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This report reviews social relationship patterns over the lifespan, discussing how interrupters like social media have influenced the way we connect and highlighting the importance of social connectedness on physical and mental health. For researchers interested in this topic, the report provides a toolbox of various analytical techniques that have been newly developed in modeling and testing social engagement. Later chapters zoom in to examine how important life events such as retirement and widowhood affect people‰ŰŞs social relationships and connecting behaviors.

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