Question

Please explain this quote“The number and quality of face-to-face friendships were directly associated with self-reported health status.”(Lima, 2017).

Answer 1

People are social animals and they have a need to belong and people come in multiple faces such as, parents, family, friends, peers etc. This would mean that they would like to be with people who they like more in order to derive motivation, comfort, help and love. Although technology plays a major role in helping people communicate and be in touch without worrying about time and space, it cannot replace face to face communication as emotions and other body language cues would play an important role in making communication more effective while at the same time the physical touch in terms of hugs, patting on the shoulder and eye contact would reaffirm the support people have with each other. So, it’s true that people who have face to face communication with their friends would be more positive.

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