Living longer with close relationships
A note for Lesson no. 5, "Your Brain Secretly Works With Other Brains," in Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
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...we live longer if we have close, supportive relationships with other people.
We live longer when we have close relationships, whether those relationships are with friends, lovers, or even some pets. High quality social relationships predict all sorts of positive outcomes. “High quality” means both members of the pair feel supported, they’re responsive to each other’s needs, and life seems easy and enjoyable when together. If you’re in a relationship like that, your incidence of getting sick is lower, and if you are sick (say with cancer or heart disease), you’re more likely to get better, and your likelihood of dying from the disease is lower.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
References
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- ↑ Brody, Gene H., Joshua C. Gray, Tianyi Yu, Allen W. Barton, Steven R. H. Beach, Adrianna Galván, James MacKillop, et al. 2017. “Protective Prevention Effects on the Association of Poverty with Brain Development.” JAMA Pediatrics 171 (1): 46–52.
- ↑ Chen, Edith, Gene H. Brody, and Gregory E. Miller. 2017. “Childhood Close Family Relationships and Health.” American Psychologist 72 (6): 555–566.
- ↑ Giles, Lynne C., Gary F. V. Glonek, Mary A. Luszcz, Gary R. Andrews. 2005. “Effect of Social Networks on 10 Year Survival in Very Old Australians: The Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 59 (7): 574–579.
- ↑ Holt-Lunstad, Julianne. 2018. “Why Social Relationships Are Important For Physical Health: A Systems Approach to Understanding and Modifying Risk and Protection.” Annual Review of Psychology 69: 437–458
- ↑ Jaremka, Lisa M., Rebecca R. Andridge, Christopher P. Fagundes, Catherine M. Alfano, Stephen P. Povoski, Adele M. Lipari, Doreen M. Agnese, Mark W. Arnold, William B. Farrar, Lisa D. Yee, William E. Carson, Tanios Bekaii-Saab, Edward W. Martin, Jr., Carl R. Schmidt, and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser. 2014. “Pain, Depression, and Fatigue: Loneliness as a Longitudinal Risk Factor.” Health Psychology 33 (9): 948–957.
- ↑ Kroenke, Candyce H., Laura D. Kubzansky, Eva S. Schernhammer, Michelle D. Holmes, and Ichiro Kawachi. 2006. “Social Networks, Social Support, and Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis.” Journal of Clinical Oncology 24 (7): 1105–1111.
- ↑ Kiecolt-Glaser, Janice K., and Stephanie J. Wilson. 2017. “Lovesick: How Couples’ Relationships Influence Health.” Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 13: 421–443.