Research project

The role of social support in effective self management of chronic disease

Occupational Therapy group

Research overview

Abundant scientific evidence links social context to health inequality and lack of positive social relations with others impacts upon risk of disease, disease management and disease outcomes.

Our research investigates the ways in which social processes impact health behaviour and behavioural outcomes.

Related papers

  • Murray, S. L., McNulty, J. K., Xia, J., Lamarche, V. M., Seery, M. D., Ward, D. E., Griffin, D. W., Hicks, L. L., & Jung, H. Y. (2023). Pursuing safety in social connection regulates the risk-regulation, social-safety, and behavioral-immune systems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(3), 519–547. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000420
  • Orbell, S., Szczepura, A., Weller, D., Gumber, A., & Hagger, M. S. (2017). South Asian ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and psychological mediators of faecal occult blood colorectal screening participation: A prospective test of a process model. Health Psychology, 36(12), 1161–1172. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000525