Social Support, Loneliness, Recuperative Processes, and Their Direct and Indirect Effects on Health
Social Support, Loneliness, Recuperative Processes, and Their Direct and Indirect Effects on Health
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DOI：
10.1080/10410236.2010.546771
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Domschke, Tricia
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作者：
Segrin, Chris;Domschke, Tricia
这项研究测试了一些预测，这些预测可能解释了为什么社会支持与更好的健康有关，而孤独与更差的健康有关。据预测，社会支持与更好的健康状况有关，因为它能最大限度地减少孤独感，而孤独感本身就与健康状况不佳有关。特别是，这项研究评估了恢复过程，即睡眠和休闲，在孤独和健康状况不佳之间的关系中的作用。参与者是224名年龄在18-81岁之间的成年人，他们完成了社会支持、孤独、健康、睡眠质量和休闲的测量。结果表明，社会支持通过降低孤独感与更好的健康状况有间接联系。也有证据支持或至少部分支持这样一种假设，即孤独与较差的健康状况有关的一种机制是通过功能较差的恢复过程，特别是睡眠和休闲。最后，社会支持调节了年龄和健康之间的关系，在社会支持水平相对较高的人群中，年龄和健康呈正相关。
This study tested predictions that potentially explain why social support is associated with better health and loneliness is associated with poorer health. Social support was predicted to be associated with better health because it minimizes loneliness, which itself is associated with poor health. In particular, this study evaluated the role of recuperative processes, namely, sleep and leisure, in the association between loneliness and poor health. Participants were 224 adults aged 18-81 years who completed measures of social support, loneliness, health, sleep quality, and leisure. Results indicated that social support had an indirect association with better health, through lower loneliness. There was also evidence supporting or at least partially supporting the assumption that one mechanism by which loneliness is associated with poorer health is through less functional recuperative processes, specifically sleep and leisure. Finally, social support moderated the association between age and health such that among those with relatively high levels of social support, age and health were positively associated.