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Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across the Life Course

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Umberson, Debra, Crosnoe, Robert, Reczek, Corinne·2010·Annual Review of Sociology

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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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Associations Among Excess Weight Status and Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use in a Large National Sample of Early Adolescent Youth
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“Sociological theory suggests social ties are highly influential of engagement in both positive and negative health behaviors (Crosnoe 2012; Umberson et al. 2010).”
Background
Socioeconomic status, frailty, and subjective well-being: A moderated mediation analysis in elderly Chinese
Yang, F., & Pang, J. S. (2016) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105316675211 · Cited by 15
“…benefits, including physiological (e.g. immune function), psychological (e.g. sense of belonging, purpose of life, access to social support, and active coping strategies), and health behavioral domains (Adams et al., 2011; Glass et al., 2006; Menec, 2003; Umberson et al., 2010; Zhang et al., 2015).”
BackgroundResultInfluential
Knowledge About Alzheimer’s Disease and Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease–Related Services in Older Korean Americans: The Role of Social Capital
Park, N. S., Jang, Y., Rhee, M., Yoon, H., & Chiriboga, D. A. (2020) · Journal of Applied Gerontology · doi:10.1177/0733464820911533 · Cited by 14
“Such findings confirm that knowledge transmits through social connections and those who have firsthand knowledge or who have more extensive networks have the advantage of acquiring better knowledge of the disease and available local services (S.-Y. D. Lee et al., 2004; Umberson et al., 2010).”
Background
Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi: A Qualitative Analysis
Bhushan, N. L., Phanga, T., Maseko, B., Vansia, D., Kamtsendero, L., Gichane, M. W., Maman, S., Pettifor, A. E., & Rosenberg, N. E. (2021) · Studies in Family Planning · doi:10.1111/sifp.12174 · Cited by 14
Social Isolation and Falls Risk: Lack of Social Contacts Decreases the Likelihood of Bathroom Modification Among Older Adults With Fear of Falling
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“Social support can come in the form of instrumental support (e.g., money or labor), emotional support, or informational support, all of which may help encourage or enable individuals to engage in healthy behaviors (Umberson et al., 2010).”
BackgroundInfluential
Gender inequality and mammography screening: Does living with a partner improve women's mammography uptake?
Jolidon, V. (2022) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114875 · Cited by 14
Efficacy of an mHealth Behavior Change Intervention for Promoting Physical Activity in the Workplace: Randomized Controlled Trial
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“Furthermore, social relationships and social contexts influence and promote healthy behaviors [23,24].”
Social Network Type and Health among Older Americans
Shiovitz‐Ezra, S., & Litwin, H. (2015) · International perspectives on aging · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9615-6_2 · Cited by 14
“In comparison, such behaviors as smoking, substance abuse and excessive weight gain can damage one’s health (Umberson et al. 2010).”
Background
The Spillover Influence of Partner’s Education on Myocardial Infarction Incidence and Survival
Kilpi, F., Martikainen, P., Konttinen, H. M., Silventoinen, K., Torssander, J., & Kawachi, I. I. (2017) · Epidemiology · doi:10.1097/ede.0000000000000785 · Cited by 14
Effects of a federal housing voucher experiment on adolescent binge drinking: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
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Moving Upstream: The Effect of Tobacco Clean Air Restrictions on Educational Inequalities in Smoking Among Young Adults
Hernandez, E. M., Vuolo, M., Frizzell, L. C., & Kelly, B. C. (2019) · Demography · doi:10.1007/s13524-019-00805-2 · Cited by 14
“It is reasonable to consider how linked lives dictate available flexible resources or health lifestyles and how they influence individual behaviors (Moen and Hernandez 2009; Umberson et al. 2010).”
Background
Socio‐economic inequalities in rates of amenable mortality in Scotland: Analyses of the fundamental causes using the Scottish Longitudinal Study, 1991–2010
McMinn, M., Seaman, R., Dundas, R., Pell, J. P., & Leyland, A. H. (2020) · Population Space and Place · doi:10.1002/psp.2385 · Cited by 14
“Entries and exits from the study are tracked through registrations and deregistrations”
Post-traumatic stress, social, and physical health: A mediation and moderation analysis of Syrian refugees and Jordanians in a border community
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“Research has also indicated that social relationships have a direct short and long-term impact on health, even when controlling for other variables that may influence mortality such as health behaviors and socioeconomic status [60, 62].”
Background
Prosocial and Positive Health Behaviors During a Period of Chronic Stress Protect Socioemotional Well-Being
Inagaki, T. K., MacCormack, J. K., & Muscatell, K. (2022) · Affective Science · doi:10.1007/s42761-021-00095-1 · Cited by 11
“, to minimize chronic disease risk) and other-protective reasons (e.g., to remain healthy for a child or partner; Brosso et al., 2021; Umberson et al., 2010).”
Background
Spousal influence on mammography screening: A life course perspective
Missinne, S., Colman, E., & Bracke, P. (2013) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.024 · Cited by 14
Pflegebedürftigkeit im Lebensverlauf
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The Sequencing of a College Degree during the Transition to Adulthood
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“…during the transition to adulthood are long lasting, and (3) people who have a college degree before familial transitions will have more resources and better health habits to help them avoid the increase in body mass associated with the initial transition to the roles of spouse and parent.”
Background
Relationships with parents and adult children's substance use
Reczek, C., Thomeer, M. B., Kissling, A., & Liu, H. (2016) · Addictive Behaviors · doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.10.014 · Cited by 14
Self-citation
Social relationships and the sleep-health nexus in adolescence: evidence from a comprehensive model with bi-directional effects
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“All rights reserved just one social bond that matters, but rather the “constellation of social ties” that determines teen health behaviors.(4) This study draws on the medical and social science literatures on teen sleep and wellbeing to estimate a comprehensive model of the bi-directional associations between sleep an…”
Background
Military Factors Associated with Smoking in Veterans
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The Social Autopsy
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“Well-known social mechanisms of mortality vary from social isolation (Umberson, Crosnoe, and Reczek 2010) to social cohesion (e.g., gang involvement or social support), access to services and a social safety net, but may also depend on the availability and accessibility of narcotics, alcohol, and…”
Background
Effects of Chronic Burden Across Multiple Domains and Experiences of Daily Stressors on Negative Affect
Lockwood, K. G., Peddie, L., Crosswell, A. D., Hives, B. A., Slopen, N. B., Almeida, D. M., & Puterman, E. M. (2022) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/abm/kaac001 · Cited by 13
“For example, relationship stressors may have a greater impact on mental health than work stressors [71], but the multi-domain chronic burden measure in the current investigation gives equal weight to both of these domains.”
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Reconciling Parenting and Smoking in the Context of Child Development
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“Strength of Weak Ties,” Neighborhood Ethnic Heterogeneity, and Depressive Symptoms among Adults: A Multilevel Analysis of Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) 2012
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“A voluminous literature exists highlighting the health benefits of social networks, ranging across a host of mental and physical categories (Berkman et al. 2000; Kawachi and Berkman 2001; Uchino 2006; Umberson et al. 2010).”
Background
Diet-specific social support, dietary acculturation, and self-efficacy among Chinese living in the United States
An, Z. (2017) · Journal of International and Intercultural Communication · doi:10.1080/17513057.2017.1390592 · Cited by 13
Romantic relationship trajectories among young African American men: The influence of adverse life contexts.
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“Life course perspectives on close relationships emphasize (a) how socioeconomic and other stressors in childhood exhibit continuity into adulthood, and (b) how the accumulation of disadvantage over time takes a toll on the quality of intimate relationships (Umberson et al., 2010).”
Background
Peripheral immune correlates of childhood and adolescent peer relationships: A systematic review
Scott, S., & Manczak, E. M. (2021) · Developmental Psychobiology · doi:10.1002/dev.22119 · Cited by 16
Remarriage After Divorce and Health in Later Life: Findings From CHARLS in China
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“…shared by married couples will provide certain protective mechanisms for physical health (Martikainen & Valkonen, 1996; Waite & Gallagher, 2000; Umberson et al., 2010), through the supervision and mutual care associated with the married state (Wyke & Ford, 1992; Umberson, Crosnoe, & Reczek,…”
Background
Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu
Bandyopadhyay, S., & Singh, K. K. (2023) · Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology · doi:10.1007/s10823-023-09476-4 · Cited by 13
“…We look forward to it every day in the morning (Participant 12, FGD-1, 95 years, male, community-dweller) Social relations and interactions are known to exert a strong influence on health and well-being (Umberson et al., 2010), and have also been associated with mortality (Glass et al., 1999).”
Background
Family connectedness, school attachment, peer influence and health-compromising behaviours among young Vietnamese males
Arunachalam, D., & Nguyen, D. Q. V. (2015) · Journal of Youth Studies · doi:10.1080/13676261.2015.1067674 · Cited by 13
“…to adapt as group members, the school environment and positive as well as negative peer pressure that may decrease or increase their chances to get involved in health-compromising behaviours (Cotterell 2007; Fletcher and Bonell 2013; Hussong 2002; Kirke 2006; Umberson, Crosnoe, and Reczek 2010).”
Background
The Inhibiting Function of Self-Control and Social Control on Alcohol Consumption
Gerich, J. (2013) · Journal of Drug Issues · doi:10.1177/0022042613491110 · Cited by 13
“…hand, some predominately health-related research has examined the more direct effects of social control that focus on interactions between network members that are intended to regulate behavior (Helgeson et al., 2004; Lewis, Butterfield, Darbes, & Johnston-Brooks, 2004; Umberson et al., 2010).”
BackgroundInfluential
Exercise mitigates cumulative associations between stress and BMI in girls age 10 to 19.
Puterman, E. M., Prather, A. A., Epel, E. S., Loharuka, S., Adler, N. E., Laraia, B. A., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2015) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/hea0000258 · Cited by 15
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“…capital they provide, significantly shape health outcomes (Berkman et al. 2000; Ferlander 2007; Hawe and Shiell 2000; Schaefer, Kornienko, and Fox 2011; Seeman 1996; Smith and Christakis 2008; Song 2010; Song and Lin 2009; Thoits 2011; Umberson, Crosnoe, and Reczek 2010; Umberson and Montez 2010).”
Background
Chinese Adolescents’ Relationships with Mothers, Fathers, and Siblings: Associations With Youth's Internalising and Externalising Problems
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Authors: Umberson, D., Crosnoe, R., & Reczek, C.
Affiliations: The University of Texas at Austin (US)
ORCID: Umberson, Debra
Crosnoe, Robert
Reczek, Corinne
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
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-120011
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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