Quality, not quantity, of friendships linked to wellbeing

Are people with numerous connections to friends, families and acquaintances through online social networks any happier than those who have smaller circles of face-to-face relationships? The answer is likely no, researchers say. It's the quality, not quantity, of social relationships that boost wellbeing, according to their study, which compared wellbeing among people under age 45 with larger social networks and those over age 60, whose networks tended to be smaller.