Lending a Hand

By James A. Coan, Hillary S. Schaefer, Richard J. Davidson. Psychology Science, 2006

1,150 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. N. Collins
2. B. Feeney
3. Bianca P. Acevedo
4. J. Holt‐Lunstad
5. Arthur Aron
6. J. Blascovich
7. H. T. Reis

In Social Psychology

1. N. Collins
2. B. Feeney
3. H. Kane
4. Bianca P. Acevedo
5. Cade Andrew McCall
6. J. Holt‐Lunstad
7. Arthur Aron
8. J. Blascovich

Citations in the corpus

• Does a Long-Term Relationship Kill Romantic Love? (2009, background): “Marital satisfaction predicts global happiness, above and beyond other types of satisfaction (e.g., Glenn & Weaver, 1981); predicts psychological well-being and physical health (e.g., Drigotas, Rusbult, Wieselquist, & Whitton, 1999); and may serve as a buffer to stressful life events (e.g., Coan, S”
• Why Social Relationships Are Important for Physical Health: A Systems Approach to Understanding and Modifying Risk and Protection (2018, background): “…also supports the notion of social connection as being adaptive—we use more metabolic resources when coping with threat alone than when we are in the presence of others (Coan & Sbarra 2015, Coan et al. 2006), and social pain shares neural mechanisms with physical pain (Eisenberger 2012).”
• Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world (2012, background): “For example, the threat attenuating effects of hand-holding were strongest for those in high quality relationships (Coan et al., 2006).”