A new study suggests that loneliness could be contagious

Dec 2, 2009 by     1 Comment     Posted under: Addiction, Spirituality, Stress / Balance

A new study suggests that feelings of loneliness can spread through social networks like the common cold.

“People on the edge of the network spread their loneliness to others and then cut their ties,” says Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School in Boston, a coauthor of the new study in the December Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “It’s like the edge of a sweater: You start pulling at it and it unravels the network.”

Christakis and Fowler examined data from a long-term health study based in Framingham, Mass., a small town where many of the study’s participants knew each other. The Framingham study followed thousands of people over 60 years, keeping track of physical and mental heath, habits and diet.

Click here for a full article about this study on the lastingleaders.com website.

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  • Mason Parker May 1, 2010 at 1:03 am

    The usual remedy for common cold is just lots of water, fruit juice and also vitamin-C tablets.`*.

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