Family structure, stress, and psychological distress: A demonstration of the impact of differential exposure
Family structure, stress, and psychological distress: A demonstration of the impact of differential exposure
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DOI：
10.1177/002214650704800307
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
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5
通讯作者：
Walters, David
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作者：
Avison, William R.;Ali, Jennifer;Walters, David
在本文中，我们评估了不同压力源的暴露程度和不同脆弱性的相对功效，以解释单身母亲和已婚母亲之间心理困扰的差异。本次评估的数据来自对居住在加拿大安大略省伦敦的 518 名单身母亲和 502 名已婚母亲的纵向调查。横断面和纵向分析都清楚地表明，与已婚母亲相比，单身母亲经历的心理困扰程度更高，几乎完全与她们承受更大的压力和紧张有关，而不是与易受压力经历的群体差异有关。在许多不同维度的社会压力源中，单身母亲始终比已婚母亲更容易受到这些压力源的影响。此外，这种差异暴露会随着时间的推移而持续存在。相比之下，没有证据表明单身母亲比已婚母亲更容易受到压力或对压力产生反应。我们讨论这些发现对心理健康社会学和初级预防的影响。
In this article, we evaluate the relative Power of differential exposure and differential vulnerability to stressors to account for variations in psychological distress between single and married mothers. The data for this assessment are derived from a longitudinal survey of 518 single mothers and 502 married mothers living in London, Ontario, Canada. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses clearly reveal that the higher levels of psychological distress experienced by single mothers compared to married mothers are almost entirely related to their greater exposure to stress and strain rather than to any group differences in vulnerability to stressful experiences. Across a number of different dimensions of social stressors, single mothers are consistently more exposed to these stressors than married mothers are. Moreover, this differential exposure persists over time. In contrast, there is no evidence that single mothers are more vulnerable or reactive to stressors than are married mothers. We discuss these findings in terms of their implications for the sociology of mental health and for primary prevention.