Explaining Distributions of Psychological Vulnerability: Lack of Social Support in the Face of Life Stress
Explaining Distributions of Psychological Vulnerability: Lack of Social Support in the Face of Life Stress
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解释心理脆弱性的分布：面对生活压力缺乏社会支持
DOI：
10.1093/sf/63.2.453
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发表时间：
1984
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
P. Thoits
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作者：
P. Thoits
本文检验了这样一种假设，即弱势群体对不良生活事件的心理脆弱性可以通过生活中高事件暴露和低社会支持资源的共同发生来解释。来自芝加哥1106人的小组研究数据被用来检验这一假设。社会支持是指相对存在或不存在一种亲密、信任的关系。分析表明，不同的脆弱性不能由不良事件的共同发生和缺乏支持来解释。研究发现，社会支持对心理困扰有显著的负主效应，说明支持抵消了生活压力的影响，而不是与之相互作用。对这些发现给出了解释。
This paper tests the hypothesis that the psychological vulnerability of disadvantaged persons to undesirable life events can be explained by the joint occurrence of high event exposure and low social support resources in such persons' lives. Data from a panel study of 1,106 individuals in Chicago are utilized to examine this hypothesis. Social support is operationalized as the relative presence or absence of an intimate, confiding relationship. Analyses show that differential vulnerability cannot be accounted for by the joint occurrence of undesirable events and lack of support. A significant negative main effect of social support on psychological distress is revealed, suggesting that support counterbalances, rather than interacts with (buffers), the impacts of life stress. Explanations for these findings are offered.