The more stressful interactions in life the more likely death will come in the middle- age years, says a new study that claims those who battle with friends, spouses and family members increase the risk of dying young.
If you're the type who likes to battle with your spouse or friends on a regular basis you should know it's taking a toll on your body and your life expectancy.
A new study that evaluated stressful social relationships reveals those with more stressful interactions are more likely to die by middle age. Those at the highest risk are male and those not working, states the study.
Mortality risks increase as social conflicts increase, almost two to three times more.
"Stressful social relations are associated with increased mortality risk among middle-aged men and women for a variety of different social roles," states the report, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.'
The study involved a total of 9,875 men and women between the ages of 36 and 52. They were polled on a series of issues relating to social relationships, concerns, worries and conflicts that arose from those issues.
According to the study constant worry and demands from relatives brought on a 50 percent to 100 percent early death risk increase.
"We were surprised to find such strong effects of conflicts on mortality risk across all types of social roles after taking into account chronic diseases, depressive symptoms, socioeconomic position, gender, age, access to emotional support and cohabitation status," said Dr. Dr. Rikke Lund, of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, who led the study.
