Support-Giving Is Associated With Lower Systemic Inflammation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Support-giving has emerged as a health-relevant social behavior, such that giving more support is associated with better physical health. However, biological mechanisms by which support-giving and health are linked remain unclear. Whether support-giving uniquely relates to health relative to other psychosocial factors is also an open research question.

Purpose

Two studies test the hypothesis that support-giving is uniquely (over-and-above other psychosocial factors) related to lower systemic inflammation, a biological correlate of health.

Methods

Cross-sectional associations of support-giving with markers of systemic inflammation (i.e., interleukin-6 [IL-6], C-reactive protein [CRP]) were examined in two independent samples of midlife adults (Study 1, n = 7

SUBMITTER: Inagaki TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10413322 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature