Advancing Social Connection as a Public Health Priority in the United States

By J. Holt‐Lunstad, Theodore F. Robles, D. Sbarra. American Psychologist, 2017

842 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Health

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In General Health Professions

1. Lucy Yardley
2. R. O’Connor
3. J. Holt‐Lunstad
4. Helen Christensen
5. Susan Michie
6. Andrew K. Przybylski
7. A. Sutin
8. Roz Shafran

In Health

1. J. Holt‐Lunstad
2. Helen Christensen
3. A. Sutin
4. Louise Arseneault
5. R. Silver

Citations in the corpus

• Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science (2020, background): “75,76 The effectiveness of arts-based interventions also needs to be assessed 77 as do other generative activities that boost positive coping and resilience throughout society, from community-based activities, to life-skills classes, to exercising outdoors.”
• The Trajectory of Loneliness in Response to COVID-19 (2020, background): “It is not the mere absence of social contacts that has a negative impact on health, but rather the perceived discrepancy between one’s desired and perceived quality of social relationships (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2017; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2020; Shankar, McMunn, B”
• Why Social Relationships Are Important for Physical Health: A Systems Approach to Understanding and Modifying Risk and Protection (2018, background): “As argued elsewhere (see Holt-Lunstad et al. 2017), all three of these components are important to consider in assessing health and mortality risk.”