US EditionThe difficult people in your life are ageing you, new study suggests
Each additional difficult person in social networks is linked to a 1.5% faster biological ageing pace, with family hasslers having the strongest effects, researchers found.
- Lead author Byungkyu Lee and colleagues analysed data from 2,345 adults in Indiana, finding that each additional 'hassler' was linked to a roughly 1.5% faster pace of biological ageing and about nine months higher biological age, according to a PNAS study.
- Researchers led by Byungkyu Lee asked if negative social ties, called 'hasslers,' function as chronic stressors like poverty or discrimination, an US National Institute on Aging-funded study shows.
- Survey responses showed almost 30% of study participants reported at least one hassler and about 10% had two or more; hasslers were mostly family members , with only 3.5% of friendships classified as hasslers.
- The research links faster biological ageing to chronic conditions and mortality risk, with co-author Brea Perry warning that small effects can accumulate and add almost two extra months of ageing per hassler over a 10-year projection.
- The team noted alternative explanations including reverse causation and mental-health links, and study authors advised advice: set limits and plan self-care while acknowledging cutting ties is often difficult.
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Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock.comOur relationships shape our health in many ways. Friends and family can provide support during difficult times and encourage healthy habits. But not all relationships are positive – some can be a persistent source of stress. A new study published in the journal PNAS asked what happens when the stress in our lives comes from the people around us. The researchers focused on difficult ties in people’s social networks…
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