Social Support

Drageset, Jorunn

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-63135-2_11

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“…Research has consistently illustrated that social support plays a protective role, reducing the risk of psychological distress among HCWs (Babore et al, 2020; Carmassi et al, 2020). Guidance, a type of social support in which individuals receive information or advice from trusted individuals (Drageset, 2021), has been found to buffer against psychological distress among hurricane-affected HCWs (Powell et al, 2019). Most studies of disaster HCWs tend to analyze social support as a general concept rather than examining specific functions of social networks such as informational (e.g., providing feedback or guidance), instrumental (e.g., material resources), or emotional reassurance (Drageset, 2021; Labrague, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Guidance, a type of social support in which individuals receive information or advice from trusted individuals (Drageset, 2021), has been found to buffer against psychological distress among hurricane-affected HCWs (Powell et al, 2019). Most studies of disaster HCWs tend to analyze social support as a general concept rather than examining specific functions of social networks such as informational (e.g., providing feedback or guidance), instrumental (e.g., material resources), or emotional reassurance (Drageset, 2021; Labrague, 2021). Research should examine the different forms of social support to gain a holistic understanding of its role in ameliorating psychological distress among HCVs.…”

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The cost of caring: Psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Powell¹,

Billiot²,

Muller³

et al. 2022

Traumatology

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Health-care volunteers (HCVs) have been vital to the COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, working to deliver medical and psychological aid to vulnerable patient populations. Intense demands placed on HCVs during previous disasters have been associated with increased risk of psychological distress. Recent COVID-19 studies highlight risks to psychological well-being among health-care workers such as prolonged exposure, long shift hours, shortages of personal protective equipment, treating fellow health-care workers, and distancing from family members. In this study, we conducted surveys (N = 57) among HCVs at a field hospital in New York City during the spring of 2020. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated working more than 70 hr per week and avoidant emotional coping were associated with greater psychological distress, whereas social support and adaptive coping were associated with fewer symptoms. This study is unique in that few, if any, studies examine the role of volunteer health-care providers deployed to field hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study demonstrates the need for services and interventions to reduce psychological distress among HCVs.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The cost of caring: Psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Powell¹,

Billiot²,

Muller³

et al. 2022

Traumatology

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“…Social support is broadly defined as a person being cared for and receiving assistance when needed [41], which is mainly provided by family members, close friends, and organizational members (such as community, neighborhood, or religious group) [42]. Older adults receive social support from significant others, and can receive emotional support (including a sense of belonging, empathy, and being valued), support for material assistance, and support for information feedback [43].…”

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Effects of Exercise Behavior, Social Cohesion, and Social Support on Health Behaviors in Older Adults: Intervention in a Multi-Component Exercise Program

2023

J Community Med Public Health

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Participation in group physical activity by older adults contributes to relationships and health; it is the most effective way to promote physical and mental health. The purpose of this study was to intervene with a multi-component exercise program to understand exercise behavior, social cohesion, and social support with the older adult explanatory power for health behavior. This study recruited 100 healthy people (50 males and 50 females) over 65 years old (average male age: 76.57 ± 1.46 years; average female age: 74.73 ± 1.68 years). Participants implemented an 8-week multi-component exercise program intervention, and before and after the intervention, the Senior Fitness Test for older adults, the Exercise Behavior, Social Cohesion, and Social Support Questionnaire for older adults and Health Behavior Inventory for older adult were implemented. The results of the study showed that the SFT data in male and female older adults could help improve balance and upper and lower extremity muscle strength. For the HBI test of all participants, in order to avoid tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, they could exercise at least three days per week, for more than 30 minutes each time, mainly outdoor exercise. In this study, exercise behavior had the greatest explanatory power on the health behaviors of older adults, followed by social support and social cohesion, which also had a high predictive power on the health behavior of older adults. Finally, the interventions of the multi-component exercise program in this study were shown to positively affect the older adults' exercise behavior, social support, and social cohesion, with a total positive effect on health behavior. The value of this study is helpful for older adults to adopt outdoor group exercise; creating social opportunities in this way is good for mental health, which, in turn, leads to improved physical and mental health.

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“…As primary aim of our analysis, we hypothesized that perceived social support and illness beliefs would be associated with SOC, over and above the control variables in the model. Specifically, based on available caregiver studies (Bassi et al, 2016; PREDICTING SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG CAREGIVING PARTNERS Dayapoglu & Tan, 2017;Lo Sterzo & Orgeta, 2017;Pasek et al, 2017) and literature on salutogenesis (Drageset, 2021;Mittelmark & Bauer, 2022), we expected that all the sources of social support would be positively related to SOC, with support from family providing the strongest positive contribution to SOC as compared to support from friends and significant others. As concerns illness beliefs, we hypothesized that emotional representations would be negatively related to SOC, replicating previous findings obtained from caregivers of persons with dementia (Lo Sterzo & Orgeta, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For our purposes, a regression model was built, taking into account control variables that were shown to be associated with SOC (Childers, 2019; Mittelmark & Bauer, 2022): caregivers’ gender, age, education, health status, and caregiving duration, as well as care recipients’ disability level. To delve deep into the contribution of social support to participants’ SOC, we adopted an explorative approach focusing on support delivered by multiple sources, namely family, friends, and significant others, instead of assessing a generic social support dimension as done in previous studies (Drageset, 2021; Pasek et al, 2017). Similarly, for exploratory purposes, all illness beliefs included in the Common Sense Model (Leventhal et al, 2003) were taken into account as predictors, along with perceived illness causes, which were highly overlooked in previous studies.…”

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Predicting sense of coherence among caregiving partners of persons with multiple sclerosis.

Bassi¹,

Negri²,

Cilia³

et al. 2023

Rehabilitation Psychology

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Purpose/Objective: Within the framework of the Salutogenic Model of Health, this study aimed to investigate sense of coherence among caregiving partners of persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), and its relationship with perceived social support and illness beliefs conceived as generalized resistance resources in tension management. Research Method/Design: In this cross-sectional study, 398 caregiving partners of PwMS (Mage = 44.62; 34.9% women and 65.1% men) filled in questionnaires measuring sense of coherence (Sense of Coherence Scale-13), perceived social support from family, friends and significant others (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support), and illness beliefs (Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire). Hierarchical linear regression analysis was performed to assess the contribution of perceived support and illness beliefs to sense of coherence, controlling for sociodemographic and clinical variables. Results: Perceived support from family and beliefs concerning illness-related emotional representations, illness coherence, and treatment control emerged as significant predictors of participants’ sense of coherence. Higher perceived support from family and stronger beliefs in illness coherence and treatment control were associated with higher sense of coherence, while more negative emotional representations were related to lower sense of coherence values. Conclusions/Implications: Findings lend support to the relevance of a salutogenic approach to caregiving in multiple sclerosis. They further suggest the usefulness of interventions that can promote caregivers’ sense of coherence and successful coping in life by benefitting from family support, favoring the construction of a coherent illness view, offering comprehensive information and expert guidance on treatment and rehabilitation opportunities, and promoting adaptive management of negative emotions.

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Social Support

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

The cost of caring: Psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cost of caring: Psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Effects of Exercise Behavior, Social Cohesion, and Social Support on Health Behaviors in Older Adults: Intervention in a Multi-Component Exercise Program

Predicting sense of coherence among caregiving partners of persons with multiple sclerosis.

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