PY4 benefits of relationships
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- Created on: 29-04-15 23:20
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- Benefits of relationships of psychological wellbeing
- Importance of relationships
- ARGYLE: w right social attachments we live longer, better psych and phys health and happier
- FREEDMAN: single ladies- friends and LOVE highest rated.... married m&w ranked LOVE MARRIAGE and PARTNERS HAPPINESS highest
- Mental health: buffering hyp
- Links between social relationships and risk of mental health issues. Links between high stress and low soc support
- LEPPIN ET AL: meta anal of 70 studies. -0.22 between social support and depress.
- COCHRANE: marriage = lower admission to mental health hosp and divorced higher
- Assumes only marriage supports buffer
- ARGYLE ET AL: divorced/separated more likely depressed and suicide. Main mental illness in single is depression
- Genetic suseptibility?
- Depression causing divorce?
- Evaluation
- lots of supporting evidence showing strong correlations
- BECKHAM ET AL: links wiith phys health, suggesting other benefits
- applies to all kinds or relationships
- studies show most mentally ill are lacking strong family relationships
- Self report/ correlation
- Happiness "state of contentment"
- BRADBURN (US): asked divorced/single/married about life happiness: marries = 31% increase. 10% married not happy, 40% separated not happy. Marriage = :) for m & fs
- Why?
- ARGYLE: 3 factors of satisfaction. Socio emotional support, material help, common interests SPOUSE SCORED HIGHEST IN ALL
- self report
- Most satisfaction from relationship thats most important, others unsatisfact in comparison.
- GLENN: U shaped marriage curve
- HARDING: women with children felt boredome aggression and loneliness
- ARGYLE: 3 factors of satisfaction. Socio emotional support, material help, common interests SPOUSE SCORED HIGHEST IN ALL
- Why?
- Evaluation
- Historical bias: marriage now less beneficial.. it was prev the only way of having sexual rel. Women more independant.
- Dishonesty
- BRADBURN (US): asked divorced/single/married about life happiness: marries = 31% increase. 10% married not happy, 40% separated not happy. Marriage = :) for m & fs
- Mother - child
- GENIE THE FERAL CHILD 13 yrs locked away by dad
- deprived of caregiver bond: poor soc skills, low self esteem poor cognition.
- unique - hard to generalise
- potential brain damage at birth rather deprivation?
- deprived of caregiver bond: poor soc skills, low self esteem poor cognition.
- GENIE THE FERAL CHILD 13 yrs locked away by dad
- Importance of relationships
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