Providing social support may be more beneficial than receiving it: Results from a prospective study of mortality
Providing social support may be more beneficial than receiving it: Results from a prospective study of mortality
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-9280.14461
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发表时间：
2003-07-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Smith, DM
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作者：
Brown, SL;Nesse, RM;Smith, DM
本研究以已婚老年人为样本，考察给予与接受支持对长寿的相对贡献。给予和接受支持的基线指标用于预测老年夫妇改变生活样本5年期间的死亡率状况。逻辑回归分析的结果表明，报告为朋友、亲戚和邻居提供工具支持的个体和报告为配偶提供情感支持的个体的死亡率显着降低。一旦考虑到给予支持，接受支持对死亡率没有影响。在控制了人口统计、个性、健康、心理健康和婚姻关系变量后，得出了这一发现模式。这些结果对理解社会接触如何影响健康和寿命具有启示意义。
This study examines the relative contributions of giving versus receiving support to longevity in a sample of older married adults. Baseline indicators of giving and receiving support were used to predict mortality status over a 5-year period in the Changing Lives of Older Couples sample. Results from logistic regression analyses indicated that mortality was significantly reduced for individuals who reported providing instrumental support to friends, relatives, and neighbors, and individuals who reported providing emotional support to their spouse. Receiving support had no effect on mortality once giving support was taken into consideration. This pattern of findings was obtained after controlling for demographic, personality, health, mental health, and marital-relationship variables. These results have implications for understanding how social contact influences health and longevity.