Interpersonal Relationships and Health: Social and Clinical Psychological Mechanisms

Interpersonal Relationships and Health: Social and Clinical Psychological Mechanisms

Susan C. South

Language: English

Pages: 304

ISBN: 0199936633

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Gathering leading thinkers in social and clinical psychology, public health, medicine, and sociology, Interpersonal Relationships and Health considers theoretical and empirical issues relevant to understanding the social and clinical psychological mechanisms linking close relationship processes with mental and physical health outcomes. The volume arises out of a recent explosion of interest, across multiple academic and research fields, in the ways that interpersonal relationships affect health and well-being. This volume pulls together a range of scholars who focus on different aspects of relationships and health in order to encourage both collaboration and cross-disciplinary initiatives. This is the first edited volume to pull together noted experts across myriad disciplines whose research is at the intersection of human relationships and health. Topics addressed include key biological processes that influence and, in turn, are influenced by close relationships. Interpersonal Relationships and Health presents research that demonstrates the connections between interpersonal relationships, mental and physical health outcomes, and biophysical markers that figure prominently in the fields of psychoneuroimmunology, endocrinology, and cardiology. In addition, it highlights recent work on marital, family, and social relationships and their interplay with health and well-being. Chapters also address sexual health among young and older adults, as well as clinical intervention efforts that focus on the role of relational factors in influencing health. Each chapter highlights extant theoretical and empirical findings and suggests future avenues for research in this burgeoning area.

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of individuals in high-hostility relationships healed at 60% of the rate of those in low-hostility relationships (with the effects being more pronounced when comparing the rate of healing following the conflict versus the support interaction). Importantly, hostility was also related to levels of two important proinflammatory cytokines, IL-6 and IL1-β, providing additional insights into the micro-level factors responsible for wound healing and perhaps other morbidity outcomes. In the meantime,

aspects of this relationship predict the development and course of cardiovascular disease (CVD) generally, and coronary heart disease (CHD) in particular (Robles, Slatcher, Trombello, & McGinn, 2014; Slatcher, 2010). CVD is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialized nations, and CHD is the most common form (American Heart Association, 2012). The literature on marriage and CVD identifies several avenues for future research on the development and management of this

of poor health outcomes, including reduced immune functioning, increased inflammation, greater probability of cardiovascular disease, and increased likelihood of mortality. Slatcher reviews the literature linking everyday family life to daily cortisol production and provides an overview of his exciting research on the role of family life in children’s cortisol production and links to chronic conditions such as asthma. Ongoing close interpersonal relationships are the context for both significant

glucocorticoid Fa m i ly R e l at i o n s h i p s a n d C o rt i s o l i n E v e ry day   Lif e   [ 8 1 ] receptor mRNA. This indicates that immune cells’ receptors—which normally respond to cortisol signals by turning “off ” inflammatory immune processes—are not being produced in sufficient numbers to work as they should (Miller & Chen, 2006). This is akin to a strong radio signal being sent out from a radio station (the body producing large amounts of cortisol under stress) but having very

Comparison of two treatments for children with severely disruptive behaviors:  A  four year follow up. Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32, 15–30. Jacobson, N. S., Dobson, K., Fruzzetti, A. E., Schmaling, K. B., & Salusky, S. (1991). Marital therapy as a treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 547–557. doi:10.1037//0022-006X.59.4.547. Jones, D. J., Beach, S. R. H., & Forehand, R. (2001). Stress generation in intact community families:  Depressive

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