Voluntary association membership and psychological distress
Voluntary association membership and psychological distress
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DOI：
10.2307/2676343
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发表时间：
1998-12-01
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5
通讯作者：
Rietschlin, J
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作者：
Rietschlin, J
是否自愿协会减少心理困扰，这些效果可以区分从社会支持更普遍认识到的好处？本文试图回答这个问题，报告的调查结果，压力过程模型的指导下，自愿小组成员的心理困扰的影响。我进行了这项研究，通过一个社区样本的850人居住在西南部安大略在1984年的二次分析。我发现，自愿参加小组会减少22-89岁男性和女性的抑郁症状。此外，自愿小组成员遭受抑郁症状的水平较低的存在下，增加的压力负担比那些谁不是小组成员，表明压力缓冲效果。控制个人的心理社会资源，包括掌握，自尊和社会支持并没有减少这些影响，从而导致的结论是，自愿协会成员本身作出了独特的贡献，减少痛苦。
Does voluntary association reduce psychological distress and can these effects be distinguished from the more commonly recognized benefits of social support? This paper attempts to answer this question by reporting the results of an investigation, guided by the stress process model, into the effects of voluntary group membership on psychological distress. I conducted this research through a secondary analysis of a community sample of 850 persons residing in southwestern Ontario in 1984. I find that voluntary group membership results in a reduction in depressive symptoms for men and women ranging in age from 22-89. In addition, voluntary group members suffer lower levels of depressive symptoms in the presence of increasing stress burdens than do those who are not group members, indicating stress buffering effects. Controlling for individual psychosocial resources including mastery, self-esteem, and social support does not reduce these effects, thus leading to the conclusion that voluntary association membership itself makes a unique contribution to distress reduction.