Family quarrels increase life expectancy: scientists

Family disputes lead to longevity - the conclusion made by researchers from the US University of Arizona. They examined married couples for 32 years. It turned out that the scandals are able to prolong life.

In the study, psychologists have observed for 194 pairs. They were trying to figure out how to respond to situations that can cause an outbreak of anger, affect the health of the study participants. The results are published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.

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According to the observations and statistics scientists-psychologists, if during a quarrel spouses suppressed anger, they lived less and die earlier. And the men that have held back his anger, suffering more often than "compliant" women.

The study was conducted with the pairs that have occurred scandals. If the reaction to a fight in a couple of different, for example, one shouting and the other suppressed his anger, it is bad for the health of the second.

Psychologists have concluded that quarrel to properly. That is, each pair should do it with the same emotional intensity.

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