scholarly journals Relationship between religious social support and general social support with health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Debnam ◽  
Cheryl L. Holt ◽  
Eddie M. Clark ◽  
David L. Roth ◽  
Penny Southward
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Religious Social Support

Social Support as a Mediator of the Personality-Physical Functioning Relationship in a National Sample of African Americans: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110379
Author(s):  
Eddie M. Clark ◽  
Lijing Ma ◽  
Beverly R. Williams ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Cheryl L. Knott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
National Sample ◽  
National Probability Sample ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigates whether social support mediates the relationship between personality traits and physical functioning among African Americans over 2.5 years. Data were collected from a national probability sample of African American adults (analytic sample N = 312). Telephone surveys included measures of the five-factor model personality traits, social support, and physical functioning. Personality traits were assessed at Time 1 (T1), and social support and physical functioning were assessed 2.5 years later at Time 2 (T2). Physical functioning was assessed using the SF-12 at T2. Results indicated that T2 social support mediated the relationship between T1 personality traits and T2 physical functioning for the traits of conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, but not for openness to experience. This information may be useful to healthcare providers and community members in developing strategies targeting personality traits in cultivating social support for health promotion.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Examination of Social Support as a Mediator of the Personality-Health Relationship in a National Sample of African Americans

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 607-637
Author(s):  
Eddie M. Clark ◽  
Lijing Ma ◽  
Cheryl L. Knott ◽  
Beverly R. Williams ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
National Probability Sample

The present study investigated whether social support mediated the relationship between personality traits and health among African Americans over a 5-year period, filling a gap in the literature on longitudinal tests of the personality-health association. Data were collected from a national probability sample of African American adults ( N = 200). Personality was assessed at Time 1 (T1), social support was assessed 2.5 years later (T2), and physical functioning was examined 5 years (T3) after T1. Telephone surveys included measures of the five-factor model personality traits (T1), social support (T2), and physical functioning (T3). Results suggested that relationships between the T1 personality traits and T3 physical functioning were not mediated by T2 social support. Secondary analyses found that among all T1 personality traits, higher openness and lower neuroticism uniquely predicted higher T2 social support. Furthermore, among T1 personality traits, higher conscientiousness uniquely predicted better T3 physical functioning. This information may be useful to health care providers and community members in developing prevention and intervention strategies for African Americans.

Marital Status and Depressive Symptoms in African Americans: The Moderating Role of Social and Religious Resources

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2094281
Author(s):  
Beverly Rosa Williams ◽  
Randi M. Williams ◽  
Eddie M. Clark ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Emily Schulz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
African American Adults ◽  
Religious Social Support ◽  
Religious Resources

We examined the gendered role of social and religious resources in the association between marital status and depressive symptoms among a national probability sample of predominantly midlife and older African American adults ( N = 800). Greater levels of depressive symptoms were found for unmarried compared to married. A significant three-way interaction between marital status, gender, and resource variable was found only for religious social support. When religious social support was high, married men reported fewer depressive symptoms compared to nonmarried men ( p = .02). In contrast, when religious social support was high, nonmarried women reported fewer depressive symptoms than married women, but these differences only approached statistical significance ( p = .06). The role of religious resources on marital status and depression differed by sex in our sample of African American adults. Understanding these influences may help to address mental health needs of married and unmarried African Americans and suggest a potentially influential role for religious resources.

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