Predicting social psychological well-being following trauma: The role of postdisaster social support.

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kaniasty
Author(s):  
Shruthi P. S. ◽  
Niveditha B. S. ◽  
Punith Shetty ◽  
Krishna Chaitanya ◽  
Naveen Khargekar

Most tobacco intervention focus on behavioural methods to reduce dependence, the role of social support is unclear. The objective is to evaluate the evidence of social support as well as its efficacy with respect to tobacco cessation. It explores to understand the role of social support for an individual to make a behaviour change. Social support is one resource in the environment, if used effectively can be extremely beneficial for someone wanting to quit tobacco. A comprehensive literature search on the contribution of social support with respect to tobacco cessation was conducted to give a practical review for practitioners in the field. Overall, it was seen that all the studies strengthened the evidence for the role of social support in tobacco cessation. Although, more research is required in this field to comprehend the long haul advantages of social support and additionally its effects on psychological well-being as well as relapse prevention. 


2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Tomcikova ◽  
A. Madarasova Geckova ◽  
O. Orosova ◽  
J.P. van Dijk ◽  
S.A. Reijneveld

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Riani Putriyani ◽  
Ratih Arruum Listiyandini

Married woman who are working as journalist have their own challenge to achieve optimal psychological well-being. This research aims to investigate how is the role of husband’s social support towards psychological well-being of female journalists. The study used quantitative approach and cross-sectional design. By snowball sampling method, research was conducted to 100 female journalist using adapted scale of psychological well-being (SPWB) and social support questionnaire constructed by the researcher. Based on regression analysis, social support from husband positively and significantly influence psychological well-being of female journalists, with mostly contributes to environmental mastery dimension and life purpose. Thus, it is imperative for female journalist husband to give support for their spouse in order to enhance the psychological well-being of female journalists.


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