和同事和睦相處有助長壽

Getting along with your work colleagues could actually help you live longer, new research has shown.

新研究顯示，和同事和睦相處有助於延長你的壽命。

A study of 820 men and women showed those with good peer-to-peer relationships had a lower risk of mortality than those did not chime withtheir co-workers.

這項涵蓋了820名男性和女性的研究顯示，那些和同事關係好的人比和同事合不來的人死亡率要低。

The link between a positive workmate relationship and the risk of mortality was most notable among those aged between 38 and 43.

與同事建立積極關係和死亡風險之間的聯繫在38到43歲人羣當中最爲顯著。

However, positive support from managers or others in senior positions was shown to have no effect on mortality.

不過，研究顯示，從經理或上級那裏得到正面支持對死亡風險沒有影響。

The study, published by the American Psychology Association, found that 'peer social support, which could represent how well a participant is socially integrated in his or her employment context, is a potentpredictor of the risk of all causes of mortality.'

美國心理學會發布的這一研究發現，“是否得到來自同事的社會支持，表明一個人在自己的職場環境中能否較好地融入社會。它有力地預示着各種原因導致的死亡風險。”

Factors contributing to positive working relationships included helping others to solve problems and friendliness.

幫助他人解決問題，以及友好對待他人，這些因素都有助於和同事建立積極的工作關係。

The research was conducted over 20 years, between 1988 and 2008, at the University of Tel Aviv, in Israel.

該研究是1988年到2008年在以色列的特拉維夫大學進行的，時間跨度長達20年。

The case studies were chosen from some of the country's largest finance, insurance, public utilities, health care and manufacturing firms working on average 8.8 hours a day.

研究所採用的案例來自以色列的一些大型金融、保險、公共事業、醫療和製造業公司，這些公司平均每天工作時間是8.8小時。

One-third of the participants were female while 80 per cent were married with children and 45 per cent had at least 12 years of formal education.

參與該研究的人當中，三分之一是女性，80%已婚有小孩，45%至少受過12年的正規教育。

The report, in this month's APAjournal Health Psychology, also discovered that male longevity was increased by control and decision authority.

這一研究報告發表在本月的美國心理學會核心雜誌《健康心理學》上。研究還發現，男性擁有控制權和決定權將會延長壽命。

However, the same responsibilities in the female sample were found to have the opposite effect, showing an increased risk of mortality.

但是，研究發現，擁有控制權和決定權的女性反而死亡風險會增加。