填空题 According to experts, companionship and social support are vital to both our psychologicaland physical well-being—one reason, perhaps, that married people tend to 1live longer than unmarried one. Modern researchers emphasize the value of group social 2activities in this respect. "Relationships we form at church or in clubs tends to 3be more supportive and uncritical than those we form at work or in the family," says Professor Michael Argyle, of Oxford Brookes University, " and these positiverelationships improve our self-esteem, what is vital to our physical and mental 4health. " This is backed by recent research which shows, perhaps surprising, 5that people who spend more time with others actually get a fewer colds and 6viruses than those who stay at home on their own. In fact, social support issuch important to our mental and physical well-being that it may increase our 7life expectancy! Another piece of research shows that people who belong strong 8church groups claim to be happier than those who don't, suffer from more 9heart attacks than the rest of the population, and live up to four years longer! 10