Social Support and Health: A Review of Physiological Processes Potentially Underlying Links to Disease Outcomes

By Bert N. Uchino. Journal of behavioral medicine, 2006

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Health

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The brain opioid theory of social attachment: a review of the evidence (2011, background): “There is already considerable evidence that dysfunctional relationships, particularly in childhood, can lead to a range of anti-social behaviours, psychopathologies and addiction-based behaviours in adults (Uchino, 2006; Reblin & Uchino, 2008).”
Coping With Racism: A Selective Review of the Literature and a Theoretical and Methodological Critique (2009, background): “General difficulties with the social support research have been outlined by Uchino (2006).”
The Relationship Between Social Support, Loneliness, and Subjective Well-Being in a Spanish Sample from a Multidimensional Perspective (2013, background): “Loneliness is a problem for a significant percentage of the population, affecting both young people (e.g., Kapikirian 2012; Pretty et al. 1996) and older individuals (e.g., O’Luanaigh and Lawlor 2008; Stek et al. 2005; Uchino 2006; Reblin and Uchino 2008).”
Loneliness, social support networks, mood and wellbeing in community‐dwelling elderly (2009, background): “Deficits in social support have been associated with a wide variety of adverse health outcomes in older age (Uchino, 2006; Reblin and Uchino, 2008), ranging from physical health to depression and self-harm (Dennis et al., 2005).”
Associations among relational values, support, health, and well‐being across the adult lifespan (2017, background): “Thus, when close relationships are going well and are positive, they can provide health-enhancing benefits (Uchino, 2006); when close relationships are going poorly and are stressful, they can exacerbate existing health problems or even create new ones (Pietromonaco et al., 2013).”
Social networks and health: A life course perspective integrating observational and experimental evidence (2009, background): “There are several excellent reviews of the possible mechanisms through which social support may influence health (for example, (Knox & Uvnäs-Moberg, 1998; Uchino, 2006; Uchino et al., 1996)), but these allow limited insight into the timing of physiologic damage in relation to social factors.”
The Benefits of Social Technology Use Among Older Adults Are Mediated by Reduced Loneliness (2016, background): “On a practical level, social relationships reduce stress and depression, which can enhance physical health.(23) Individuals in older adults’ social networks have the ability to pressure and persuade them to adhere to medical treatments, leading to faster recovery after an illness.”
Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality (2015, background): “Being socially connected is not only influential for psychological and emotional well-being but it also has a significant and positive influence on physical well-being (Uchino, 2006) and overall longevity (Holt-Lunstad et al.”
Factors Promoting Positive Adaptation and Resilience during the Transition to College (2012, background): “Not only have feelings of belongingness been suggested to be a basic human need (Baumeister & Leary, 1995), but the lack of positive relationships with others has been found to predict academic underachievement (Walton & Cohen, 2007, 2011) and poor physical health (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2009; Uch”
The psychology of the COVID-19 pandemic: A group-level perspective. (2020, background): “We know that being socially connected positively influences psychological and emotional well-being, physical health (Uchino, 2006), and life expectancy (Holt-Lunstad, Smith, Baker, Harris, & Stephenson, 2015; Shor, Roelfs, & Yogev, 2013).”
The Risks of Ageism Model: How Ageism and Negative Attitudes toward Age Can Be a Barrier to Active Aging (2017, positive): “…in mortality (Holt-Lunstad, Smith, & Layton, 2010; Luo, Hawkley, Waite, & Cacioppo, 2012), morbidity (Hawkley, Masi, Berry, & Cacioppo, 2006; Uchino, 2006), psychological distress (Cohen & Willis, 1985; Paul, Ayis, & Ebrahim, 2006), and depression (Adams, Sanders, & Auth, 2004; Beeson,…”
Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women (2013, background): “Social isolation also has been associated with elevated blood pressure, C-reactive protein, and fibrinogen (10, 11) and with heightened inflammatory and metabolic responses to stress (12, 13).”
Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across Life Course (2010, background): “N IH -PA Author M anuscript N IH -PA Author M anuscript N IH -PA Author M anuscript sharing of potentially unhealthy habits such as overeating or heavy drinking (Berg & Seeman 1994, Uchino 2006).”
Public Health Significance of Neuroticism (2009, background): “This is important because lower social support is associated with increased risk for health problems (Uchino, 2006) and stress increases risk for health problems, particularly when it is unremitting and the individual is older or in poor health (Schneiderman, Ironson, & Siegel, 2005).”