Did you move around a lot as a child or did you mostly stay put? Now that you are an adult, do you think your childhood experiences of living in one place or several places still matter? Do those experiences have anything to do with how happy you are or how satisfied you are with your current life? Could they have anything to do with how long you live?

There is a growing field of research on the psychology of residential mobility. In one particularly noteworthy study, more than 7,000 U.S. adults between the ages of 20 and 75 were recruited to participate in the research. They were contacted again, if possible, 10 years later.

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