The physiology of marriage: pathways to health.

By Theodore F. Robles, J. Kiecolt-Glaser. Physiology and Behavior, 2003

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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, General Health Professions, Health

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A developmental-contextual model of couples coping with chronic illness across the adult life span. (2007, neutral): “…may relate to many health outcomes, as marital satisfaction is associated with health (Burman & Margolin, 1992), including lower heart rate and blood pressure (Carels, Sherwood, & Blumenthal, 1998; Kiecolt-Glaser & Newton, 2001) and better immunological function (Robles & Kiecolt-Glaser, 2003).”
Marital Quality and Health Over 20 Years: A Growth Curve Analysis (2013, background): “Cross-sectional studies that have separately measured positive dimensions of marital quality have generally found that positive marital quality is significantly associated with good physical health (Ren, 1997; Whisman & Uebelacker, 2006).”
Lending a Hand (2006, positive): “It is already well known that social isolation is a major health risk, and thathigh-quality attachmentrelationships mitigate the effects of stress, injury, and infection (Berscheid, 2003; Coyne et al., 2001; Hofer, 1984, 1995; House et al., 1988; Mikulincer et al., 2003; Robles & Kiecolt-Glaser, 20”
Is There Something Unique about Marriage? The Relative Impact of Marital Status, Relationship Quality, and Network Social Support on Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Mental Health (2008, background): “The prevailing evidence supports the stress/social support hypothesis which can account for both the protective and detrimental effects of marriage [14, 15].”
Effective social support: Antecedents and consequences of partner support during pregnancy (2006, background): “Whether these findings extend to physical health outcomes and physiological mediators, as in some past research examining social support processes (see Kiecolt-Glaser & Newton, 2001; Robles & Kiecolt-Glaser, 2003 ), remains to be determined.”
Race, race-based discrimination, and health outcomes among African Americans. (2007, background): “…conflict between a married couple was associated with changes in norepinephrine, cortisol, and adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) levels, with both husbands and wives showing decreased immunologic responsiveness during the conflictual communication (KiecoltGlaser et al. 1997, Robles & Kiecolt-Glaser 2003).”
How might contact with nature promote human health? Promising mechanisms and a possible central pathway (2015, background): “…activity (Shepherd et al., 1991), phytoncides (Li et al., 2009), better sleep (Besedovsky et al., 2012), social ties (Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 2002; Robles and Kiecolt-Glaser, 2003), relaxation and stress reduction (Abboud et al., 2012; Bhasin et al., 2013), and reduced immediate and long-term…”
Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review (2013, background): “…processes that change in response to short-term environmental demands like marital conflict discussions (McEwen, 1998; Robles & Carroll, 2011; Robles & Kiecolt-Glaser, 2003) and restorative biological processes that respond after short-term environmental demands have ceased (such as tissue…”
Romantic Relationships and Health: An Examination of Individuals’ Perceptions of their Romantic Partners’ Influences on their Health (2007, background): “This finding concurs with past research employing standardized assessments that has tended to find that romantic relationships are positively associated with individuals’ physical and psychological health (House et al. 1988; Robles and Kiecolt-Glaser 2003).”