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Article: Want to win friends? Be a badmouthing backbiter.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2006
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Byline: FIONA MACRAE
GOSSIPING wins us friends and boosts our self-confidence - and the cattier it is, the better, according to a study.
After examining the relationships and friendships of hundreds of college students, U.S. researchers said: 'We do not deny that gossip has its drawbacks or that badmouthing others can hurt feelings, create conflicts and stir up a cauldron of trouble.
'But we believe that shared negative attitude towards others can create and amplify relationships.
'Sharing negative attitudes towards others may actually promote closeness and By Fiona MacRae Science Reporter friendship.' The University of Oklahoma team ...