Social Isolation Effect In Relationships

?Needing to belong, the need of love, and having a relationship are ways humans are motivated to affiliate. Also, could be known as the “belongingness hypothesis,” these are people that have the need to feel closely connected to others and have an affectionate bond from close relationships is one of a human's behavior (Baumeister, R.& Leary, M. R., 2014). Social isolation can have consequences of bad health such as high blood pressure, the lack of exercise, obesity, or smoking (House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988, p. 315). Sometimes feeling isolated can cause unfriendly behavior such as, dollars donated, experiments volunteered, and more (Cacioppo, Freberg, 2013, p.315). With loneliness, you have a consequence of facing the threat to survive and need repair for social connections (Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008). These two are both bad for you health but in a different way. Loneliness can raise the level of stress hormone cortisol and blood pressure, and with social isolation, the blood pressure could be pushed so high causing a heart attack or stroke. Another consequence could be the lack of sleep, both physically and psychologically. With social contact, ?the some of the ill effects of loneliness could be stopped (Gammon, K. 2012). Social isolation can actually make the temperature of your body feel cold. The saying “The cold shoulder is more than just a metaphor,” the more to experience the hard cold emotions were really cold (Moskowitz, C. 2008).
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