Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA) 2017 - Inglês

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Friendships

"You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family." That line comes from American writer Harper Lee's book "To Kill a Mockingbird." Now compare her words to another famous expression.: "Blood is thicker than water." This means that family will always be with you, while other people - with no blood connection - may come and go.

Having strong ties to family and friends has long been identified as important part of being happy and healthy. People need people. However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age. The study comes from researchers at Michigan State University. They found the importance of friendship on health and happiness grows as people get older.

William Chopik is an assistant professor of Psychology at Michigan State and was one of the lead researchers in this study. He says, "friendships become even more important as we age." He adds that "keeping a few really good friends around can make a world of difference for our health and well-being." Chopik notes that we need to think offriendships as an investment in our future happiness.

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According to American researchers, Friends tend to be more important than family because...