Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis

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 behaviors and health outcomes, using results from published reviews. Our analysis revealed that social relations are beneficial...

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Main Authors: TAY, Louis, TAN, Kenneth, DIENER, Ed, GONZALEZ, Elizabeth
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-46792021-11-10T06:12:15Z Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis TAY, Louis TAN, Kenneth DIENER, Ed GONZALEZ, Elizabeth 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 behaviors and health outcomes, using results from published reviews. Our analysis revealed that social relations are beneficial for health behaviors 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 behaviors (e.g. healthy diet, physical activity, smoking, alcohol abuse) are weaker, but specific measures of social relations targeting corresponding health behaviors 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. We discuss these findings and potential areas for future research such as other dimensions of social relations, supportreceiver interactions, and observer ratings of social relations. 2013-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3422 info:doi/10.1111/aphw.12000 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4679/viewcontent/aphw.12000.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University cancer cardiovascular disease health behaviors mortality social relations social support Health Psychology Social Psychology
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topic cancer
cardiovascular disease
health behaviors
mortality
social relations
social support
Health Psychology
Social Psychology
spellingShingle cancer
cardiovascular disease
health behaviors
mortality
social relations
social support
Health Psychology
Social Psychology
TAY, Louis
TAN, Kenneth
DIENER, Ed
GONZALEZ, Elizabeth
Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
description 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 behaviors and health outcomes, using results from published reviews. Our analysis revealed that social relations are beneficial for health behaviors 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 behaviors (e.g. healthy diet, physical activity, smoking, alcohol abuse) are weaker, but specific measures of social relations targeting corresponding health behaviors 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. We discuss these findings and potential areas for future research such as other dimensions of social relations, supportreceiver interactions, and observer ratings of social relations.
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author TAY, Louis
TAN, Kenneth
DIENER, Ed
GONZALEZ, Elizabeth
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TAN, Kenneth
DIENER, Ed
GONZALEZ, Elizabeth
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title Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
title_short Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
title_full Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
title_fullStr Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
title_full_unstemmed Social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
title_sort social relations, health behaviors, and health outcomes: a survey and synthesis
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2013
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3422
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4679/viewcontent/aphw.12000.pdf
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