Our relationships hinder or support behavior change.
Not Feeling Healthy and Fit?
Look @ Your Partner –
There is a Strong and Consistent Link Between
Marriage & Physical Health
In marriage (or long-term relationship for that matter) health and health behavior can be positively influenced in two ways:
promote health-enhancing behaviors & inhibit health-compromising behaviors
Spouses affect health behaviors either via:
social support (help spouse achieve or maintain health by offering emotional and instrumental support)
or
social control (deliberately influence partner’s health behavior)