Social relationships are adaptive and crucial for survival. This review presents existing
evidence indicating that our social connections to others have powerful influences on health …

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

Face-to-face social interactions enhance well-being. With the ubiquity of social media,
important questions have arisen about the impact of online social interactions. In the present …

Over the past 30 years investigators have called repeatedly for research on the mechanisms
through which social relationships and social support improve physical and psychological …

Social support, which is the perception or experience that one is cared for, esteemed, and
part of a mutually supportive social network, has beneficial effects on mental and physical …

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 …

Social support has been reliably related to lower rates of morbidity and mortality. An
important issue concerns the physiological mechanisms by which support influences such …

Social support is defined as the perceived or actual receipt of social resources (eg, tangible,
emotional) and is one of the most reliable predictors of disease morbidity and mortality. In …

In a review of the literature from 1948 to 2001, 122 studies were found that correlated
structural or functional social support with patient adherence to medical regimens. Meta …

This book will change the way we understand the future of our planet. It is both alarming and
hopeful. James Gustave Speth, renowned as a visionary environmentalist leader, warns that …