“We can help ourselves”: does community resilience buffer against the negative impact of flooding on mental health?

Abstract. Empirical evidence of the relationship between social support and post-disaster mental health provides support for a general beneficial effect of social support (main-effect model; Wheaton, 1985). From a theoretical perspective, a buffering effect of social support on the negative relationship between disaster-related stress and mental health also seems plausible (stress-buffering model; Wheaton, 1985). Previous studies, however, (a) have paid less attention to the buffering effect of social support and (b) have mainly relied on interpersonal support (but not collective-level support such as community resilience) when investigating this issue. This previous work might have underestimated the effect of support on post-disaster mental health. Building on a sample of residents in Germany recently affected by flooding (N=118), we show that community resilience to flooding (but not general interpersonal social support) buffered against the negative effects of flooding on post-disaster mental health. The results support the stress-buffering model and call for a more detailed look at the relationship between support and resilience and post-disaster adjustment, including collective-level variables.

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We can help us: Does Community Resilience Buffer Against the Negative Impact of Flooding on Mental Health?

10.5194/nhess-2018-389 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Torsten Masson ◽

Sebastian Bamberg ◽

Michael Stricker ◽

Anna Heidenreich

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Theoretical Perspective ◽

Community Resilience ◽

Disaster Mental Health ◽

Stress Buffering ◽

Buffering Effect ◽

The Relationship ◽

Post Disaster

Abstract. Empirical evidence on the relationship between social support and post-disaster mental health provides support for a general beneficial effect of social support (main-effect model; Wheaton, 1985). From a theoretical perspective, a buffering effect of social support on the relationship between disaster-related stress and mental health also seems plausible (stress-buffering-model; ibid.). Previous studies however a) have paid less attention to the buffering effect of social support and b) they have mainly relied on interpersonal support (but not collective-level support such as community resilience) when investigating this issue. This work might has underestimated the effect of support on post-disaster mental health. Building on a sample of residents in Germany recently affected by flooding (N = 118), we show that community resilience to flooding (but not general interpersonal social support) buffered against the negative effects of flooding on post-disaster mental health. The results support the stress-buffering model and call for a more detailed look at the relationship between support/resilience and post-disaster adjustment, including collective-level variables.

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The Relationship of Supportive Roles With Mental Health and Satisfaction With Life in Female Household Heads: A Structural Equations Model

10.21203/rs.3.rs-129599/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nooshin Shadabi ◽

Sara Esmaelzadeh – Saeieh ◽

Mostafa Qorbani ◽

Touran Bahrami Babaheidari ◽

Zohreh Mahmoodi

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Household Heads ◽

Structural Equations Model ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background: Female household heads are faced with many more problems than men due to their multiple concurrent roles. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship of supportive roles with mental health and satisfaction with life in female household heads using a structural equations model.Methods: The present descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 286 eligible female household heads in Karaj, Iran, in 2020, who were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected using VAX social support, the perceived social support scale, the general health questionnaire (GHQ), and the satisfaction with life questionnaire plus a socio-demographic checklist, and were analyzed in SPSS-16 and Lisrel-8.8.Results: The participants’ mean age was 43.1±1.7 years. According to the path analysis results, satisfaction with life had the highest direct positive relationship with perceived social support (B=0.33) and the highest indirect positive relationship with age (B=0.13) and the highest direct and indirect positive relationship with education and social support (B=0.13). Also, mental health had a direct negative relationship with satisfaction with life (B=-0.29), an indirect negative relationship with social support, and both a direct and indirect negative relationship with perceived support (B=-0.26).Conclusion: Based on the results, supportive roles had a negative relationship with mental health and a positive relationship with satisfaction with life in female household heads. Accordingly, given the status and role of women in the health of family members and the community and the greater vulnerability of this group, further attention and support should be directed toward these women by the government and relevant organizations.

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Job insecurity influence on job performance and mental health: Testing the moderating effect of the need for closure

Economic and Industrial Democracy ◽

10.1177/0143831x09358368 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 195-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Antonio Chirumbolo ◽

Alessandra Areni

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Job Performance ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Need For Closure ◽

Buffering Effect ◽

The Relationship ◽

Intolerance Of Ambiguity

The moderating effect of the need for closure in the relationship between job insecurity, job performance and mental health was investigated. The need for closure refers to a motivated need for certainty, intolerance of ambiguity and preference for predictability. It was argued that the need for closure may function as a psychological moderator in dealing with job insecurity. Participants comprised 287 workers, who were administered a self-reported questionnaire. Results confirmed the negative relationship between job insecurity, performance and mental health. The need for closure was positively related to job performance and unrelated to mental health. More interestingly, the need for closure exhibited multifaceted patterns of interactions with the different components of job insecurity. Higher need for closure revealed a buffering effect in conditions of higher quantitative job insecurity. In this case, individuals high (vs low) in the need for closure reported better job performance and mental health. Conversely, when qualitative job insecurity was higher, individuals high (vs low) in the need for closure reported an impaired job performance and mental health.

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Inequality, Socioeconomic Status, and Social Support in Post-Disaster Mental Health in Mexico

Human Organization ◽

10.17730/humo.70.1.4h340201207274qj ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 33-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Eric Jones ◽

Sat Gupta ◽

Arthur Murphy ◽

Fran Norris

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Disaster Mental Health ◽

Post Disaster

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The relationship of supportive roles with mental health and satisfaction with life in female household heads in Karaj, Iran: a structural equations model

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11656-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nooshin Shadabi ◽

Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeieh ◽

Mostafa Qorbani ◽

Touran Bahrami Babaheidari ◽

Zohreh Mahmoodi

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Household Heads ◽

Structural Equations Model ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background Female household heads are faced with more problems than men due to their multiple concurrent roles. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship of supportive roles with mental health and satisfaction with life in female household heads in Karaj, Iran using a structural equations model. Methods The present descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 286 eligible female household heads in Karaj, Iran, in 2020, who were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected using Vaux’s Social Support, the perceived social support scale, the general health questionnaire (GHQ), and the satisfaction with life questionnaire plus a socio-demographic checklist, and were analyzed in SPSS-16 and Lisrel-8.8. Results The participants’ mean age was 43.1 ± 1.7 years. According to the path analysis results, satisfaction with life had the highest direct positive relationship with perceived social support (B = 0.33) and the highest indirect positive relationship with age (B = 0.13) and the highest direct and indirect positive relationship with education and social support (B = 0.13). Also, mental health had a direct negative relationship with satisfaction with life (B = -0.29), an indirect negative relationship with social support, and both a direct and indirect negative relationship with perceived support (B = -0.26). Conclusion Based on the results, supportive roles had a negative relationship with mental health; in other words, mental health problems increase as supportive roles decrease. They also had a positive relationship with satisfaction with life in female household heads. Accordingly, given the status and role of women in the health of family members and the community and their greater vulnerability, further attention and support should be directed toward these women by the government and relevant organizations like establishment of counseling-support centers.

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The stress-buffering effect of self-disclosure on Facebook: An examination of stressful life events, social support, and mental health among college students

Computers in Human Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.043 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 527-537 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Renwen Zhang

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Self Disclosure ◽

Stress Buffering ◽

Buffering Effect

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Work Stress and Organisational Citizenship Behaviours (OCBs) in Call Centers Employees

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0301.167 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sunita ◽

Urvashi Singh ◽

Shalini Singh ◽

Rajnee Sharma

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Call Centers ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Married Couples ◽

Call Centre ◽

Simple Correlation ◽

Nuclear Families ◽

Set Up ◽

Stress At Work ◽

The Relationship

The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between organisational stress and organisational citizenship behaviours (OCBs) in employees of call centers. The study also further explored as how stress at work set-up has negative impact on OCBs. A sample of 250 employees working in call centre of Gurgaon belonging to an age group of 25-30 years were selected on availability basis. All were working married couples living in nuclear families. Job stress survey (Spielberger & Vagg, 1999) and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (Bateman & Organ, 1983) were administered. Data was analysed by using simple correlation and multiple regression. Results showed the negative relationship between organisational stress and OCBs. Results of regression analysis also exhibited the negative impact of stress on OCBs. The implications for the employees are discussed.

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Attachment to God and Quest as Moderators of the Relationship between Religious Doubt and Mental Health

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/0091647121992409 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 009164712199240

Author(s):

Noah S. Love ◽

Cassidy A. Merlo ◽

M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall ◽

Peter C. Hill

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Health Problems ◽

Positive Mental Health ◽

Attachment To God ◽

Religious Doubt ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

The Relationship

The present study examined attachment to God and quest as potential moderators of the relationship between religious doubt and mental health. A sample of Christian participants ( N = 235) completed a survey which included measures of attachment to God, quest, religious doubt, and mental health. As hypothesized, attachment to God and quest significantly moderated an individual’s experience of religious doubt. Low avoidant attachment to God (i.e., a more secure attachment) was associated with a more negative relationship between cognitive religious doubt and positive mental health than high avoidant attachment. In contrast, low avoidant attachment to God also ameliorated the positive relationship between affective religious doubt and mental health problems. Low anxious attachment was associated with a stronger negative relationship between both measures of religious doubt (i.e., cognitive and affective) and positive mental health. In addition, high soft quest weakened all four of the relationships between measures of religious doubt and mental health. High hard quest ameliorated the positive relationship between both measures of religious doubt and mental health problems. These results indicate that an individual’s attachment to God and the way an individual is oriented toward religion each play a role in the mental health outcomes associated with religious doubt.

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Roles of Psychological Distress and Social Support in the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Perceived Needs for Mental Health Care

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211006368 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110063

Author(s):

Tingting Gao ◽

Songli Mei ◽

Muzi Li ◽

Carl D’ Arcy ◽

Xiangfei Meng

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Health Care ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Perceived Needs ◽

Perceived Need ◽

History Of ◽

The Relationship

Childhood maltreatment is a major public health issue worldwide. It increases a range of health-risk behaviors, psychological and physical problems, which are associated with an increased need for mental health services in adulthood. Identification of mediating factors in the relationship between maltreatment and seeking mental health care may help attenuate the negative consequences of childhood maltreatment and promote more appropriate treatment. This study aims to examine whether the relationship between childhood maltreatment and perceived need for mental health care is mediated by psychological distress and/or moderated by social support. Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health 2012 are analyzed. A total of 8,993 participants, who had complete information on childhood maltreatment and diagnoses of mental disorders or psychological distress, are included in this study. Structural equation modeling and the PROCESS macro were used to identify relationships among childhood maltreatment, perceived needs for mental health care, and psychological distress. Hierarchical linear regression was then used to verify the moderated mediation model. We found that psychological distress partially mediated the effect of childhood maltreatment on perceived needs for mental health care in adulthood. Social support played an important role in terms of moderating the relationship between maltreatment and perceived needs for care. For those with a history of childhood maltreatment, those who perceived a low level of social support were more likely to have higher levels of psychological distress and perceived need for mental health care. This is the first study to identify the separate and combined roles of psychological distress and social support in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and perceived need for mental health care. Selective prevention strategies should focus on social support to improve mental health services among people with a history of childhood maltreatment.

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