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Researchers studied 85 married couples (170 people) to see if worries about close relationships (attachment anxiety) link to stress hormones and immune cells. People with higher attachment anxiety had higher saliva cortisol across three days and lower counts of several T-cell types in blood. The study is observational, mostly white…
This cross-sectional study in Nagoya, Japan looked at parents of 13–14 year olds and found that parents who reported stronger social support tended to have children with fewer emotional and behavioral problems and more prosocial behavior. The researchers analyzed 602 valid responses and included 536 families in the main analysis.…
