IRSP Faculty Affiliate Profile:
Ted Robles
Department of Psychology
5611 Franz Hall
Email: robles@psych.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.psych.ucla.edu/Faculty/faculty.php?id=115&area=11

Research:
My research interests involve understanding how social connections influence health, with a focus on two general biological pathways: Allostatic pathways that include regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and immune and inflammatory responses to injury and infection, and restorative pathways; and "restorative" pathways including wound healing and sleep. My research will involve daily diary and laboratory studies of physiology in married couples and in a separate line of work, individuals with social anxiety disorder.

Selected Publications:

Troxel, W. M., Robles, T. F., Hall, M., & Buysse, D. J. (in press). Marital quality and the marital bed: Examining the covariation between relationship quality and sleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Robles, T. F., Shaffer, V. A., Malarkey, W. B., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2006). Positive behaviors during marital conflict: Influences on stress hormones. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Robles, T. F., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2003). The physiology of marriage: Pathways to health. Physiology and Behavior, 79, 409-416.

Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., McGuire, L., Robles, T. F., & Glaser, R. (2002). Emotions, morbidity, and mortality: New perspectives from psychoneuroimmunology. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 83-107.
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