News tagged with social relationships

Young men who feel body shame less hopeful about relationships, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—It's no longer just Barbie dolls that evoke a sense of unattainable beauty. Now, it seems G.I. Joe's biceps and six-pack abs are doing the same. Increasingly, objectification and heightened masculinity ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fun and friends help ease the pain of breast cancer

Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente ...

Cancer created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of depression influenced by quality of relationships, research says

The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children and teens with autism more likely to become preoccupied with video games

Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often than their typically developing peers and are more likely to develop problematic video game habits, ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Green cities mean healthier people

(Medical Xpress)—Australians will be happier, safer and healthier if they look after the nature spots in their cities, according to new research led by The University of Queensland.

Health created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

'Backbone' of mental illness stigma common in 16 countries studied

An international study found that despite widespread acceptance that mental illness is a disease that can be effectively treated, a common "backbone" of prejudice exists that unfairly paints people with conditions such as ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds good marriages more likely for teens of happy homes

A UT Dallas study has found that people who come from families with members who are encouraging and engaged with one another tend to have marriages with more positive outcomes later in life.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

We're emotionally distant and that's just fine by me

When it comes to having a lasting and fulfilling relationship, common wisdom says that feeling close to your romantic partner is paramount. But a new study finds that it's not how close you feel that matters most, it's whether ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When the mind controls the machines

More than a hundred patients suffering from severe motor impairments have voluntarily participated in the development of non-invasive brain-machine interfaces. The main purpose of these machines is to allow ...

Neuroscience created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Poor sleep can leave romantic partners feeling unappreciated

Spouses and other romantic partners often complain about feeling unappreciated, and a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests poor sleep may play a hidden role.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Powerful people better at shaking off rebuffs, bonding with others

Employees often tiptoe around their bosses for fear of offending them. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows people in power have thicker skin than one might think.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Understanding personality for decision-making, longevity, and mental health

Extraversion does not just explain differences between how people act at social events. How extraverted you are may influence how the brain makes choices – specifically whether you choose an immediate or delayed reward, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study examines link between incarceration and psychiatric disorders

Psychiatric disorders are prevalent among current and former inmates of correctional institutions, but what has been less clear is whether incarceration causes these disorders or, alternatively, whether inmates have these ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oxytocin produces more engaged fathers and more responsive infants

A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory study, led by Dr. Ruth Feldman from Bar-Ilan University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The skills that make us a good partner make us a good parent

Being a good partner may make you a better parent, according to a new study. The same set of skills that we tap to be caring toward our partners is what we use to nurture our children, researchers found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social relation

A Social relation is a concept in social science referring most generally to a relationship between two or more people, but that relationship can exist without those people actively and deliberately relating, communicating or associating with each other.

Therefore, the concept of a social relation can in fact refer to a multitude of different kinds of social interactions, perhaps regulated by social norms, between people who have a social position and perform a social role. In the hierarchy of sociological concepts, a social relation refers to something more than behavior, action, social behavior, social action, social contact and social interaction.

Social relations form the basis of social organization, social structure, social movement and social system. Individuals are born into a pre-existing pattern or network of social relations, define their identity through social relations, and ultimately cannot survive or stay healthy in an isolated way without social relations. On the other hand, if they experience intense pressure from other people, this can cause individuals to withdraw or try to escape from social relations.

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