A study of over 4,000 middle-aged men interviewed in the early 1990s and again a decade later found that breaking off an important life partnership, such as divorce or ending a relationship with parents, increased the risk of developing asthma by 124% (Loerbroks et al., 2009).

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  Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology

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