Relational diversity in social portfolios predicts well-being

Hanne K. Collins, Serena F. Hagerty, J. Quoidbach, Michael I. Norton, Alison Wood Brooks

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Abstract

We document a link between the relational diversity of one’s social portfolio—the richness and evenness of relationship types across one’s social interactions—and well-being. Across four distinct samples, respondents from the United States who completed a preregistered survey (n = 578), respondents to the American Time Use Survey (n = 19,197), respondents to the World Health Organization’s Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (n = 10,447), and users of a French mobile application (n = 21,644), specification curve analyses show that the positive relationship between social portfolio diversity and well-being is robust across different metrics of well-being, different categorizations of relationship types, and the inclusion of a wide range of covariates. Over and above people’s total amount of social interaction and the diversity of activities they engage in, the relational diversity of their social portfolio is a unique predictor of well-being, both between individuals and within individuals over time.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2120668119
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume119
Issue number43
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Oct 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • conversation
  • diversity
  • relationships
  • well-being

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