Marital status and gender differences in managing a chronic illness: The function of health-related social control

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 71; no. 10; pp. 1831 - 1838
• Main Authors: August, Kristin J., Sorkin, Dara H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2010; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; California; Chronic Disease - therapy; Chronic Illness; Chronic illnesses; Cultural Pluralism; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Emotions; Female; Gender differences; Gender differentiation; Health; Health Behavior; Health behaviors; Hostility; Humans; Illness; Illness management; Long-term care; Male; Marital Status; Middle Aged; Patients; Regression analysis; Sex Differences; Sex Factors; Social Control; Social control Health behaviors Marital status Gender differences Illness management Type 2 diabetes USA Social networks; Social Control, Formal; Social Networks; Social Response; Social sciences; Social Support; Stress, Psychological; Type 2 diabetes; U.S.A; USA; California; Southern California; United States > US; Type 2 diabetes; Social control; USA; Marital status; Health behaviors; Illness management; Social networks; Gender differences

The attempts of social network members to regulate individuals’ health behaviors, or health-related social control, is one mechanism by which social relationships influence health. Little is known, however, about whether this process varies in married versus unmarried individuals managing a chronic...