万迪•布鲁因•德布鲁因博士说：“孤独与你拥有的朋友数量关系不大，而与你对朋友的感觉关系很大。”

'It's often the younger adults who admit to having negative perceptions of their friends. Loneliness occurs in people of all ages.

“承认自己对朋友有负面看法的往往是年轻人。各个年龄段的人都可能感到孤独。”

'If you feel lonely, it may be more helpful to make a positive connection with a friend than to try and seek out new people to meet.'

“如果你感到孤独，与一位朋友建立积极的联系可能比尝试结识新朋友更有帮助。”

In her study Dr Bruine de Bruin found older people tended to have smaller social networks.

在她的研究中，布鲁因•德布鲁因博士发现年纪大的人社交网络更小。

Younger people's were larger but this was mostly made up of 'peripheral others' – not true friends, just people they knew – and did not contribute to their happiness.

年轻人的社交网络规模更大，但这些人大多是“边缘人”，不是真正的朋友，只是他们认识的人，对他们的幸福感没有贡献。

Even variations in the number of family members or neighbours somebody spent time with did not affect how happy they were with their social life.

即使是家庭成员或经常来往的邻居数量的变化也对社交生活的满意度没有影响。

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