Happy but unhealthy: The relationship between social ties and health in an emerging network
Happy but unhealthy: The relationship between social ties and health in an emerging network
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DOI：
10.1002/ejsp.2030
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发表时间：
2014-10-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Haslam, S. Alexander
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作者：
Howell, Jennifer L.;Koudenburg, Namkje;Haslam, S. Alexander
社会关系对于健康和福祉至关重要。然而，在追求社会认可时，人们有时可能会做出不利于健康的行为。我们采用多时间点设计，研究了学术暑期学校项目中新兴学生网络的结构是否与其身体健康和心理健康相关。在网络中处于更中心地位的参与者通常会经历更严重的疾病症状（例如感冒/流感症状），从事更危险的健康行为（例如酗酒），并且对压力源有更高的生理反应。与此同时，他们更快乐，感觉更有效，并且在应对繁重的数学任务时感受到的压力更小。这些结果表明，新兴网络中的社会关系与更好的心理健康有关，但也与较差的身体健康和健康行为有关。版权所有 (c) 2014 约翰·威利父子有限公司
Social connections are essential to health and well-being. However, when pursing social acceptance, people may sometimes engage in behavior that is detrimental to their health. Using a multi-time-point design, we examined whether the structure of an emerging network of students in an academic summer school program correlated with their physical health and mental well-being. Participants who were more central in the network typically experienced greater symptoms of illness (e.g., cold/flu symptoms), engaged in riskier health behaviors (e.g., binge drinking), and had higher physiological reactivity to a stressor. At the same time, they were happier, felt more efficacious, and perceived less stress in response to a strenuous math task. These outcomes suggest that social ties in an emerging network are associated with better mental well-being, but also with poorer physical health and health behaviors. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.