Slatcher Richard B, Selcuk Emre
Wayne State University.
Middle East Technical University.
Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 2017 Feb;26(1):16-21. doi: 10.1177/0963721416667444. Epub 2017 Feb 8.
The association between the quality of people's close relationships and their physical health is well-established. But from a psychological perspective, do close relationships impact physical health? This article summarizes recent work seeking to identify the relationship processes, psychological mediators and moderators of the links between close relationships and health, with an emphasis on studies of married and cohabitating couples. We begin with a brief review of a recent meta-analysis of the links between marital quality and health. We then describe our model of marriage and health, homing in on one process--and one moderator--to illustrate ways in which basic relationship science can inform our understanding of how relationships impact physical health. We conclude with a brief discussion of promising directions in the study of close relationships and health.
人们亲密关系的质量与他们的身体健康之间的关联已得到充分证实。但从心理学角度来看，亲密关系会影响身体健康吗？本文总结了近期旨在确定亲密关系与健康之间联系的关系过程、心理调节变量和中介变量的研究工作，重点是对已婚和同居伴侣的研究。我们首先简要回顾一下近期关于婚姻质量与健康之间联系的荟萃分析。然后我们描述我们的婚姻与健康模型，重点关注一个过程和一个调节变量，以说明基础关系科学如何有助于我们理解关系如何影响身体健康。我们最后简要讨论亲密关系与健康研究中一些有前景的方向。
