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The Role of Social Relations in Health Promotion

Berkman, Lisa F.·1995·Psychosomatic Medicine

DOI 10.1097/00006842-199505000-00006

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In considering new paradigms for the prevention and treatment of disease and disability, we need to incorporate ways to promote social support and develop family and community strengths and abilities into our interventions. There is now a substantial body of evidence that indicates that the extent to which social relationships are strong and supportive is related to the health of individuals who live within such social contexts. A review of population-based research on mortality risk over the last 20 years indicates that people who are isolated are at increased mortality risk from a number of causes. More recent studies indicate that social support is particularly related to survival postmyocardial infarction. The pathways that lead from such socioenvironmental exposures to poor health outcomes are likely to be multiple and include behavioral mechanisms and more direct physiologic pathways related to neuroendocrine or immunologic function. For social support to be health promoting, it must provide both a sense of belonging and intimacy and must help people to be more competent and self-efficacious. Acknowledging that health promotion rests on the shoulders not only of individuals but also of their families and communities means that we must commit resources over the next decade to designing, testing, and implementing interventions in this area.

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Authors: Berkman, L. F.
Affiliations: Yale University (US)
Corresponding author: Berkman, Lisa F.
ORCID: Berkman, Lisa F.
Venue: Psychosomatic Medicine
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 1995
Volume: 57
Issue: 3
Pages: 245-254
ISSN: 0033-3174 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199505000-00006
OpenAlex: W2066047381
Cited by: 1,233
References: 71
Citations by year: 2026: 18 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 51 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 59 · 2013: 64 · 2012: 59
FWCI: 6.49
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Psychosomatic Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (7r01ag011042-03)
National Institute on Aging (1P60 AG10469-01A1, R01 AG11042-01A1, P60AG010469)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Community Health and Development
Keywords: social support, interpersonal relationships, health promotion, social isolation, mortality risk, sense of belonging, self-efficacy, neuroendocrine pathways, behavioral mechanisms, disease prevention
MeSH terms: Disease Susceptibility, Health Promotion, Humans, Internal-External Control, Interpersonal Relations, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Social Support, Health Behavior, Survival Rate

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