Social Support and Physical Health: Understanding the Health Consequences of Relationships

By E. Eaker. 2005

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Emotional Coregulation in Close Relationships (2013, background): “Stress buffering refers to the phenomena whereby the presence of others reduces stress responding (Uchino, 2004; Uchino, Cacioppo, & Kiekolt-Glaser, 1996).”
Perceived social support, coping, and symptoms of distress in American and Spanish students (2006, background): “…may influence adjustment primarily by encouraging engagement coping, whereas perceived emotional support may influence psychological adjustment more directly, by improving motivation, self-esteem, feelings of belonging, and satisfaction with life (Cohen, Gottlieb, & Underwood, 2001; Uchino, 2004).”
Social Support and Health: A Review of Physiological Processes Potentially Underlying Links to Disease Outcomes (2006, background): “There is strong evidence linking social support to aspects of cardiovascular function that may confer lower risk for disease (Uchino, 2004).”
Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review (2013, background): “…1985), the negative effects of stress occurring outside of one’s social relationships (e.g., at work) are diminished by the presence of strong social support, which can mitigate stressful events directly (e.g., intervening on a friend’s behalf) or through reducing stress appraisals (Uchino, 2004).”
The Relationships between Co-Rumination, Social Support, Stress, and Burnout among Working Adults (2014, background): “Social support is regularly associated with positive health benefits (Boren & Veksler, 2011; Tracy, 2009; Uchino, 2004).”
Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across Life Course (2010, methodology): “Supportive social ties can also trigger beneficial physiological sequelae (e.g., reduced blood pressure, heart rate, and stress hormones) (Uchino 2004), thus minimizing unpleasant arousal that might be conducive to risky behavior.”
New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving through Relationships (2014, background): “…to reap the benefits of supportive others; Jakubiak & Feeney, 2014; Master et al., 2009; Mikulincer, Gillath, & Shaver, 2002; T. W. Smith, Ruiz, & Uchino, 2004) because they have developed mental representations of close others through repeated experience with them (Bowlby, 1982; M. W. Baldwin,…”
Lay Understanding of Happiness and the Experience of Well-Being: Are Some Conceptions of Happiness More Beneficial than Others? (2016, background): “Relationships are one of the strongest correlates of positive emotions (Bradburn 1969); they alleviate stress (Sęk and Cieślak 2004; Uchino 2004) and their absence greatly decreases well-being (e.g. ostracism, Baumeister and Leary 1995).”
Is compassion for others stress buffering? Consequences of compassion and social support for physiological reactivity to stress (2010, background): “6 Although it may be argued that our neutral condition could be perceived as informational support, traditional studies manipulating this form of support go beyond restating directions by also giving participants strategies to succeed (Uchino, 2004).”
Culture Moderates the Relation Between Perceived Stress, Social Support, and Mental and Physical Health (2016, background): “…on health across cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune systems (Barth, Schneider, & von Känel, 2010; Berkman, Glass, Brissette, & Seeman, 2000; Cohen, 1988; House et al., 1988; Seeman, 1996; S. E. Taylor, 2011; Thoits, 2011; Uchino, 2004, 2006; Uchino et al., 1996; Vinokur & van Ryn, 1993).”
Virtue is its own reward? Support-giving in the family and loneliness in middle and old age (2008, background): “…has benefits for people’s mental and physical * Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), The Hague. health (Berkman et al. 2000; Uchino 2004), but the effects of support giving on wellbeing have only recently begun to receive attention (e.g. Brown et al. 2003; Davey and…”
Explaining Variations in the Effects of Supportive Messages A Dual-Process Framework (2008, background): “Much of the interest in supportive communication has been stimulated by research documenting the effects of social support on health, both physical (see review by Uchino, 2004) and mental (see review by Schwarzer & Leppin, 1992).”
Solidarity and Conflict Between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis (2006, background): “Though the positive effects on mental and physical health of supportive exchanges are well documented (House, Umberson, & Landis, 1988; Uchino, 2004), it has also been reported that solidarity can be ‘‘too much of a good thing’’ from the perspective of the beneficiary, or it can be ‘‘too much of a…”
An Examination of Acculturative Stress, Interpersonal Social Support, and Use of Online Ethnic Social Groups among Chinese International Students (2006, background): “Informational support refers to the provision of advice or guidance relevant to the situation an individual is experiencing (Uchino, 2004).”
Facebook Friends with (Health) Benefits? Exploring Social Network Site Use and Perceptions of Social Support, Stress, and Well-Being (2013, positive): “1,20 This palliative impact of social support has been explained by two models.”
Explaining the Relationships among Supportive Message Quality, Evaluations, and Outcomes: A Dual-Process Approach (2012, background): “1990), and are more mentally and physically healthy (Uchino, 2004) than individuals”
The Social Dimension of Blogging about Health: Health Blogging, Social Support, and Well-being (2011, background): “Indeed, insufficient strong-tie support has been argued to be one factor motivating the use of computer-mediated support groups to access weak ties (Tanis, 2008; Wright & Bell, 2003; Wright et al., 2010).”