Couples¿ stress reactivity and recovery - Psychobiology a...
Germann, Janine
Social integration and marriage are important factors as regards health and disease outcomes (e.g. Berkman, Glass, Brissette, & Seeman, 2000, Cohen, 1988, Fone, Dunstan, Lloyd, Williams et al., 2007, Kaplan & Kronick, 2006, Orth-Gomer & Johnson, 1987). Social support is one mechanism by which social integration, and happy marriage in particular, was hypothesized to increase individual health. But despite the flourishing research in this area, ...