A new study has revealed that you’re key to happiness lie with the number of good friends you have. According to the study a company of at least ten good friends would bring happiness in your life.
Friends and Happiness
Researchers from the University of Nottingham, School of psychology who conducted the study have found a link between number of good friends and happiness. People with 10 close friends are more likely to be happier than those with less number of close friends.
Dr Richard Tunney, lead researcher analyzed people from the UK. About 1760 participants were questioned about their relationship with their friends. An in-depth questionnaire was prepared and participants were asked to answer, such as the frequency of time spent with friends, how often did they meet and what they did to pass time with their friends.
According to Dr Richard Tunney, people who had twice as many friends were extremely satisfied with their life and people with fewer friends were extremely dissatisfied. Dr. Richard also found that men tend to have more number of friends as compared with women. Women though had fewer friends but had a tight bonding relationship.
It is easier to make friends but difficult to find good friends. Genuine friends bring happiness and good health to ones life.
Experts are still not sure if a person is happy because they have friends or is it because of the friends that make them happy. Well……It’s complicated!
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