Disability and patients' perceptions of preferential treatment: Some preliminary findings

Hyman, Martin D.

doi:10.1016/0021-9681(71)90123-8

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“…It is questionable, however, whether this assumption is true under all conditions, because, for example, in the case of need it is undesirable not only to receive too little social support, but also too much social support. In this respect one could think of "preferential treatment" and of "over-protection", through which people may become excluded from normal activities and experiences [23][24][25]. So, the desired amount of supportive interactions has an optimum distribution.…”

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An international study on measuring social support: Interactions and satisfaction

Doeglas

Suurmeijer

Briançon

et al. 1996

Social Science & Medicine

117

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Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Doeglas, D. M., Suurmeijer, T. P. B. M., Briancon, S., Krol, B., Moum, T., Sanderman, R., ... van den Heuvel, W. J. A. (1996). An international study on measuring social support: Interactions and satisfaction. Social Science & Medicine, 43(9), 1389-1397. CopyrightOther than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons).Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Soc. Sci. Med. Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 1389-1397, 1996 Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain. . The SSQT measures the number of supportive interactions and has proved to have good psychometric properties. From the taxonomy that was used for the present study, it results that social support in general consists of two aspects. These are, on the one hand, actual supportive transactions and, on the other hand, the perception of being supported or the satisfaction with the social support provided. In the present study, two research questions were addressed. The first concerned the psychometric properties of the SSQS, measuring the individual's satisfaction with the supportive interactions provided. Secondly, the relative contribution of both supportive interactions (the SSQT) and the satisfaction with the support provided (the SSQS) were assessed, in explaining the level of health related quality of life outcome. The data of 744 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from four different countries (! 16 French, 238 Norwegian, 98 Swedish and 292 Dutch patients) were used in the present study. At the entry of the study, all patients fulfilled four out of seven American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria and had a disease duration of 4 years or less. The results of the study indicate that the SSQS has good psychometric properties across countries. Cronbach's ct for the emotional support scales was 0.80 or more, and for the instrumental support subscales around 0.60. The standardized regression coefficients demonstrated that, compared to supportive interactions, support satisfaction was more relevant in explaining health related quality of life measures, although it is recommended that the SSQT and SSQS be used to complement each other.

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Section: Interactions or Satisfaction?mentioning

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An international study on measuring social support: Interactions and satisfaction

Doeglas

Suurmeijer

Briançon

et al. 1996

Social Science & Medicine

117

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“…The burden on family members who provide care can be extensive. Caregivers often report that they feel responsible for the patient's recovery (Sotile, 1992), as well as solely responsible for protecting the patient from incidents that could disrupt recovery (Hyman, 1971). Caregivers not only attend to the physical and medical needs of the patient but are often required to adopt the responsibilities formerly held by the sick spouse.…”

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Caregiving in the close relationships of cardiac patients: Exchange, power, and attributional perspectives on caregiver resentment

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Medvene²,

Freedman³

1995

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Individuals with a cardiac condition and their spousal caregivers were recruited from cardiac rehabilitation centers and interviewed separately. Based on exchange theory, it was expected that greater caregiver resentment would be associated with feeling underbenefited in the relationship and with an orientation to relationships that did not focus on the needs of the partner (communal), but did focus on “tit‐for‐tat” reciprocity (exchange). It was also expected that those caregivers who were more likely to get their needs satisfied in the relationship before the cardiac incident would be more resentful at giving care. Finally, based on attributional theory, it was predicted that caregivers who thought that their spouses were not taking responsibility for improving their health would be more resentful. As predicted, more resentful caregivers were those who felt underbenefited, were more exchange oriented, and judged that their partners were not working toward improving their health. In addition, only those with a low communal orientation toward their spouse showed a relationship between feeling underbenefited and resentment. The needs centrality prediction was not supported. The findings illustrate the utility of applying theories developed in the close relationship area to the understanding of caregiving with chronically ill populations.

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“…Malgré tous les bienfaits occasionnés par îe soutien social, ce dernier peut également être nuisible et entraîner des conséquences négatives chez un patient (Garrity, 1973;Hyman, 1971;Lewis, 1966). Plus précisément, lorsqu'un membre de la famille est aux prises avec une grave maladie ou une incapacité, il se peut que cette personne reçoive trop d'attention et de soutien; le fonctionnement familial est alors perturbé (DiMatteo, & Hays, 1985).…”

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2007

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Disability and patients' perceptions of preferential treatment: Some preliminary findings

Cited by 29 publications

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An international study on measuring social support: Interactions and satisfaction

An international study on measuring social support: Interactions and satisfaction

Caregiving in the close relationships of cardiac patients: Exchange, power, and attributional perspectives on caregiver resentment

Vie personnelle, conjugale et familiale des conjoints vivant avec un partenaire présentant plusieurs problèmes de santé chroniques /

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