"Researchers have been studying the effects on health of interacting with hasslers—those who create problems or make life more difficult. As the study, which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, put it, such negative ties are not rare, and they have long been understood as a persistent element of human social life."
"According to the researchers, the more hasslers you have in your network, the faster you'll age. They say your pace of ageing increases by 1.5% for every hassler in your life. Put another way, each additional hassler corresponds to roughly nine months older biological age."
"Speaking to the Washington Post, the researchers emphasised that their study doesn't show causation, but rather an association between relationships with hasslers and the rate of ageing. Look at it this way: positive relationships protect us against age-related decline, so it tracks that negative ones would speed it up."
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined how negative social relationships affect health and aging. Nearly 30% of surveyed individuals reported having at least one "hassler"—a person who creates problems or difficulties—in their social network, typically in peripheral positions. These difficult relationships often involve family members, colleagues, or flatmates due to obligation rather than choice. The study found that each additional hassler in a person's social network corresponds to a 1.5% increase in aging pace, equivalent to approximately nine months of biological aging. Researchers emphasize this represents an association rather than proven causation, suggesting that negative relationships may accelerate aging similarly to how positive relationships protect against age-related decline.
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