Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review

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Authors

Julianne Holt‐Lunstad · Brigham Young University

Timothy B. Smith · Brigham Young University

J. Bradley Layton · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Abstract

The influence of social relationships on risk for mortality is comparable with well-established risk factors for mortality. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

Topics & Keywords

Health disparities and outcomes Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Health, psychology, and well-being

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 7, Issue 7, pp. e1000316-e1000316

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316

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