Emotion, Social Relationships, and Health

by Carol D. Ryff (Editor), Burton H. Singer (Editor)

Overview

This volume brings together, for the first time, inquiries into the size and proximity of social networks and emotion in social relationships to advance understanding of how emotion in significant social relationships influences health. The collection integrates knowledge from those with expertise in mapping the nature of emotional experience in human relations with those who are linking social ties to health outcomes, and those who explicate underlying neurobiological mechanisms. The book puts forth the idea that full explication of how emotion, social relationships, and health are woven together demands multidisciplinary inquiry and brings together leading experts from fields of affective science, clinical and social psychology, epidemiology, psychiatry, psychoneuroimmunology, psychoneuroendocrinology, and health to promote the above synthesis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190287016
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/03/2001
Series:	Series in Affective Science
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

Table of Contents

Contributors1. Introduction: Integrating Emotion into the Study of Social Relationships and Health, Carol D. Ryff and Burton H. Singer2. Meta-Emotion, Children's Emotional Intelligence, and Buffering Children from Marital Conflict, John GottmanCommentary, Victoria von Sadovszky and Kathryn E. Angell3. Relationship Experiences and Emotional Well-Being, Harry T. ReisCommentary, Angela Cloninger4. Group Psychotherapy for Women with Breast Cancer: Relationships among Social Support, Emotional Expression, and Survival, David Spiegel and Rachel KimerlingCommentary, Vicki Aken5 Elective Afinities and Uninvited Agonies: Mapping Emotions with Significant Others onto Health, Carol D. Ryff et al.6. How Do Others Get under Our Skin? Social Relationships and Health, Teresa SeemanCommentary, Christine M. L. Kwan7. Social Relationships and Susceptibility to the Common Cold, Sheldon CohenCommentary, Ted Robles8. Social Context and Other Psychological Influences on the Development of Immunity, Christopher L. Coe and Gabriele R. LubachCommentary, Teresa M. ReyesAuthor IndexSubject Index

Editorial Reviews

Papers and commentary from the 1997 Third Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion delve into the nature of emotional interaction with significant others and its role in illuminating the established ties between social relationships and health. Contributors from the fields of affective science, clinical and social psychology, epidemiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and health address how to observe and evaluate social interactions in clinical, laboratory, or daily life contexts, and link emotional experience to health outcomes. Ryff teaches psychology at the University of Wisconsin. Singer is affiliated with the Office of Population Research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"Papers and commentary from the 1997 Third Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion delve into the nature of emotional interaction with significant others and its role in illuminating the established ties between social relationships and health. Contributors from the fields of affective science, clinical and social psychology, epidemiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and health address how to observe and evaluate social interactions in clinical, laboratory, or daily life contexts, and link emotional experience to health outcomes. Ryff teaches psychology at the University of Wisconsin. Singer is affiliated with the Office of Population Research."—SciTech Book News

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