ReviewJournal of health and social behavior2010
Social relationships and health: a flashpoint for health policy.
Review in Journal of health and social behavior, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05207917 (How Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Change Social Experiences and Biomarkers of Well-being), which is not on this map. Cited by 936 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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How Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Change Social Experiences and Biomarkers of Well-being
Who cites it
936 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Healthcare Professionals' Subjective Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Methodological Appraisal of Conceptual Models, Measurement Instruments, and Associated Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Weight stigma in the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum periods: A systematic review of women's perspectives.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Social and Religious Networks with Respect to the Health Behaviors of African American Women: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers to belonging: an ecological and appraisal framework for peer relationships, self-awareness, and confidence in deaf and hard of hearing.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Associations of park visits, physical activity and health outcomes among churchgoing Latino adults in low-income urban communities.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Trial
- Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Perceived Stress, Fatigue, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the LIFE Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Trial
- Perinatal health outcomes in relation to principal applicant and live-in caregiver status among economic class immigrants to Canada: A retrospective analysis of births from 1993 to 2017.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- How spousal, friend, and family ties predict health: Within- and between-person effects across 16 years.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026Article
- Childhood Family Violence and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Chinese Women: The Moderating Role of Social Contact Frequency.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cohabitation and unmet care needs in later life.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Social network size and mental health among older adults in Japan: A nationwide cross-sectional analysis of the JACSIS 2024 study.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Partner- and Mode-Specific Social Contact and Poor Mental Health Among Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2024 JACSIS Study.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Article
- The Impact of Participation in the Parkinson's Pals Program on Psychosocial Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: An Unblinded Feasibility Study.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Article
- Association of pandemic-era US county-level policies with adult health and health behaviors.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Impact of adverse childhood experiences, positive childhood experiences and adult protective and risk factors on health in a statewide representative sample.Family medicine and community health · 2026Observational
- Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults: A Dual Social-Affective Pathway Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Who Gets by with Help from Friends? Multilevel Associations Between Loneliness, Friend Support, and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents with and Without Self-Injury.Social development (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Social relationships--both quantity and quality--affect mental health, health behavior, physical health, and mortality risk. Sociologists have played a central role in establishing the link between social relationships and health outcomes, identifying explanations for this link, and discovering social variation (e.g., by gender and race) at the population level. Studies show that social relationships have short- and long-term effects on health, for better and for worse, and that these effects emerge in childhood and cascade throughout life to foster cumulative advantage or disadvantage in health. This article describes key research themes in the study of social relationships and health, and it highlights policy implications suggested by this research.
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