This meta-analysis reviewed 126 published empirical articles over the past 50 years
describing associations between marital relationship quality and physical health in more …

A hypothesized need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships is
evaluated in light of the empirical literature. The need is for frequent, nonaversive …

Given the powerful implications of relationship quality for health and well-being, a central
mission of relationship science is explaining why some romantic relationships thrive more …

Kritische Lebensereignisse gehören zum Erfahrungshorizont fast aller Menschen. Es gilt zu
präzisieren, was Ereignisse als kritisch ausweist und welchen Platz sie jeweils im Leben …

The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated The revised
and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction …

Celebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of
social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives. Your colleague's …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

It is widely recognized that social relationships and affiliation have powerful effects on
physical and mental health. When investigators write about the impact of social relationships …

The primary objectives of this article are (a) to put forth an explicit operational formulation of
positive human health that goes beyond prevailing" absence of illness" criteria;(b) to clarify …

The present report meta-analyzes more than 300 empirical articles describing a relationship
between psychological stress and parameters of the immune system in human participants …