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Social relation
The primary goal of this paper is to summarise current evidence on social relations and health, specifically how social integration and social support are related to health behaviours and health outcomes, using results from published reviews. Our analysis revealed that social relations are beneficial for health behaviours such as chronic illness self‐management and decreased suicidal tendency. The salutary effects of general measures of social relations (e.g. being validated, being cared for, etc.) on health behaviours (e.g. healthy diet, physical activity, smoking, alcohol abuse) are weaker, but specific measures of social relations targeting corresponding health behaviours are more predictive. There is growing evidence that social relations are predictive of mortality and cardiovascular disease, and social relations play an equally protective role against both the incidence and progression of cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, evidence was mixed for the association between social relations and cancer.
Social Relations, Health , and Health Outcomes: A Survey and Synthesis
Louis Tay, Kenneth Tan, Ed , Elizabeth Gonzalez
Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being 1 (5), 28-78, 2013
The primary goal of this paper is to summarise current evidence on social relations and health, specifically how social integration and social support are related to health and health outcomes, using results from published reviews. Our analysis revealed that social relations are beneficial for health such as chronic illness self‐management and decreased suicidal tendency. The salutary effects of general
