In 1938 Harvard began studying a group of men and followed them as they grew old. A book by George Vaillant, entitled Triumphs of Experience, chronicles the results and provides several interesting insights about the role of alcholism, smoking, and intelligence on aging and life satisfaction.
Some of the most intersting findings, at least to us, involved “warm relationships.” As this article explains, there was a “powerful correlation between the warmth of your relationships and your health and happiness in your later years.” To learn more about the other benefits of warm relationships, click here.
