title: Toward health promotion: physical and social behaviors in complete health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effects of physical and social behaviors on "complete health."
  
  
  METHODS
  "Complete health" was constructed from measures of physical and mental health collected through the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS; n = 3032). Multinomial regression models examined the association of complete health with physical and social behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds of complete health were greatest among those who exercised, never smoked, attended church regularly, and had frequent contact with friends. Some "social" behaviors exerted effects comparable to "physical" behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions targeting social behaviors may yield similar gains to complete health as physical behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA. grzywacz@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grzywacz
authors.forename: Corey L M
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Keyes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012919:Social Behavior; D014481:United States