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OBJECTIVE:Social relationships play a vital role in health and well-being, and it follows that loss experiences can be highly stressful for some people. This article reviews what is known about the association between marital separation, divorce, and health outcomes. METHODS:Key findings in the area of divorce and health are discussed, and the review outlines a series of specific questions for future research. In particular, the article integrates research in social epidemiology with research in social psychophysiology. The former approach provides a broad-based estimate of the association between marital status and health outcomes, whereas the latter approach studies mechanisms of action and individual differences associated with increased risk for poor outcomes. RESULTS:The experience of separation or divorce confers risk for poor health outcomes, including a 23% higher mortality rate. However, most people cope well and are resilient after their marriage or long-term relationship ends. Despite the fact that resilience is the most common response, a small percentage of people (approximately 10%-15%) struggle quite substantially, and it seems that the overall elevated adverse health risks are driven by the poor functioning of this group. Several candidate mechanisms and novel (ambulatory) assessment techniques that may elucidate the poor outcomes among people who adapt poorly to separation are discussed. CONCLUSIONS:To increase knowledge on the association between divorce and health, three primary areas require more research: a) genetic and third variable explanations for divorce-related health outcomes, (b) better studies of objective social behavior after separation, and (c) increased attention to interventions targeting high-risk adults.
journal_name
Psychosom Medjournal_title
Psychosomatic medicineauthors
Sbarra DAdoi
10.1097/PSY.0000000000000168subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-04-01 00:00:00pages
227-36issue
3eissn
0033-3174issn
1534-7796journal_volume
77pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:OBJECTIVE:The natural course of elevated depressive symptoms or subthreshold depression in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is presented, as is the prognostic impact. Safe and effective psychological treatment options are desirable for subthreshold depression in patients with ACS, should they prove tolera...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000116716.19848.65
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess whether a life-style physical activity intervention improved antibody response to a pneumococcal vaccination in sedentary middle-aged women. METHODS:Eighty-nine sedentary women completed a 16-week exercise (physical activity consultation, pedometer, telephone/e-mail prompts; n = 44) or control (adv...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182a0b664
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:An attachment model was used to understand how maternal sensitivity and adverse childhood experiences are related to somatization. METHODS:We examined maternal sensitivity at 6 and 18 months and somatization at 5 years in 292 children in a longitudinal cohort study. We next examined attachment insecurity and...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000437
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was associated with attentional bias toward symptom-related cues in IBS patients versus healthy controls, using a modified Stroop task to measure selective processing of gastrointestinal symptom-related cues. METHODS:Fifteen patients with a clini...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000232270.78071.28
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine whether socioeconomic status (SES) (education, occupation, income), is associated both cross sectionally and prospectively with circulating concentrations of a) two correlates of oxidative damage, F(2)-isoprostanes (F(2)-IsoPs) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT); and b) antioxidant nutrients (asco...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e31819e7526
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Beyond male/female binaries, gender roles represent masculine and feminine traits that we assimilate and enact throughout life span development. Bem proposed that "androgynous" individuals adeptly adapt to different contexts by alternating from a strong repertoire of both masculine and feminine gender roles....
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000351
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This article provides the chemical basis for the molecular modification of H1 antihistamines in the rational development of some antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. METHODS:A review of the literature and personal experiences have been compiled. CONCLUSIONS:The contributions of many basic scientists, the...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199909000-00002
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To test associations between heart rate variability (HRV), depressed mood, and positive affect in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Depression is associated with impaired HRV post acute cardiac events, but evidence in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) is inconsistent. ME...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e318189afcc
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Elective surgery represents a considerable source of stress for the patient. Many attempts have been made to prepare patients before surgery with the aim of reducing stress and improving outcome. This study used a novel approach to fulfill this aim by showing a videotape of a patient undergoing total hip repl...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-200005000-00010
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that patients with MI are distinguished from persons with a less serious illness, more by subjective interpretations of the emotional impact of life events than by exposure to a surfeit of life events that purportedly representative samples of the population have judged ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198001000-00001
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a protein secreted by immune cells and the pituitary gland, may be associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and the mental state of coronary patients. The first origin of MIF suggests positive, the second negative associations. The aim of this study was to ex...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e31802b8750
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The association of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with hostility, a component of Type A behavior, has not been investigated. Previous studies have found an association between coronary arterial disease and hostility. We used Doppler tests to define PAD as consisting of a resting index less than 0.9, absence of post...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198905000-00003
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationship between change in mode of housing and corresponding blood pressure (BP) change was investigated among 568 male prisoners as an analogue to animal studies which have shown that crowding elevates BP. The transfer from single occupancy cells to multiple occupancy dormitories was associated with a statist...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198104000-00001
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We examine associations between the perception of ongoing psychological demands by ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and 6-year changes in carotid artery atherosclerosis by ultrasonography. METHODS:A total of 270 initially healthy participants collected ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) and recorded their ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182572599
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to assess the role of psychological stress in the expression of illness among infected subjects and to test the plausibility of local proinflammatory cytokine production as a pathway linking stress to illness. METHODS:After completing a measure of psychological stress, 55 subject...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199903000-00009
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Several determinants of age-related hearing impairment have been identified, but little is known about the predictive value of psychological factors. The present study examined whether five-factor model personality traits are prospectively associated with hearing acuity in middle-aged and older adults. METHO...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000734
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-197705000-00002
更新日期:1977-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Using a prospective design, this study examined the hypothesis that a predisposition to focus on internal aspects of the self serves as a stress resistance resource. One hundred and twenty subjects filled out the Private Self-Consciousness inventory, a schedule of recent life events and a symptom checklist. Two months...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198509000-00007
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tetrahydrocortisol (H4F) and tetrahydrocortisone (H4E) were determined for a group of 15 depressed patients and 25 normal controls following the administration of cortisol-4-C14. The ratio, H4F/H4E, was significantly greater for the depressed patients than for the normal controls (P less than 0.001), although the sum ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-197601000-00003
更新日期:1976-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000759
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198703000-00002
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sixty women attending a family planning clinic completed assessments of their attributions for negative and positive mood states for an individual at different menstrual cycle stages. Negative moods occurring premenstrually were almost invariably viewed as related to health factors. Positive moods tended to be attribu...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198809000-00003
更新日期:1988-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To test whether the association between depression and inflammation differs by race and sex. Depressive symptoms have been associated with higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP). However, few studies have examined this association in samples including a significant number of African Americans, or examined ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e318222379c
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We examined whether depression is independently associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy for ventricular tachyarrhythmias and mortality. METHODS:A cohort of 430 consecutive patients with a first-time ICD (79% men; mean [standard deviation] age = 57.8 [12.1] years) completed the Ho...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000017
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aims of this pilot study were: 1) to establish the reliability and validity of a new self-report instrument designed to index monitoring for sleep-related threat; 2) to determine the presence of ten monitoring types proposed in a recent cognitive model of insomnia and to examine the relationship between m...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000114870.50968.90
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The two objectives are to test the hypothesis that women in a profession with low decision latitude will have greater catecholamine excretion and higher blood pressure than women in a profession with greater decision latitude, and to assess the influence of ethnicity on the occupational comparison. METHODS:...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000222356.71315.8e
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Osteoporosis is a common problem in postmenopausal women. It has been linked to estrogen deficiency, other neuroendocrine processes such as hypercortisolemia and male hypogonadism, nutritional deficiencies, and other mechanisms. Some of these changes have been also reported in male and female patients with mental diso...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199509000-00011
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Psychosocial work characteristics, such as work demand, work control, and social support at work, have been shown to be related to the development of coronary heart disease in epidemiological studies. However, the mechanisms which mediate the social and psychological effects on the cardiovascular system are not known....
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/00006842-199101000-00005
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The new DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder was introduced to improve the diagnosis of persons experiencing what used to be called somatoform disorders. So far, it is unclear whether existing self-report measures are useful to detect the new somatic symptom disorder. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000530
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Attitudes have a potential role to play in the experience of menopause. The objective of this study was to examine the degree to which attitudes toward menopause and aging vary across ethnic groups and menopausal status (ie, premenopausal through postmenopausal). METHODS:More than 16,000 women were interview...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199911000-00023
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00