Emotion, Social Relationships, and Health / Edition 1

by Carol D. Ryff, Burton H. Singer

Overview

A growing body of literature on humans and animals documents the link between social integration and affiliative relationships and a variety of health and disease outcomes, including mortality. The actual mechanisms through which these efforts occur are, however, not well understood. Emotion probably plays a central role in mediating connections between relational experiences, underlying neurobiological processes, and health outcomes. Many prior studies have focused on the size and proximity of social networks, thereby neglecting their emotional features. When studied, emotion in social relationships has also been heavily weighted on the side of negative and conflictual interactions, thus giving minimal attention to the possible protective benefits of enduring love, nurture, and affection. This volume brings together these differing lines of inquiry to advance understanding of how emotion in significant social relationships influences health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195145410
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/03/2001
Series:	Series in Affective Science
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	620,875
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 5.78(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Contributors1. Introduction: Integrating Emotion into the Study of Social Relationships and Health, Carol D. Ryff and Burton H. Singer2. Meta-Emotion, Children's Emotional Intelligence, and Buffering Children from Marital Conflict, John GottmanCommentary, Victoria von Sadovszky and Kathryn E. Angell3. Relationship Experiences and Emotional Well-Being, Harry T. ReisCommentary, Angela Cloninger4. Group Psychotherapy for Women with Breast Cancer: Relationships among Social Support, Emotional Expression, and Survival, David Spiegel and Rachel KimerlingCommentary, Vicki Aken5 Elective Afinities and Uninvited Agonies: Mapping Emotions with Significant Others onto Health, Carol D. Ryff et al.6. How Do Others Get under Our Skin? Social Relationships and Health, Teresa SeemanCommentary, Christine M. L. Kwan7. Social Relationships and Susceptibility to the Common Cold, Sheldon CohenCommentary, Ted Robles8. Social Context and Other Psychological Influences on the Development of Immunity, Christopher L. Coe and Gabriele R. LubachCommentary, Teresa M. ReyesAuthor IndexSubject Index

Editorial Reviews

"Papers and commentary from the 1997 Third Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion delve into the nature of emotional interaction with significant others and its role in illuminating the established ties between social relationships and health. Contributors from the fields of affective science, clinical and social psychology, epidemiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and health address how to observe and evaluate social interactions in clinical, laboratory, or daily life contexts, and link emotional experience to health outcomes. Ryff teaches psychology at the University of Wisconsin. Singer is affiliated with the Office of Population Research."—SciTech Book News

From the Publisher

Papers and commentary from the 1997 Third Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion delve into the nature of emotional interaction with significant others and its role in illuminating the established ties between social relationships and health. Contributors from the fields of affective science, clinical and social psychology, epidemiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and health address how to observe and evaluate social interactions in clinical, laboratory, or daily life contexts, and link emotional experience to health outcomes. Ryff teaches psychology at the University of Wisconsin. Singer is affiliated with the Office of Population Research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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