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- Title
Social support and health: a review of physiological processes potentially underlying links to disease outcomes.
- Authors
Uchino, Bert N
- Abstract
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 health endpoints. In this review, I examine evidence linking social support to changes in cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune function. Consistent with epidemiological evidence, social support appears to be related to more positive "biological profiles" across these disease-relevant systems. Recent research on immune-mediated inflammatory processes is also starting to provide data on more integrative physiological mechanisms potentially linking social support to health. The implications of these links, along with future research directions are discussed.
- Publication
Journal of behavioral medicine, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 4, p377
- ISSN
0160-7715
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10865-006-9056-5