Men would suffer more physically from breakups and celibacy

Researchers from the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) published on January 10 in the

a large study on the medical consequences of breakups and periods of celibacy for men and for women.

In particular, it appeared for men a link between the multiplication of romantic breakups or time spent alone and higher levels of inflammation.

To obtain these results, the Danish scientists collected various data on 4,835 people aged 48 to 62, over a period from 1986 to 2011. The data concerning the various breakups, death of spouses and time spent alone were obtained from from an annual national survey.

The different levels of inflammation were measured from blood samples.

A tendency to externalize grief

The study also took into account other elements that could potentially influence the results, such as age, major life events, weight, or even certain personality traits.

It was therefore possible to note a 17% higher rate of inflammation compared to the reference group in men who had experienced more than two disunions.

This rate was even 12% higher for men who had been single for at least seven years.

Among the explanations given by the team, there is in particular the greater propensity for men to experience grief in an externalized way, for example by adopting excessive alcohol consumption.

Women, on the other hand, would have a greater propensity to experience this grief in an internalized way, by developing disorders such as depression.

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