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Spread of health behaviors in young couples: How relationship power shapes relational influence

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  • Cornelius, Talea
  • Desrosiers, Alethea
  • Kershaw, Trace

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Romantic relationships provide a context in which partners can influence each other's health behaviors (e.g., weight-related behaviors, substance use). Partner influence may be especially pronounced among newly parenting adolescent and young adult couples because of the desire to maintain relationships (and therefore openness to influence), and because parenting-related challenges can pose risk for uptake of unhealthy behaviors. Two understudied factors that might affect partner influence on health behaviors include relative power within the relationship and prior levels of engagement in health behaviors.

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  • Cornelius, Talea & Desrosiers, Alethea & Kershaw, Trace, 2016. "Spread of health behaviors in young couples: How relationship power shapes relational influence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 46-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:165:y:2016:i:c:p:46-55
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.030
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