g R w 101 NUANCES interpersonal relationships INFLUENCE INFWENCE OUR HEALTH NEW STUDY SHOWS ambivalent relationships naise raise naise raise natse our blood pressure anyone ever pounded wall wilfed wolfed down gallon ice cream frustrating relationship agree julianne holt lunstad standing assistant professor positive health effects socializing flip side recognizing psychology found ambivalentrelationships ambivalent relationships raise blood our pressure relationships created equal brigham young university professor went great lengths measure health effect relationships based varying quality feel both positive negative toward hope julianne holt lunstad assistant professor psychology expectation something positive then you dont colleagues found dealing those whom get support you wanted very distressing mixed conflicted feelings raise our blood pressure fact same time study results reaffirmed sense study participants blood pressure higher those situations security tend find among family members said kathleen C interacting people whom clearly light professor director stress health research negative feelings program university north carolina school medicine conventional wisdom stress bad our health important contribution field health psy- chology personal relationships good social support adds growing literature health helps us deal our stress holt lunstad said benefits associated close family ties light said relationships cause interpersonal stress cant just investigators used sophisticated approach found lump our relationships together people think do people tend frequent positive interactions someone might feel ambivalent toward mother you love family members spouses even do very much overbearing critical good friend negative interactions relatives blood pressure levels do whos chos lots fun yet very competitive rise much negative interactions occur holt lunstad reports findings new issue people may reason why people strong family american psychological association journal health psychology ties live longer experience better quality life assisted four authors university utah relationships shown positive influence holt lunstad arranged 102 study subjects wear portable common cause death industrialized countries blood pressure monitors mostly concealed clothes coronary heart disease way relationships may affect heart three days participants pressed button five minutes disease through impact blood pressure every social interaction record blood pressure accurate measurement blood pressure taken while person logged electronic monitors kept detailed going through daily life until holt lunstads study diaries those whom dealt each day answered little research examined whether characteristics social questions relationships researchers took extra relationships affect ambulatory blood pressure level steps account relatively few times participants forgot prior research social relationships health primarily measure blood pressure record interaction looked blood pressure laboratory setting holt lunstad analyzing results accounting factors like said our study everyday lives physical activity diet researchers found relation- ships interacting people recorded blood pressure mixed feelings seem unsettling least while doing methodology affords nice related blood pressure outright hostility naturalism realism prior research shown youre interacting those you feel aversive highly predictive clinical outcomes negative toward these people predictable you either extra precision study holt lunstad avoid them you discount them you know what look beyond general axioms declare social relationships expect them holt lunstad explained person you healthy negative relationships raise blood pressure lab 28 MARRIAGE & FAMILIES