Social relationships and allostatic load in the midus study

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1373-1381

  Brooks, Kathryn P ^a   Gruenewald, Tara ^b   Karlamangla, Arun ^c   Hu, Peifung ^c   Koretz, Brandon ^c   Seeman, Teresa E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Allostatic load; Relationships; Social negativity; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FAMILY NEGATIVITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIEND CONTACT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTEGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NETWORK LEVEL CONTACT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NEGATIVITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SPOUSE NEGATIVITY; HUMAN RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOSTASIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84925965162     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034528     Document Type: Article

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