Social networks: A promising direction for research on the relationship of the social environment to psychiatric disorder

Mueller, Daniel P.

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“…The results, based upon small numbers, seem to indicate that the social networks have comparable characteristics. The sizes of the networks do not differ very much from a general population, where 25-40 individuals are reported in primary networks [8]. What seems to differ, however, are the distributions of family members and friends, in terms of the number of personal and empathy ties.…”

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“…What seems to differ, however, are the distributions of family members and friends, in terms of the number of personal and empathy ties. Whereas in the general population, [6][7][8][9][10][11] intimates seem to be part of a network [5], in the patient networks, the intimates are restricted to the spouse and, in case of the fibromyalgia patients, the physician, as expressed in the high weight of the tie for these members. Actually, in most patient networks intimate friends are lacking or restricted to only one person.…”

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Social network characteristics in fibromyalgia or rheumatcid arthritis

Bolwijn¹,

Santen-Hoeufft²,

Baars³

et al. 1994

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Purpose. To describe trends in the personal social network characteristics of the fibromyalgia patients compared with the network of patients with another chronic disorder such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. A structured interview was applied to 10 fibromyalgia patients and 30 matched R A patients. Results. The networks of the 10 fibromyalgia and 10 R A patients were comparable in most respects, namely: the small number of intimate friends, the reliance for support on the spouse and the physician, and the relative lack of new social contacts. Furthermore, the fibromyalgia networks were closed networks within a small geographic area. These networks lacked initiative to establish and maintain relations, and can hardly fulfill the patients' psychosocial needs. Conclusion.Based on small numbers, the study provides some evidence that social networks of patients with fibromyalgia are more restricted than those of R A patients. Further studies should include larger numbers of patients to clarify cause and effect relationships and to suggest new directions in the treatment of chronic disorders such as fibromyalgia.

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confidence: 99%

Social network characteristics in fibromyalgia or rheumatcid arthritis

Bolwijn¹,

Santen-Hoeufft²,

Baars³

et al. 1994

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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“…They tend, rather, to use alternative resources such as family members, friends, neighbors, employers, or community helpers (Veroff, Kulka, & Douvan, 1981). Indeed, growing evidence that the presence of, and contact with, informal social supports may enable people to cope with stress has generated a large body of work on the adaptational significance of social network resources (Gottlieb, 1981;Mueller, 1980;Turner, 1983).…”

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Linking person and context in the daily stress process.

Caspi¹,

Bolger²,

Eckenrode³

1987

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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In this study we combined daily diary data with interview data to investigate individual differences in the impact of stressful daily events on mood. Using a sample of 96 women in an urban community, we examined perceived neighborhood quality and major life events as possibly potentiating the effects of stressful daily events, and we viewed social supports as potentially buffering this daily process. Results confirmed that the presence of chronic ecologic stress (neighborhood perceptions) exacerbated the immediate effects of stressful daily events on mood and also increased the likelihood of enduring effects of daily stressors on next day's mood. Contrary to expectations, previous exposure to major life events decreased the impact of stressful daily events. The availability of social supports, although not buffering the impact of stressful daily events on mood, did mitigate the enduring effects of these events on next day's mood. This study also presents a method for analyzing daily time-series data, while correcting for potential problems ofautocorrelated error terms. As such, this study represents a significant advance over previous analytic approaches to time-series data in the study of the stress process.Some days everything seems to go wrong, and by day's end, minor difficulties find their outlet in rotten moods. This basic feature of daily life is increasingly attracting the attention of researchers concerned with assessing the relation of environmental stressors to psychological distress. The recent emphasis on daily events is due, in part, to the extensive criticism directed at traditional approaches to the study of environmental stress.The major life events approach assumes that there is a temporal association between an increase in objective events such as divorce and unemployment, which disrupt an individual's usual activities, and the onset of psychological distress. This approach has been criticized from several fronts. The psychometric properties of life-event questionnaires are seldom adequate (Neugebauer, 1981); measures of undesirable life events and outcome criteria may be operationally confounded (Thoits, 1981); and the predictive validity of life event measures is, at best, moderate (Rabkin & Struening, 1976).In contrast to the major life events approach, stress researchers are increasingly attending to the ongoing stressors and strains that characterize everyday life and their relation to psychological functioning. Daily stressors range from the ordinary troubles of family life (e.g., the demands of children) to conflicts in the workplace (e.g., work overload) and aspects of the physi-

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“…Ces dernières ont établi, par exemple, des liens entre le taux élevé de problè-mes et les classes socio-économiquement défavo-risées, l'isolement social, le stress et la désintégra-tion sociale (Mueller, 1980). Plus spécifiquement, certains auteurs se sont intéressés aux liens entre les facteurs sociaux et la dépression.…”

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“…Plusieurs études ont montré que la présence du support social réduisait l'impact du stress (Mueller, 1980). Brown et al (1975) ont mis en évidence l'importance d'une relation de confiance chez des femmes aux prises avec des difficultés.…”

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Chômage et dépression chez les femmes : le rôle du support social!

Bessette¹

2006

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Le présent texte cherche à comprendre comment certaines dimensions sociales interviennent dans la dynamique d'une dépression. Après un rapide survol de la littérature portant sur les facteurs sociaux de la dépression, l'auteure propose de regarder comment le chômage vient influer sur les trajectoires des femmes aux prises avec des épisodes dépressifs. De plus, l'auteure tente de considérer le rôle du support social comme un facteur structurant dans l'expérience des femmes dépressives. La démarche de l'auteure se veut inductive et s'appuie sur l'exploration de récits de vie recueillis auprès de femmes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick.This article seeks to understand the importance of certain social dimensions in the depressive process. Following a brief summary of littérature dealing in the social factors of depression, the author looks at how unemployment impacts on the trajectory of women at grips with depressive episodes. As well, the author examines the role of social support as a structural factor in the experience of depressive women. The approach is inductive and based on the perusal of life stories collected from francophone women in New-Brunswick

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Social networks: A promising direction for research on the relationship of the social environment to psychiatric disorder

Cited by 83 publications

References 78 publications

Social network characteristics in fibromyalgia or rheumatcid arthritis

Social network characteristics in fibromyalgia or rheumatcid arthritis

Linking person and context in the daily stress process.

Chômage et dépression chez les femmes : le rôle du support social!

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