Social Safety Theory: A Biologically Based Evolutionary Perspective on Life Stress, Health, and Behavior

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2020, Pages 265-295

  Slavich, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

affiliation; belonging; disease; evolution; health; inflammation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL REJECTION; SOCIAL SAFETY THEORY; SOCIAL STATUS; VAGUS NERVE; EVOLUTION; INFLAMMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85084720667     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032816-045159     Document Type: Review

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