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People who reminisce are more likely to keep friendships

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Summary
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89% Informative

Study of 1,500 people from the US and Europe found that nostalgia drives people to maintain social networks.

Nostalgia is when people reflect wistfully upon fond and meaningful experiences from their past.

These often include memories of happy times with close friends or relatives.

Those with low levels of nostalgia had 18 per cent fewer close relationships.

VR Score

93

Informative language

94

Neutral language

68

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

long-living

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