ReviewAnnual review of clinical psychology2017
Lovesick: How Couples' Relationships Influence Health.
Review in Annual review of clinical psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 209 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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209 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 480 citations in OpenAlex.
- Relationship quality among people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Pooled it
- Psychosocial Interventions and Immune System Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.JAMA psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to promote couples-based HIV testing and family health during pregnancy and postpartum in Kenya: a multicentre, couples-based, randomised controlled trial.The lancet. HIV · 2026Trial
- Minimal couple intervention to improve psychobiological stress resilience.British journal of health psychology · 2025Trial
- Family-authored ICU diaries to reduce fear in patients experiencing a cardiac arrest (FAID fear): A pilot randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Can Interventions that Strengthen Couples' Relationships Confer Additional Benefits for their Health? A Randomized Controlled Trial with African American Couples.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Trial
- A Qualitative Exploration of Couples' Experiences After Bariatric Surgery: Patient and Partner Perspectives and Intervention Needs.Bariatric surgical practice and patient care · 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
- Causal Effect of Psychopathy on Partner Well-Being: A National Longitudinal Study.Journal of personality · 2026Article
- Family profiles and perceived family influence on healthy lifestyle behaviors: A person-centered approach in young Asian American adults.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Spousal concordance and interdependence in depression among older adults: A cross-cultural longitudinal study in China, the United States, and England.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Distress dynamics in patient and partner dyads early after stroke/transient ischemic attack: A pilot feasibility study.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2026Observational
- Testing the generalizability of couple communication typologies: A multisite replication and extension study.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026Article
- The association between parent-child and peer relationship quality in adolescence and intimate partner relationship quality in young adulthood: A two-cohort longitudinal investigation.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
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- Emotion regulation and self-inhibition's association with mental health outcomes, caregiver strain, and well-being in parents of autistic children: a dyadic analysis.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2026Article
- Self-Expansion Activities with a Partner as One Path to Well-Being.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Familial healthy aging and longevity: the role of spouses.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Social Interactions and Cell Aging Dynamics in Postpartum Women.Biological research for nursing · 2026Article
- Can measuring coercive conflict in family dyads be easier? The psychometrics of coercion measures.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026Article
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Abstract
This review highlights recent advances in research addressing intimate partner relationships and health. Consideration of the strong mutual influences that the members of a couple have on each other's mental and physical health trajectories provides a new way to view the health implications of couples' convergence or interdependence; marital closeness can have a clear downside when one partner has mental or physical health problems. Couples' interconnectedness can also be leveraged to promote better treatment outcomes. Major themes include the pivotal role of depression and the importance of gender differences in the pathways from the marital relationship to physiological functioning and health. The health risks and benefits of support are weighed. Additionally, two prominent emerging paths from marital distress to poor health are emphasized: sleep problems and metabolic alterations that promote obesity and its comorbidities.
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