Social Support and Health: A Review of Physiological Processes Potentially Underlying Links to Disease Outcomes

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Summary

Evidence linking social support to changes in cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune function and related to more positive “biological profiles” across these disease-relevant systems is examined.

Type
review
Published
2006-06-07
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Keywords

Health psychology, Disease, Social support, Social epidemiology, Psychology

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