Discovering the stress-buffering effects of social relationships has been one of the major
findings in psychobiology in the last century. However, an understanding of the underlying …

This review highlights some recent developments in the area of received and provided
support, and particularly the effect of such support in promoting better health and well-being …

Relationships are at the center of the human social environment, and their quality and
longevity are now recognized to have particular relevance for health. The goal of this article …

Social support is defined as the perceived or actual receipt of social resources (eg, tangible,
emotional) and is one of the most reliable predictors of disease morbidity and mortality. In …

It is generally assumed that there is greater pressure to conform to social norms in
collectivist cultures than in individualist cultures. However, most research on cultural …

Disaster response work is associated with various psychological outcomes. In post-disaster
conditions, social support is generally observed to impact mental health, particularly for …

Highlights•Human societies are variable: interpersonal relationships and group
memberships can be flexible or fixed.•This variability in ecological relational mobility affects …

Discovering the stress-buffering effects of social relationships has been one of the major
findings in psychobiology in the last century. However, an understanding of the underlying …

This article reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ
between cultures, and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those …

Background A patient's experience with knee osteoarthritis (OA) is influenced by many
psychosocial contributors that can influence the impact of pain. Such factors are known to …