Cardiac Disease Significantly More Debilitating for Women Than for Men, New Study Finds: Social Support Influences Women's Recovery from Cardiac Disease

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Cardiac Disease

Type A Behavior Pattern, Sex, and Social Support

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis J. Lynch ◽  
Kay F. Schaffer ◽  
Lucia Hinojosa
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Type A Behavior Pattern ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
The Relationship

Low social support has been suggested as a contributing factor to cardiac disease in some individuals with Type A Behavior Pattern. A number of studies have focused on the relationship between social support and Type A traits in subjects without cardiac disease as a means of evaluating this hypothesis; however, results of these studies have been confusing. In the current study, involving samples of adolescents and working adults, there was a significant positive correlation between Type A scores and satisfaction with social support in men but not in women.

scholarly journals In Sickness and in Health: a Literature Review about Function of Social Support within Anxiety and Heart Disease Association

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Zarbo ◽  
Angelo Compare ◽  
Elena Baldassari ◽  
Alberto Bonardi ◽  
Claudia Romagnoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Disease Association ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Assessment Measure ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Relationship

A narrative review of the major evidence concerning the relationship between anxiety, social support and cardiac disease was conducted. Literature demonstrates that a strict relationship between anxiety, social support and cardiac disease outcomes subsists. However, the function of social support within anxiety and heart disease association remains unclear and needs to further researches to be established. Moreover evidence suggests that it’s the quality of close relationships to play an important role in affecting psychological and physiological health status. The main components that the literature suggests for a better quality of social support and close relationship, and the main assessment measure are presented. Evidence about cardiac rehabilitation programs and the need to assess and intervene on psychological and psychosocial factors is discussed.

Depression and social support in elderly patients with cardiac disease

1998 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 491-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.Ranga Rama Krishnan ◽  
Linda K. George ◽  
Carl F. Pieper ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Rebekka Arias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Cardiac Disease

Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Oberhauser ◽  
Andreas B. Neubauer ◽  
Eva-Marie Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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