乐于交往与健康长寿之间,是否存在着必然的联系呢?科学家的研究结果,对此给予了肯定的回答。美国密歇根大学调查研究中心流行病学家詹姆斯·豪斯及其同事们,曾对德库木塞镇的2700多人进行了长达14年的研究。他们发现,长期疏于社会交往的人,其死亡率比乐于交往的人要高2.5倍左右。耶鲁大学流行病学家丽莎·波克曼对此也曾作过专项调查。在她追踪调查的7000人中,发现性格内向、孤僻,很少有亲戚朋友、不善与人交往及终身独居者,要比社会交际广、人际关系好的人的死亡率高1.8倍。美国哈佛大学精神病专家乔治·依维兰特博士,也曾调查过40年代初期在哈佛大学上学的204名男生。他在 Are there any necessary links between being willing to socialize and health and longevity? The results of scientists’ research have given affirmative answers. James House, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan Research Center and colleagues, conducted a 14-year study of more than 2,700 people in Cork, Texas. They found that those who had been neglecting social interaction for a long time had a 2.5-fold higher mortality rate than those who were more engaged. Lisa Bakker, a Yale epidemiologist, also made a special investigation. In her follow-up survey of 7,000 people, found that introverted, withdrawn, few friends and relatives, poor people and lifelong solitary living alone, than the social communication, good interpersonal relationships, high mortality 1.8 times. Dr. George Iveland, a psychiatrist at Harvard University in the United States, also investigated 204 boys who attended Harvard University in the early 1940s. he is