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Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across the Life Course
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Sociological theory and research point to the importance of social relationships in affecting health behavior. This work tends to focus on specific stages of the life course, with a division between research on childhood/adolescent and adult populations. Yet recent advances demonstrate that early life course experiences shape health outcomes well into adulthood. We synthesize disparate bodies of research on social ties and health behavior throughout the life course, with attention to explaining how various social ties influence health behaviors at different life stages and how these processes accumulate and reverberate throughout the life course.
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The Importance of Spousal Education for the Self-Rated Health of Married Adults in the United States
Brown, D. C., Hummer, R. A., & Hayward, M. D. (2013) · Population Research and Policy Review · doi:10.1007/s11113-013-9305-6 · Cited by 92
“Consequently, marriage may be especially important for married men’s health because spouses, but particularly wives, monitor and/or regulate each other’s behavior in an attempt to discourage risky and/or unhealthy behaviors (Umberson 1992; Umberson et al. 2010).”
Harris, M. A. (2018) · Health Psychology Open · doi:10.1177/2055102917753853 · Cited by 94
“…a social support mechanism, they can act to mitigate stress and they provide symbolic purpose and influence physiological responses to psychological distress and harm (Allen et al., 2014; Cohen, 2004; Crosnoe and Elder, 2004; Glynn et al., 1999; Thoits, 1995; Uchino, 2004; Umberson et al., 2010).”
BackgroundTo Buy or Not to Buy: Consumers’ Demand Response Patterns for Healthy versus Unhealthy Food
Talukdar, D., & Lindsey, C. D. (2012) · Journal of Marketing · doi:10.1509/jm.11.0222 · Cited by 94
“…outcomes such as obesity, cigarette smoking, and drinking have been well documented (Christakis and Fowler 2008), recent research has begun to examine the positive effects of social influence on such outcomes through the modification of people’s social networks (Umberson, Crosnoe, and Reczek 2010).”
BackgroundSlavich, G. M. (2022) · Current Opinion in Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101299 · Cited by 97
Rethinking Social Relationships in Adulthood: The Differential Investment of Resources Model
Huxhold, O., Fiori, K. L., & Windsor, T. D. (2022) · Personality and Social Psychology Review · doi:10.1177/10888683211067035 · Cited by 100
“Therefore, the norms that are upheld within an individual’s social network can have a profound impact on the individual’s characteristics (Umberson et al., 2010).”
BackgroundNkansah‐Amankra, S. (2013) · Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · doi:10.1111/sltb.12029 · Cited by 86
Anderson, K. F. (2017) · Social Problems · doi:10.1093/socpro/spw058 · Cited by 87
“Research in sociology and social epidemiology alike has shown for many decades that a variety of social support and social network factors may influence health (Link and Phelan 1995; Smith and Christakis 2008; Umberson, Crosnoe, and Reczek 2010).”
BackgroundGoing Nuclear? Family Structure and Young Women’s Health in India, 1992–2006
Allendorf, K. (2012) · Demography · doi:10.1007/s13524-012-0173-1 · Cited by 86
“These relationships can provide companionship that in turn reduces stress and benefits their health (Ross and Mirowsky 2002; Umberson et al. 2010; Walton and Takeuchi 2010).”
BackgroundRelationships and Health: The Critical Role of Affective Science
Sbarra, D. A., & Coan, J. A. (2018) · Emotion Review · doi:10.1177/1754073917696584 · Cited by 96
“In an extensive review of this topic, Umberson et al. (2010) discuss a life-course perspective on health behaviors and outline a model in which many health habits are established in childhood within a family largely from parental influences, are heavily influenced by peers and social norms in…”
BackgroundLife course transitions in early adulthood and SES disparities in tobacco use
Pampel, F. C., Mollborn, S., & Lawrence, E. M. (2014) · Social Science Research · doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.08.005 · Cited by 80
“Identifying life transitions, attainments, and new social roles that occur at key junctures of the life course and influence smoking can help target interventions (Umberson, Crosnoe, and Reczek 2010).”
BackgroundRomantic Relationships and Criminal Desistance: Pathways and Processes
Wyse, J. J. B., Harding, D. J., & Morenoff, J. D. (2014) · Sociological Forum · doi:10.1111/socf.12088 · Cited by 84
Incarceration and Post-release Health Behavior
Porter, L. C. (2014) · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · doi:10.1177/0022146514531438 · Cited by 83
“For example, a romantic partner can monitor smoking habits and marriage restructures a person’s life in ways that foster healthy habits (Umberson et al. 2010).”
Background“Double Burden of Malnutrition”
Kulkarni, V. S., Kulkarni, V. S., & Gaiha, R. (2016) · International Journal of Health Services · doi:10.1177/0020731416664666 · Cited by 92
“Early childhood experiences play a role in determining health trajectories in adulthood.(29) Undernutrition in early life is linked to obesity in later stages of life.”
BackgroundEvans‐Polce, R. J., Veliz, P. T., Boyd, C. J., Hughes, T. L., & McCabe, S. E. (2019) · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · doi:10.1007/s00127-019-01694-x · Cited by 87
Fertility History and Cognition in Later Life
Read, S., & Grundy, E. M. D. (2016) · The Journals of Gerontology Series B · doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw013 · Cited by 82
Different Kinds of Lonely: Dimensions of Isolation and Substance Use in Adolescence
Copeland, M., Fisher, J. C., Moody, J. W., & Feinberg, M. E. (2018) · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0860-3 · Cited by 82
“Peers are one of the most important social factors predicting health behaviors and supporting healthy development in adolescence (Umberson et al. 2010).”
BackgroundHolman, D. M., & Watson, M. (2013) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.09.021 · Cited by 82
“This finding contrasts with other studies that suggest peers are the single biggest social factor in predicting adolescent healthrelated behavior [53].”
ResultRelationship Context and Intimate Partner Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Johnson, W. L. B., Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., & Longmore, M. A. (2015) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.08.014 · Cited by 82
Racism and Social Capital: The Implications for Social and Physical Well‐Being
Brondolo, E. N., Libretti, M., Rivera, L. M., & Walsemann, K. M. (2012) · Journal of Social Issues · doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.2012.01752.x · Cited by 81
“…partners, friends, and neighbors satisfy fundamental needs for belonging and can support the development of social norms and habits, including those necessary for physical and psychological health (Saegert, Warren, & Thompson, 2001; Smith & Christakis, 2008; Umberson, Crosnoe, & Reczek, 2010).”
Marital quality, marital dissolution, and mortality risk during the later life course
Bulanda, J. R., Brown, J. S., & Yamashita, T. (2016) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.025 · Cited by 81
“Social Ties, Health and Wellbeing: A Literature Review and Model”,
Kemp, A. H., Arias, J. A., & Fisher, Z. (2017) · Neuroscience and Social Science · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68421-5_17 · Cited by 79
Metadata
- Authors
- Umberson, D., Crosnoe, R., & Reczek, C.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2010-06-01
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 139-157
- ISSN
- 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2115
- PMC
- PMC3171805
- OpenAlex
- W2141249644
- Cited by
- 1,226
- References
- 149
- Citations by year
- 2026: 66 · 2025: 101 · 2024: 105 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 103 · 2021: 120 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 85 · 2018: 91 · 2017: 79 · 2016: 72 · 2015: 67 · 2014: 49 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 28
- FWCI
- 4.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Annual Review of Sociology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG026613)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03HD078754, R24HD042849, R01HD055359)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- interpersonal relationships, health behavior, life course, social ties, childhood and adolescence, adulthood, early life experience, health outcomes, social determinants of health
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