Social Relations and Mental Health 10 Years Later

描述（由申请人提供）：此修订后的应用程序建立在1992-3年NIMH研究的社会关系和心理健康的生命历程，其中包括1703名男性和女性，205母子二人组，和30%的非洲裔美国人。封闭队列纵向设计提出了一个重新采访的整个样本，允许检查两个横截面以及纵向变化的社会关系和心理健康，以及增加一个家庭内的三代设计。以前的研究结果表明，家庭内代际背景可能是解释并发和预测心理健康的关键。我们还将利用由日本政府资助的与日本学者的持续合作，其中包括1993年的一项平行研究和计划于2003年进行的复制研究。 具体目标是：1.进行一项封闭队列纵向研究，在十年后对社会关系（即社会网络、社会支持和支持质量特征）、压力和心理健康的多方面进行第二次评估。2.为了检查整体模型，在图1中，它概述了社会关系和心理健康之间的假设关联，从新的横截面数据开始，并继续与模型的纵向分析。3.确定和探讨代际联系的性质，并比较研究其结构和功能，受年龄、性别和种族的影响。4.探讨豆杆结构与金字塔结构、代际成员间的支持与团结、代际成员间的冲突对心理健康的影响。 5.探讨各代人和家庭内日益增长的社会服务需求和使用模式。拟议的研究将提供一个独特的机会来研究社会和文化因素对心理健康的病因和后果的作用。我们预计，这些数据将是特别有用的政策制定者谁寻求理解，预测和设计支持计划，以抵消个人，家庭和社会面临的挑战，在新的世纪。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised application builds on the 1992-3 NIMH study of Social Relations and Mental Health over the Life Course which included 1703 men and women, 205 mother-child dyads, and 30% African Americans. The closed cohort longitudinal design proposes a reinterview of the entire sample, permitting the examination of both cross sectional as well as longitudinal changes in social relations and mental health as well as the addition of an intra-family three generation design. Previous results suggest that intra-family intergenerational context may be critical for explaining concurrent and predictive mental health. We will also capitalize on an ongoing collaboration with Japanese scholars, funded by the Japanese government, which included a parallel study in 1993 and a planned replication in 2003. The specific aims are: 1. To conduct a closed cohort longitudinal study, which will provide, ten years later, a second assessment of the multifaceted aspects of social relations (i.e. social network, social support and support quality characteristics), stress, and mental health. 2. To examine the overall model, presented in Figure 1, which outlines the hypothesized associations among social relations and mental health, beginning with the new cross-sectional data and continuing with the longitudinal analyses of the model. 3. To identify and explore the nature of intergenerational linkages and examine comparatively their structure and function, as affected by age, gender and race. 4. To explore the implications of the beanpole vs. pyramid structures, support and solidarity and conflict among generation members and the influences on mental health. 5. To explore the growing social service needs and utilization patterns across generations and within families. The proposed study will provide a unique opportunity to examine the role of social and cultural factors for the etiology and consequences of mental health. We anticipate that these data will be especially useful for policy makers who seek to understand, predict and design support programs to offset the challenges facing individuals, families and society in the new century.