Social support and life events in working class women. Stress buffering or independent effects?
Arch Gen Psychiatry
; 43(4): 315-23, 1986 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-3954554
ABSTRACT
Several authors have suggested that social support reduces the risk of psychiatric disorder by providing a "buffer" against the adverse effects of stressful events. Others have proposed, in contrast, that social support is beneficial irrespective of life stress. We addressed this issue in a community survey of 193 working class mothers by measuring social support, threatening life events, psychiatric symptomatology, and psychological well-being via a detailed assessment combining a standardized interview and case-identification procedure with self-report questionnaires yielding continuous measures of distress and well-being. Subject selection minimized confounding between support and events. The effects of life stress and social support were found to be largely independent of one another, although detailed analysis suggested that the conclusions drawn in such studies are affected by the measures and statistics used.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Classe Social
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Meio Social
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Apoio Social
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Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article