SOCIAL SUPPORT AND STRESSFUL EVENTS IN 2 DIMENSIONS - LIFE EVENTS AND ILLNESS AS AN EVENT

被引:21
作者
TIJHUIS, MAR
FLAP, HD
FOETS, M
GROENEWEGEN, PP
机构
[1] NIVEL,UTRECHT,NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV UTRECHT,DEPT SOCIOL,UTRECHT,NETHERLANDS
[3] UNIV UTRECHT,DEPT HUMAN GEOG,UTRECHT,NETHERLANDS
关键词
HEALTH; SUPPORT; LIFE EVENTS; ILLNESS;
D O I
10.1016/0277-9536(94)00276-Y
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Previous research on the buffering effects of social support focused mainly on life events as stressors, and mental illness as outcome. Furthermore, the question as to why support influences illness has not been subjected to theoretical or empirical study much. In this article we develop a hypothesis on the basis of the theory of social capital. We hypothesize that specific types of social resources are more relevant to the consequences of some events than of others. We test this hypothesis in two ways: (1) by taking life events as stressor and occurrence of illness as outcome, and, which is somewhat unusual, (2) by taking illness as stressor and duration and disabilities of illness as the outcome. Analyses of a representative sample of the Dutch population (N = 10,110) reveal that receiving specific types of support does not lead to better health or less illness in cases of stress. On the contrary, people who are under stress and receive more support, also appear to report more illness, more disabilities and a longer duration. We suggest that in an open sample like ours, the disease level measured is not severe enough to assess buffer effects of social support.
引用
收藏
页码:1513 / 1526
页数:14
相关论文
共 58 条
[1]   THE EFFECT OF WIDOWHOOD ON HEALTH - A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS-WOMENS-HEALTH-STUDY [J].
AVIS, NE ;
BRAMBILLA, DJ ;
VASS, K ;
MCKINLAY, JB .
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 1991, 33 (09) :1063-1070
[2]  
Berkman L. F., 1985, SOCIAL SUPPORT HLTH, P241
[3]  
BOXMAN EAW, 1988, THESIS AMSTERDAM
[4]   MOTHERS RECEIPT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING FOLLOWING MARITAL SEPARATION [J].
BUEHLER, C ;
LEGG, BH .
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, 1993, 10 (01) :21-38
[5]   SOCIAL RESOURCES AND SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS [J].
CAMPBELL, KE ;
MARSDEN, PV ;
HURLBERT, JS .
SOCIAL NETWORKS, 1986, 8 (01) :97-117
[6]  
COHEN S, 1985, PSYCHOL BULL, V98, P310, DOI 10.1037//0033-2909.98.2.310
[8]  
Cohen S., 1985, SOCIAL SUPPORT THEOR, P73, DOI DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-5115-0_5
[9]  
Cohen S., 1984, HDB PSYCHOL HLTH, P253, DOI DOI 10.1387/IJDB.082595MG
[10]  
Cohen S, 1989, LIFE SPAN DEV PSYCH, P213