Marital problem solving styles link to health effects
Ohio State University researchers studied 90 newlywed couples, capturing 24 hour data including heart rate blood pressure and video coded conflict discussions to assess how positive and negative marital interactions relate to immune and hormonal responses.
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Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Ronald Glaser
William B. Malarkey
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Negative marital hostility linked to immune and blood pressure changes
Rural Life notes that couples with high hostile interaction show reduced natural killer cell activity and lymphocyte responses while experiencing larger blood pressure increases. Women show more immune changes, and task-focused skills do not mitigate effects. A Ohio State study found distressed newlyweds exhibit stronger physiological shifts.
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