Half Of Your Friends Lost In Seven Years, Social Network Study Finds
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 11:49
in Psychology & Sociology
Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context in which we meet people influences our social network. One of his conclusions: you lose about half of your close network members every seven years.