Relationships Between Perceived Neighborhood Disorder and Depressive Symptomatology: The Stress Buffering Effects of Social Support Among Older Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Seungjong Cho
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Buffering Effects

The Impact of Stressful Life Events and Social Support on Drinking among Older Adults: A General Population Survey

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Jennison
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
The Impact

This article is an analysis of stressful life events, the buffering hypothesis, and alcohol use in a national sample of 1,418 respondents 60 years of age and over. The results indicate that older adults who experience stressful losses are significantly more likely to drink excessively than those who have not experienced such losses or who have experienced them to a lesser extent. Increased drinking among older adults may therefore be a reaction to life circumstances in which alcohol represents an attempt to cope with traumatic loss, personal as well as within the kinship network. Supportive resources of spouse, family, friends, and church appear to have a stress-buffering effects that reduces the excessive-drinking response to life crisis. Data suggest, however, that older persons are vulnerable to the magnitude of losses experienced as they grow older and lose more of their family, friends, and peers. These stressors appear to seriously impact their drinking behavior and are not effectively buffered. Respondents report that drinking may increase during periods of prolonged exposure to emotionally depleting life change and loss, when supportive needs may exceed the capacities of personal and social support resources.

scholarly journals The stress-buffering effects of functional social support on ambulatory blood pressure.

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1440-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly S. Bowen ◽  
Bert N. Uchino ◽  
Wendy Birmingham ◽  
McKenzie Carlisle ◽  
Timothy W. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Functional Social Support ◽  
Buffering Effects

Stress buffering effects of social support on depressive symptoms in middle age: Reciprocity and community mental health

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 652-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOHRU TAKIZAWA ◽  
TSUYOSHI KONDO ◽  
SEIZOU SAKIHARA ◽  
MAKOTO ARIIZUMI ◽  
NAOKI WATANABE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Buffering Effects

Longitudinal Stress-Buffering Effects of Social Integration for Late-Life Functional Health

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Toyama ◽  
Heather R. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Longitudinal Stress ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Buffering Effects

Stress can negatively affect multiple aspects of health, including functional health, among older adults, who are likely to face unique, age-related stressful experiences. Previous research has addressed the protective effects of social relations (i.e., social ties, social participation, and social integration) for physical and mental health outcomes, yet few studies have examined functional health. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal stress-buffering effects of social integration on late-life functional health. Using three-wave data from 399 older adults (aged older than 60 years), two-level hierarchical linear modeling analysis was conducted and the results indicated that in addition to its main effect on functional (activity of daily living) limitations, social integration moderated the negative effect of stress on the longitudinal trajectory of functional limitations. The findings suggest important directions of future research to identify the mechanisms of such buffering effects over time and develop effective interventions to enhance late-life functional health while promoting social integration.

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