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Staying single all your life may not be good for your health. That's the conclusion of new research that shows that people who never marry face an even greater chance of dying early than people who have been divorced, separated or widowed. All of these groups had shorter survival prospects than people who were currently married. The effect held true across all age groups, even younger ones, the researchers noted. "This seems to happen all the way along," said lead researcher Robert Kaplan, professor of the department of health services at the University of California, School of Public Health. His team published the findings in the September issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Previous research had found a connection between being married and a longer life expectancy and, more specifically, between being married and a lower incidence of heart disease. Marriage is considered a rough proxy for "social connectedness," which experts believe can help people live longer. Most of these studies, however, haven't distinguished between people who are separated, divorced or widowed and those who have never been married. "We're getting at never-married people," Kaplan said. "That hasn't been looked at as much." The authors argued that widowed and divorced people are more likely to have children and are thus more likely to be socially connected. Never-married people would not have these benefits. |
一輩子單身對(duì)于健康可能沒(méi)什么好處。 這是一項(xiàng)最新研究得出的結(jié)論。研究表明，從未結(jié)過(guò)婚的人比那些離婚、分居或喪偶的人英年早逝的危險(xiǎn)要高得多。而以上這些人群的壽命又都比已婚人士短。 研究人員指出，這個(gè)結(jié)論適合于各年齡段的人，年輕人也不例外。 加尼福尼亞大學(xué)公共衛(wèi)生學(xué)院健康服務(wù)系的羅伯特·卡普蘭教授是研究小組的組長(zhǎng)，他說(shuō)："這個(gè)道理在任何時(shí)候都適用。" 該小組的研究結(jié)果在《流行病學(xué)和社區(qū)健康》九月刊上發(fā)表。 此前的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，結(jié)婚可以讓人長(zhǎng)壽，更確切的說(shuō)，結(jié)婚可以降低患心臟病的危險(xiǎn)。婚姻被認(rèn)為是"社會(huì)關(guān)系"的一種簡(jiǎn)單形式，而專家們認(rèn)為社會(huì)關(guān)系能使人的壽命延長(zhǎng)。 卡普蘭說(shuō)："我們主要針對(duì)的是從未結(jié)過(guò)婚的人。目前對(duì)這個(gè)人群的研究還不夠。" 研究報(bào)告的作者們認(rèn)為，喪偶和離婚的人有孩子的可能性較大，所以他們還是有一定的社會(huì)關(guān)系。而從未結(jié)過(guò)婚的人則沒(méi)有這些好處。 |
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