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For example, cancer and HIV sometimes frighten people into silence or avoidance.

Research has found that this often happens when an individual is seeking support for a stigmatized health condition ( Wolitski et al., 2008 Wright and Miller, 2010 Wright and Rains, 2013). Social network members may avoid communicating with a person or fail to provide satisfying support when it is needed most. Other problems related to social networks and social support can occur due to a variety of differing perceptions, cultural influences, and other environmental factors. For example, relational conflict, role obligations, and unwanted or insensitive advice from a friend can increase stress levels and lead to negative health outcomes ( Goldsmith and Albrecht, 2011). Research indicates that negative aspects of social networks and relationships can lead to negative health outcomes. This area of research has also uncovered a surprising complex array of social, relational, psychological, and environmental variables that make it challenging to study the specific mechanisms of how social network members impact our health in good and bad ways ( Goldsmith and Albrecht, 2011).

Moreover, people may give a person who is struggling with a health issue false, misguided, or incomplete support ( Helgeson and Gottlieb, 2000).

For example, having a large number of peers who smoke cigarettes may negatively affect the success rate of a patientвЂ™s quitting attempts. In addition to being positively correlated with health, positive types of social network support can reinforce health behavior change, while negative types of social network influence can undermine health behavior change ( Revenson et al., 1991 Amick and Ockene, 1994 Goldsmith, 2004). Controlling for known determinants of morbidity and mortality, a number of studies have shown that people with low social support levels have a higher risk of mortality compared to people who have stronger and more satisfying support networks ( Berkman and Syme, 1979 Cohen et al., 2000). Decades of research studies have found that our social networks and interpersonal relationships have a substantial impact on our physical health and our psychological well-being ( Burleson et al., 1994 Cohen et al., 2000 Shaw and Gant, 2002 Goldsmith, 2004 Goldsmith and Albrecht, 2011 Thoits, 2011).

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