Social Integration, Social Networks, Social Support, and Health

Social Relationships and Health.

Cohen, S. (2004) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.59.8.676 · Cited by 4,852

A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys: Results From Two Population-Based Studies

Hughes, M. E., Waite, L. J., Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004) · Research on Aging · doi:10.1177/0164027504268574 · Cited by 4,781

The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of Age

Braveman, P., Egerter, S., & Williams, D. R. (2011) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031210-101218 · Cited by 2,476

Performance of an abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale among three European community-dwelling older adult populations

Lubben, J., Blozik, E., Gillmann, G., Iliffe, S., von Renteln Kruse, W., Beck, J. C., & Stuck, A. E. (2006) · The Gerontologist · doi:10.1093/geront/46.4.503 · Cited by 2,123

Social Networks and Health

Smith, K. P., & Christakis, N. A. (2008) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134601 · Cited by 1,638

Internet addiction: a systematic review of epidemiological research for the last decade

Kuss, D., Griffiths, M., Karila, L., & Billieux, J. (2014) · Current Pharmaceutical Design · doi:10.2174/13816128113199990617 · Cited by 1,374

The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space: An Avenue for Health Promotion

Jennings, V., & Bamkole, O. (2019) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph16030452 · Cited by 1,028

Short and long sleep are positively associated with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease among adults in the United States

Buxton, O. M., & Marcelli, E. (2010) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.041 · Cited by 818

Social networks, social support, and survival after breast cancer diagnosis

Kroenke, C. H., Kubzansky, L. D., Schernhammer, E. S., Holmes, M. D., & Kawachi, I. (2006) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2005.04.2846 · Cited by 792

Housing and Public Health

Shaw, M. (2004) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.25.101802.123036 · Cited by 791

Social isolation: a predictor of mortality comparable to traditional clinical risk factors

Pantell, M., Rehkopf, D., Jutte, D., Syme, S. L., Balmes, J., & Adler, N. (2013) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.2013.301261 · Cited by 696

Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men

MELCHIOR, M., CASPI, A., MILNE, B. J., DANESE, A., POULTON, R., & MOFFITT, T. E. (2007) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291707000414 · Cited by 691

Lifecourse Social Conditions and Racial and Ethnic Patterns of Cognitive Aging

Glymour, M. M., & Manly, J. J. (2008) · Neuropsychology Review · doi:10.1007/s11065-008-9064-z · Cited by 481

Measuring social isolation in older adults: Development and initial validation of the Friendship Scale

Hawthorne, G. (2006) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-005-7746-y · Cited by 450

Social relationships and depression: ten-year follow-up from a nationally representative study

Teo, A. R., Choi, H., & Valenstein, M. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062396 · Cited by 423

Effect of peer support on prevention of postnatal depression among high risk women: multisite randomised controlled trial

Dennis, C.-L., Hodnett, E., Kenton, L., Weston, J., Zupancic, J., Stewart, D. E., & Kiss, A. (2009) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.a3064 · Cited by 386

Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study

Shakya, H. B., & Christakis, N. A. (2017) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/aje/kww189 · Cited by 378

The Health Implications of Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China

Chen, F., & Liu, G. (2012) · The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences · doi:10.1093/geronb/gbr132 · Cited by 378

The risk factors of Internet addiction—A survey of university freshmen

Tsai, H. F., Cheng, S. H., Yeh, T. L., Shih, C.-C., Chen, K. C., Yang, Y. C., & Yang, Y. K. (2009) · Psychiatry Research · doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2008.01.015 · Cited by 368

'It's just like you talk to a friend': relational agents for older adults

Bickmore, T. W., Caruso, L., Clough-Gorr, K., & Heeren, T. (2005) · Interacting with Computers · doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2005.09.002 · Cited by 341

Typologies of loneliness, living alone and social isolation, and their associations with physical and mental health

SMITH, K. J., & VICTOR, C. (2019) · Ageing and Society · doi:10.1017/s0144686x18000132 · Cited by 337

Social Participation and Depression in Old Age: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in 10 European Countries

Croezen, S., Avendano, M., Burdorf, A., & van Lenthe, F. J. (2015) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/aje/kwv015 · Cited by 305

The neurobiology of trust

ZAK, P. J., KURZBAN, R., & MATZNER, W. T. (2004) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1196/annals.1314.025 · Cited by 282

Religious involvement, social support, and health among African-American women on the east side of detroit

Olphen, J., Schulz, A., Israel, B., Chatters, L., Klem, L., Parker, E., & Williams, D. (2003) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21031.x · Cited by 210

Effects of marital transitions on changes in dietary and other health behaviours in US male health professionals.

Eng, P. M., Kawachi, I., Fitzmaurice, G., & Rimm, E. B. (2005) · Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health · doi:10.1136/jech.2004.020073 · Cited by 208

Toward a Dynamic Conceptualization of Social Ties and Context: Implications for Understanding Immigrant and Latino Health

Viruell-Fuentes, E. A., & Schulz, A. J. (2009) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.2008.158956 · Cited by 192

Explaining the black-white disparity in preterm birth: a consensus statement from a multi-disciplinary scientific work group convened by the March of Dimes

Braveman, P., Dominguez, T. P., Burke, W., Dolan, S. M., Stevenson, D. K., Jackson, F. M., Collins, J. W., Driscoll, D. A., Haley, T., Acker, J., et al. (2021) · Frontiers in Reproductive Health · doi:10.3389/frph.2021.684207 · Cited by 189

RESEARCH: "Church-Based Social Ties, A Sense of Belonging in a Congregation, and Physical Health Status"

Krause, N., & Wulff, K. M. (2005) · The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion · doi:10.1207/s15327582ijpr1501_6 · Cited by 170

Examining social isolation and loneliness in combination in relation to social support and psychological distress using Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (CLSA) data

Menec, V. H., Newall, N. E., Mackenzie, C. S., Shooshtari, S., & Nowicki, S. (2020) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230673 · Cited by 163

A systematic review, evidence synthesis and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies evaluating the clinical effectiveness, the cost-effectiveness, safety and acceptability of interventions to prevent postnatal depression

Morrell, C. J., Sutcliffe, P., Booth, A., Stevens, J., Scope, A., Stevenson, M., Harvey, R., Bessey, A., Cantrell, A., Dennis, C.-L., et al. (2016) · Health Technology Assessment · doi:10.3310/hta20370 · Cited by 155

Living alone and cognitive function in later life

Evans, I. E. M., Llewellyn, D. J., Matthews, F. E., Woods, R. T., Brayne, C., & Clare, L. (2019) · Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics · doi:10.1016/j.archger.2018.12.014 · Cited by 142

Structural and cognitive aspects of social capital and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

Nyqvist, F., Pape, B., Pellfolk, T., Forsman, A. K., & Wahlbeck, K. (2014) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0288-9 · Cited by 117

Social isolation, cognitive reserve, and cognition in older people with depression and anxiety

Evans, I. E. M., Llewellyn, D. J., Matthews, F. E., Woods, R. T., Brayne, C., & Clare, L. (2019) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1506742 · Cited by 115

Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents

Richburg-Hayes, L., Brock, T., LeBlanc, A., Paxson, C. H., Rouse, C. E., & Barrow, L. (2009) · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1353360 · Cited by 104

Gender, race/ethnicity, personality, and interleukin-6 in urban primary care patients

Chapman, B. P., Khan, A., Harper, M., Stockman, D., Fiscella, K., Walton, J., Duberstein, P., Talbot, N., Lyness, J. M., & Moynihan, J. (2009) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2008.12.009 · Cited by 103

Do positive or negative experiences of social support relate to current and future health? Results from the Doetinchem Cohort Study

Croezen, S., Picavet, H. S. J., Haveman-Nies, A., Verschuren, W. M., de Groot, L. C., & van't Veer, P. (2012) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-65 · Cited by 101

Participation in socially productive activities and quality of life in early old age: findings from SHARE

Siegrist, J., & Wahrendorf, M. (2009) · Journal of European Social Policy · doi:10.1177/1350506809341513 · Cited by 93

Race/ethnicity, social support, and associations with diabetes self-care and clinical outcomes in NHANES.

Rees, C. A., Karter, A. J., & Young, B. A. (2010) · The Diabetes Educator · doi:10.1177/0145721710364419 · Cited by 83

Fostering supportive community connections through mothers' groups and playgroups

Strange, C., Fisher, C., Howat, P., & Wood, L. (2014) · Journal of Advanced Nursing · doi:10.1111/jan.12435 · Cited by 76

Themes describing social isolation in family caregivers of people living with dementia: A scoping review

Lee, J., Baik, S., Becker, T. D., & Cheon, J. H. (2022) · Dementia · doi:10.1177/14713012211056288 · Cited by 78

The Impact of Income on Mortality: Evidence from the Social Security Notch

Snyder, S., & Evans, W. (2002) · doi:10.3386/w9197 · Cited by 75

Why the cognitive ‘fountain of youth’ may be upstream: pathways to dementia risk and resilience through social connectedness

Perry, B. L., McConnell, W. R., Coleman, M. E., Roth, A. R., Peng, S., & Apostolova, L. G. (2022) · Alzheimer's & Dementia · doi:10.1002/alz.12443 · Cited by 77

Peer status in school and adult disease risk: a 30-year follow-up study of disease-specific morbidity in a Stockholm cohort

Almquist, Y. (2009) · Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health · doi:10.1136/jech.2009.088377 · Cited by 74

Is the association between social network types, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction mediated by the perceived availability of social support? A cross-sectional analysis using the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

Harasemiw, O., Newall, N., Mackenzie, C. S., Shooshtari, S., & Menec, V. (2019) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1495176 · Cited by 71

Protective effects of social networks on disability among older adults in Spain

Escobar-Bravo, M.-Á., Puga-González, D., & Martín-Baranera, M. (2012) · Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics · doi:10.1016/j.archger.2011.01.008 · Cited by 56

Mothers' group participation: associations with social capital, social support and mental well-being

Strange, C., Bremner, A., Fisher, C., Howat, P., & Wood, L. (2016) · Journal of Advanced Nursing · doi:10.1111/jan.12809 · Cited by 52

Resettlement challenges faced by refugee claimant families in Montreal: lack of access to child care

Morantz, G., Rousseau, C., Banerji, A., Martin, C., & Heymann, J. (2013) · Child & Family Social Work · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00848.x · Cited by 32

Sex work, social support, and stigma: Experiences of transgender women in the Dominican Republic

Milner, A. N., Hearld, K. R., Abreau, N., Budhwani, H., Mayra Rodriguez-Lauzurique, R., & Paulino-Ramirez, R. (2019) · International Journal of Transgenderism · doi:10.1080/15532739.2019.1596862 · Cited by 30

Intergenerational patterns of mental health problems: the role of childhood peer status position

Landstedt, E., & Almquist, Y. B. (2019) · BMC Psychiatry · doi:10.1186/s12888-019-2278-1 · Cited by 28

AutoPal: Autonomous Adaptation to Users for Personal AI Companionship

Cheng, Y., Liu, W., Xu, K., Hou, W., Ouyang, Y., Leong, C. T., Li, W., Wu, X., & Zheng, Y. (2024) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.13960 · Cited by 2