Despite marriage's health benefits, all couples experience stress that can increase morbidity
and mortality risks. Marital stress can alter endocrine, cardiovascular, and immune function …

Marriage is the central relationship for most adults and has beneficial effects for health. At
the same time, troubled marriages have negative health consequences. This review outlines …

This review highlights recent advances in research addressing intimate partner relationships
and health. Consideration of the strong mutual influences that the members of a couple have …

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

Although adjusting to health‐related stress is a critical process, existing individual and family
stress and coping theories are inadequate for understanding the processes that occur in the …

Marriage is a very special relationship that has a high potential to influence physical and
mental health throughout the adult lifespan and into old age. In this viewpoint, we propose a …

Gathering leading thinkers in social and clinical psychology, public health, medicine, and
sociology, Interpersonal Relationships and Health considers theoretical and empirical …

Objective Distressed marriages enhance risk for a variety of health problems. Immune
dysregulation is one potential mechanism; cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that …

A growing body of research has examined associations between health and marital
relationships. The broad scope of research involving the effects of health problems on …

Highlights•Describes the strength and strain model of marital quality and health.•Partner
responsiveness and affective processes are used to illustrate core aspects of the …