Objective The importance of recovery from stress is evident in times of high prevalence of
stress-related diseases. Intimacy has been found to buffer psychobiological stress reactivity …

Objective: To determine whether intimacy might be associated with reduced daily salivary
cortisol levels in couples, thereby adding to the epidemiologic literature on reduced health …

Although many studies have indicated that people in low-quality relationships are less
healthy, precisely how relationships influence health remains unclear. We focus on one …

Evidence for the stress-buffering effects of social support in intimate relationships raises
important questions about whether partner support promotes recovery in physiological …

Highlights•Relationship functioning influences stress responses and health
outcomes.•Negative relationship functioning generally induces larger stress responses and …

This study examines the effects of actor and partner attachment security on cortisol
responses to discussions of personal and relationship concerns with a romantic partner …

INTRODUCTION: Couple conflict in unhappy marriages is suggested to impair individual
health via chronic psychophysiological stress reactions in couples' everyday lives. As a …

Do partners' levels of physiological arousal become linked in close relationships? The term
physiological linkage describes covariation between people in their moment-to-moment …

Background Perceived stress can lead to dysregulated cortisol patterns, including blunted
peaks and flatter slopes, which are associated with increased morbidity and mortality risks …

Several decades of research have demonstrated that marital relationships have a powerful
influence on physical health. However, surprisingly little is known about how marriage …