Lecture 7

Question 1

Why develop + maintain relationships

Answer 1

Duck - 2011

• 7 provisions of personal relationships
• belonging and sense of reliable alliance
• emotional integration + stability
• opportunities for communication about ourselves
• provision of assistance + physical support
• reassurance of your worth + value
• opportunity to help others
• personality support

Question 2

linking relationships to health

Answer 2

Cassel., 1976
- epidemiologists proposed that social integration was important for health
House et al., 1988
- close, supportive relationships predict lower mortality + morbidity

Question 3

personal relationships and health

Answer 3

Holt-Lunstad., 2010
- presence of adequate personal relationships associated with - 50% lower mortality risk
Elder et al., 2003
- developmental health trajectories + personal relationships intertwine over long periods to make up life course
Travis et al., 2004
- social relationships foster psychological wellbeing

Question 4

promoting social engagement

Answer 4

Berkman et al., 2000

- relationships promote social participation

Question 5

physiological pathway

Answer 5

Uchino, 2004

- supportive social relationships reduce heart rate, blood pressure + stress hormones

Question 6

darker side of relationships

Answer 6

Pachucki et al., 2011
- may lead to risky health behaviours
- having obese friend 57% likelihood of obesity peers diet tends to be similar to our own
Salvy et al., 2019
- norms can negatively impact physical activity

Question 7

relationship loss

Answer 7

Soulsy + Bennet, 2012
- impacts physical health especially later in life
Berkman et al., 2000
- suppressed immune function - cellular immunity

Question 8

contextual factors

Answer 8

Waite + Gallagher, 2000

- social participation more closely linked to health + mortality

Question 9

social relationships & health

Answer 9

House et al., 1988

• studies which control for baseline health status, consistently show increased risk of death among persons with a low quantity, and sometimes low quality, of social relationships
• uggest that social isolation is a major risk factor for mortality from widely varying causes

Question 10

social connections

Answer 10

pietromonaco + collins, 2017
- both social connection and social disconnection broadly shape biological responses and behaviors that are consequential for health