Positive, Negative, and Ambivalent Interactions With Family and Friends: Associations With Well‐being

Lee, Hyo Jung; Szinovacz, Maximiliane E.

doi:10.1111/jomf.12302

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“…Although all people experience stressful events, some individuals respond to and manage these stressful life events (SLEs) effectively without experiencing significant health decline, while others handle stress in less effective ways, leaving them more at risk for adverse health outcomes. Research has begun to establish the critical link between quality of the family system and the adaptive functioning of its individual members (Knopp et al., ; Lee & Szinovacz, ). Understanding how individual differences in intrapersonal and interpersonal mechanisms may contribute to healthy outcomes following SLEs is a crucial next step in preventing stress‐induced diseases.…”

Section: Bowen Theory Stress and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stressful Life Events and Physical and Psychological Health: Mediating Effects of Differentiation of Self in a Spanish Sample

Rodríguez‐González

Schweer‐Collins

Skowron

et al. 2018

J Marital Family Therapy

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The pathways between differentiation of self and health remain only partly elucidated. This cross‐cultural study sought to test Bowen's hypothesis about the associations between differentiation, stressful life events, and physical and psychological health, in a sample of 466 Spanish adults. Results show that people with higher levels of differentiation were less prone to physical ailments (e.g., heart disease, cancer, or blood disorders) and psychological symptoms (e.g., depression or anxiety). Further, differentiation mediated the association between stress (i.e., perceived negativity of stress in the past year and number of stressful events across the lifetime) and physical and psychological health. The current research provides cross‐cultural empirical evidence for the links between differentiation and mind and body health in a Mediterranean culture.

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Section: Bowen Theory Stress and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stressful Life Events and Physical and Psychological Health: Mediating Effects of Differentiation of Self in a Spanish Sample

Rodríguez‐González

Schweer‐Collins

Skowron

et al. 2018

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…Recent research comparing the association between marital quality and well-being outcomes has produced mixed results, and some scholars have shown that the effects of marital quality on psychological well-being are similar for men and women (Lee and Szinovacz 2016;Umberson et al 2006;Williams 2003).…”

Section: Gender Within the Context Of Family Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

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Scholarship has highlighted the importance of kin relations for well-being in adulthood. Much focus has been on relationships between spouses and between parents and children. However, limited research has explored the role of adult sibling relationships in well-being, and no studies have made direct comparisons among the effects of tension with these multiple family members. Using data collected from 495 adult children nested within 254 families, we examined the differential impact of tension with mothers, siblings, and spouses on depressive symptoms in midlife. Separate multi-level regression analyses showed that tension with spouses, mothers, and siblings each predicted depressive symptoms. Combined analyses revealed that greater tension with spouses was associated with higher depressive symptoms, but tension with mothers and siblings was not. However, Wald tests comparing the strength of these associations between tension and depressive symptoms indicated that these associations did not significantly vary across family members. Interactions with gender indicated that tension with mothers was more strongly associated with higher depressive symptoms for women than men. These findings highlight the importance of the quality of relationships with family members on individuals' psychological well-being, and call for researchers to consider multiple ties and gender when examining family relationships and well-being.

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“…Numerous studies indicate that strong family support networks are protective of mental health (Fuller-Iglesias, Webster, & Antonucci, 2015;Lee & Szinovacz, 2016;. For instance, research by Turvey et al (2002) found that having fewer family members as confidants, poor self-rated health, and more depressive symptoms were risk factors for suicide completion among older adults in community-based prospective study of aging.…”

Section: Family Relationships and Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Numerous studies indicate that strong family support networks are protective of mental health (Fuller‐Iglesias, Webster, & Antonucci, ; Lee & Szinovacz, ; Nguyen, Taylor, et al., ). For instance, research by Turvey et al.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Church and family support networks and depressive symptoms among African Americans: Findings from The National Survey of American Life

Chatters

Nguyen

Taylor

et al. 2018

Journal Community Psychology

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Aims: We examined the associations between informal social support from church members and social support from extended family members and depressive symptoms within a national probability sample of African American adults ranging in age from 18 to 93. Methods: This analysis used data from the National Survey of American Life and accounted for religious service attendance and various demographic variables that have known associations with and are consequential for mental health. Results: Frequency of contact with church and family members and emotional support from family were inversely associated with depressive symptoms, and negative church and family interactions were positively associated with depressive symptoms. Emotional support from church members, however, was unrelated to depressive symptoms. Conclusion: This study underscores the important contributions of church relationships to depressive symptoms among African Americans across the adult life span, and confirms that these associations are independent of family relationship factors and religious service attendance.

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Positive, Negative, and Ambivalent Interactions With Family and Friends: Associations With Well‐being

Cited by 80 publications

References 55 publications

Stressful Life Events and Physical and Psychological Health: Mediating Effects of Differentiation of Self in a Spanish Sample

Stressful Life Events and Physical and Psychological Health: Mediating Effects of Differentiation of Self in a Spanish Sample

Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

Church and family support networks and depressive symptoms among African Americans: Findings from The National Survey of American Life

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