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    Just one quality conversation with a friend boosts daily well-being   
    In-person beats online, but a phone call will do    
      
     Date:   
         February 2, 2023   
     Source:   
         University of Kansas   
     Summary:   
         Study shows just one quality conversation with a friend during   
         the day makes you happier and less stressed by day's end.   
      
      
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   Conversing with a friend just once during the day to catch up, joke   
   around or tell them you're thinking of them can increase your happiness   
   and lower your stress level by day's end.   
      
      
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   These are among the results of a new study co-authored by University   
   of Kansas professor of Communication Studies and friendship expert   
   Jeffrey Hall.   
      
   "Quality Conversation Can Increase Daily Well-Being" was published in the   
   journal Communication Researchby Hall and co-authors Amanda Holmstrom,   
   Natalie Pennington, Evan Perrault and Daniel Totzkay. The study was   
   informed by and provides further support for Hall's Communicate Bond   
   Belong (CBB) theory of relationships. Hall is the director of KU's   
   Relationships and Technology Lab.   
      
   "This paper was an attempt to define quality communication in the context   
   of relationships," Hall said."The types of communication we chose to   
   study were ones shown in past research to make people feel more bonded   
   through conversation."  There were seven:   
       * Catching up * Meaningful talk * Joking around * Showing care *   
       Listening * Valuing others and their opinions * Offering sincere   
       compliments   
   Over 900 study participants from five university campuses -- before,   
   during and after pandemic lockdowns -- were directed to engage in one   
   of the seven communication behaviors on a single day, and then reported   
   back that night about their feelings of stress, connection, anxiety,   
   well-being, loneliness and the quality of their day.   
      
   As it turned out, Hall said, it didn't matter which of these quality   
   conversations someone had. The very act of intentionally reaching out   
   to a friend in one of these ways was what mattered most.   
      
   "One of the take-home messages of this study is that there are many   
   paths toward the same goal," Hall said.   
      
   He said the study was also designed to explore the impact of both the   
   quality and quantity of daily communications.   
      
   "There's a lot of good research that says the number of interactions   
   you have as well as the quality of interactions are both associated with   
   being a less lonely, happier and more connected person," said Hall. This   
   study found that once is enough, but more is better. Participants who   
   chose to have more quality conversations had better days.   
      
   "This means the more that you listened to your friends, the more that   
   you showed care, the more that you took time to value others' opinions,   
   the better you felt at the end of the day," he said.   
      
   "The experimental design means that it's not just people who are already   
   having fulfilling lives who have higher-quality conversations," Hall   
   said. "This study suggests that anyone who makes time for high-quality   
   conversation can improve their well-being. We can change how we feel   
   on any given day through communication. Just once is all it takes."   
   The study also brought in Hall's past research on different ways to   
   connect in the era of social and mobile media. The study found high   
   quality face-to-face communication was more closely associated with   
   well-being than electronic or social media contact.   
      
   "If at least one of their quality conversations was face-to-face, that   
   mattered," Hall said.   
      
   The paper also explains why quality communication makes people feel   
   better. CBB theory claims that people use conversations with friends to   
   help get their need to belong met.   
      
   "Across these three studies, quality conversation mattered most for   
   connection and stress," Hall said. "This supports the idea that we use   
   communication to get our need to belong met, and, in doing so, it helps   
   us manage our stress."  What is exciting about this research, Hall said,   
   is that it shows there are a host of good things that come along with   
   just one good conversation with a friend. This drives home the point   
   that making time for quality conversation makes our days better.   
      
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   Story Source: Materials provided by University_of_Kansas. Note: Content   
   may be edited for style and length.   
      
      
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. Jeffrey A. Hall, Amanda J. Holmstrom, Natalie Pennington, Evan K.   
      
         Perrault, Daniel Totzkay. Quality Conversation Can Increase Daily   
         Well- Being. Communication Research, 2023; 009365022211393 DOI:   
         10.1177/ 00936502221139363   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230202135217.htm   
      
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