Rural men's subjective well-being and the role of social support and sense of community: Evidence for the potential benefit of enhancing informal networks
Rural men's subjective well-being and the role of social support and sense of community: Evidence for the potential benefit of enhancing informal networks
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01172.x
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
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1.8
通讯作者：
Fairweather-Schmidt, A. Kate
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作者：
Kutek, Stephanie M.;Turnbull, Deborah;Fairweather-Schmidt, A. Kate
目的：探讨社会支持和社区感对农村男性主观幸福感的影响，考虑到主要影响和压力缓冲模型。设计：基于人口的横断面调查，非概率抽样框架主要是方便抽样。设置：基于社区的设置。参与者：共185名男性，年龄18岁以上，从农村南澳。主要结果措施：主观幸福感，测量的生活满意度量表。结果：两步分层多元回归分析进行，主观幸福感作为因变量，控制年龄，独居和农场就业的自变量。社会支持是幸福感最有效的预测因子，其次是压力，社区感的贡献非常小;总方差解释率为56%（F（6，178）= 37.77，P < 0.001，R2 = 0.56，调整R2 = 0.55，R2变化= 0.07，P < 0.001）。压力部分介导的社会支持/幸福感和社区/幸福感的关系（中介分析）。结论：结果表明，社会支持对幸福感的好处，使用压力缓冲和主效应模型，在一个样本的农村男性，并探讨了相对未经审查的社区感和幸福感之间的关系。农村男子的压力很大，影响到他们的福祉。这项研究确定，这是至关重要的个人，组织和政策制定者要意识到的能力，社会支持和社区感，以缓冲压力，促进农村男子的福祉。此外，结构性的、基于社区的方法可能更有能力以成本效益高的方式提供这种支持，这与日益倾向于基于个人的精神健康方法形成鲜明对比。
Objective:To examine the effects of social support and sense of community on rural men's subjective well-being, considering the main effects and stress-buffer models.Design:Cross-sectional population-based survey, non-probability sampling frame primarily convenience sampling.Setting:Community-based setting.Participants:A total of 185 men aged 18+ years from rural South Australia.Main outcome measures:Subjective well-being, measured by the Satisfaction With Life Scale.Results:Two-step hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted, with subjective well-being as the dependent variable, controlling for independent variables of age, living alone and farm employment. Social support was the most effective predictor of well-being, followed by stress, and only a very modest contribution from sense of community; total variance explained was 56% (F(6,178) = 37.77, P < 0.001, R2 = 0.56, adjusted R2 = 0.55, R2 change = 0.07, P < 0.001). Stress partially mediated both the social support/well-being and sense of community/well-being relationships (mediation analysis).Conclusions:Results demonstrated the benefits of social support on well-being using the stress-buffer and main effects models, within a sample of rural men, and explored the relatively unexamined relationship between sense of community and well-being. Rural men have considerable stress impacting their well-being. This study identifies that it is critical for individuals, organisations and policy makers to be aware of the capacity of both social supports and sense of community to buffer stress and promote well-being within rural men. Furthermore, structural, community-based approaches might have greater capacity to cost-effectively provide this support, contrasting with the growing trend towards individual-based approaches for mental health.