Affectionate Writing Reduces Total Cholesterol: Two Randomized, Controlled Trials

By Kory Floyd, Alan C. Mikkelson, Colin Hesse, Perry M. Pauley. 2007

88 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ead78700fbe70b324cefdcf2c0313177d6419abc

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In Artificial Intelligence

1. Colin Hesse
2. Perry M. Pauley

In Social Psychology

1. Jeffrey A. Hall
2. D. Davis
3. Colin Hesse
4. Perry M. Pauley
5. Melanie Booth‐Butterfield
6. Sean M. Horan

Citations in the corpus

• Investing in Affection: An Investigation of Affection Exchange Theory and Relational Qualities (2010, background): “In multiple studies of free cortisol, which is released in response to stress, results indicated that those who communicated affection exhibited enhanced cortisol levels and responses (Floyd, 2006b ; Floyd, Mikkelson, Tafoya, Farinelli, La Valley, Judd, Davis, et al, 2007 ; Floyd, Mikkelson, Tafoy”
• The Effects of Social Support, Depression, and Stress on Drinking Behaviors in a College Student Sample (2009, methodology): “This scale has been used in a number of studies examining the role of stress in communication-related contexts (eg, Floyd, Mikkelson, Hesse, & Pauley, 2007 ).”
• Proposing the Communicate Bond Belong Theory: Evolutionary Intersections With Episodic Interpersonal Communication (2017, background): “Deep, affectionate communication is associated with improved health and reduced stress (Floyd, 2006; Floyd et al., 2007) and is typically reserved for relational intimates, yet it constitutes less than 5% of all speech events (Goldsmith & Baxter, 1996).”