The buffering effect of tangible social support on financial stress: influence on psychological well-being and psychosomatic symptoms in a large sample of the adult general population
The buffering effect of tangible social support on financial stress: influence on psychological well-being and psychosomatic symptoms in a large sample of the adult general population
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DOI：
10.1186/s12939-014-0085-3
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发表时间：
2014-09-28
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Nilsson, Kent W.
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作者：
Aslund, Cecilia;Larm, Peter;Nilsson, Kent W.
简介：财务压力是痛苦的一个重要来源，与不良的心理和身体健康结果有关。本研究探讨有形的社会支持是否可以缓冲经济压力对心理和心身health.Methods的影响：两个单独的邮政调查发送到随机样本在瑞典的五个县在2004年和2008年，共有84263名受访者。问卷包括经济压力、有形社会支持、心身症状和心理健康（一般健康问卷-12）。结果：高经济压力和低有形社会支持的个体，心理健康和许多心身症状的比值比增加6 ~ 7倍。相比之下，具有高经济压力和高有形社会支持的个体，低心理健康的优势比仅增加2至3倍，许多心身症状的优势比增加3至4倍，这表明有形社会支持的缓冲作用。与缓冲假说相一致，有显着的相互作用之间的财务压力和社会支持，特别是在有关低心理wellbeing.Conclusions：社会支持有其最强的效果在高水平的财务压力。改变我们的社交网络是否可以改善身体健康的问题对于预防经历经济压力的人的健康状况不佳很重要。加强社交网络可能会影响保健费用和改善生活质量。
Introduction: Financial stress is an important source of distress and is related to poor mental and physical health outcomes. The present study investigated whether tangible social support could buffer the effect of financial stress on psychological and psychosomatic health.Methods: Two separate postal surveys were sent to random samples in five counties in Sweden in 2004 and 2008, with a total of 84 263 respondents. The questionnaires included questions about financial stress, tangible social support, psychosomatic symptoms, and psychological well-being (General Health Questionnaire-12).Results: Individuals with high financial stress and low tangible social support had six to seven times increased odds ratios for low psychological well-being and many psychosomatic symptoms. By contrast, individuals with high financial stress and high tangible social support had only two to three times increased odds ratios for low psychological well-being and three to four times increased odds ratios for many psychosomatic symptoms, suggesting a buffering effect of tangible social support. Consistent with the buffering hypothesis, there were significant interactions between financial stress and social support, particularly in relation to low psychological well-being.Conclusions: Social support had its strongest effect at high levels of financial stress. The question whether the altering of our social networks may improve physical health is important for the prevention of ill health in people experiencing financial stress. Strengthening social networks may have the potential to influence health-care costs and improve quality of life.