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Debra Umberson
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 135
Citations - 23842
Debra Umberson is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life course approach & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 125 publications receiving 21227 citations. Previous affiliations of Debra Umberson include University of Michigan & Vanderbilt University.
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Social relationships and health.
TL;DR: Experimental and quasi-experimental studies suggest that social isolation is a major risk factor for mortality from widely varying causes and the mechanisms through which social relationships affect health remain to be explored.
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Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy
TL;DR: Key research themes in the study of social relationships and health are described and policy implications suggested by this research are highlighted.
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Structures and Processes of Social Support
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the recent literature on social support and health and its relation to preexisting research and theory in the areas of social networks and social integration is presented, focusing on the need to better understand the structures and processes through which social relationships affect human health and well-being.
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Gender, marital status and the social control of health behavior☆
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that marriage may be beneficial to health because many spouses monitor and attempt to control their spouse's health behaviors, and there is some support for the social control and health behavior hypothesis among the married.
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Family status and health behaviors: social control as a dimension of social integration.
TL;DR: Results indicate that marriage and presence of children in the home have a deterrent effect on negative health behaviors, and it is suggested that family roles promote social control of health behaviors which affect subsequent mortality.