948/figure/F3/</ref> | Individuals with a melancholic disposition with close friends were indistinguishable from the controls without such disposition in terms of momentarily reported negative effect, social motivation and appraisal.<ref>https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5726948/figure/F3/</ref> | ||
Controlling for various demographic factors, the odds of dying within the next year are 1.33 times greater for an unmarried man than for a married man, but are only 1.14 times greater for unmarried women. Marriage is protective for survival for both men and women, and that a survival premium accrues to men.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-011-0032-5</ref> | |||
== Benefits of sex == | == Benefits of sex == |