Soziale Unterstützung bei der Krankheitsbewältigung: Die Berliner Social Support Skalen (BSSS)

Schulz, Ute; Schwarzer, Ralf

doi:10.1026//0012-1924.49.2.73

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“…Social support was assessed with Schulz and Schwarzer’s (2003) Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS), adapted in Polish by Łuszczyńska, Kowalska, Mazurkiewicz, and Schwarzer (2006). It evaluates a broad range of support dimensions and, in this study, three social support scales were used: perceived support, need for support and actually received support.…”

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Social support and posttraumatic growth in a longitudinal study of people living with HIV: the mediating role of positive affect

Rzeszutek

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Psychological research in people living with HIV (PLWH) has been dominated by studies on the negative consequences of HIV infection. However, recently, positive changes following the diagnosis of HIV have been examined, namely the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth (PTG). Objectives: The aim of this one-year longitudinal study was to investigate the level of PTG and its relationship with social support dimensions (perceived support, need for support, actually received support) and positive and negative affect among PLWH. Specifically, this study explored the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the link between social support and PTG. Method: Participants filled out the following psychometric tools: Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS) and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-X). Three assessments were performed. Altogether, 129 patients were recruited for the first assessment, 106 patients participated in the second assessment and 82 participants (63.6%) out of the initial sample of 129 participated in all three assessments. Results: The positive relationship between all examined social support dimensions and PTG was entirely mediated by positive affect. There was no association between negative affect and PTG. Selected socio-medical covariates (sex, employment, higher education, being in a stable relationship and HIV/AIDS status) were related to social support and PTG among participants. Conclusions: This study points to the need for more research on positive aspects of HIV/AIDS, notably PTG. More specifically, interventions focused on enhancement and sustainment of positive affect among PLWH should be an adjunct to traditional mental health screening among this patient group.

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Social support and posttraumatic growth in a longitudinal study of people living with HIV: the mediating role of positive affect

Rzeszutek

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…To assess received instrumental support at Time 1, two items from the Berlin Social Support Scales (Luszczynska et al 2007;Schwarzer and Schulz 2000;Schulz and Schwarzer 2003) were applied. The items were: If you think of the last 3 months, what have persons close to you (partner, children, friends, acquaintances) done for you?…”

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Maintaining autonomy despite multimorbidity: self-efficacy and the two faces of social support

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Multimorbidity-the co-occurrence of multiple illnesses-is a frequent condition in older adults and poses serious threats to autonomy. In order to identify resources for autonomy despite multimorbidity, our longitudinal study tested main and interaction effects of personal and social resources (self-efficacy and social support) on maintaining autonomy. Three hundred and nine individuals (aged 65-85 years) with multiple illnesses completed measures of self-efficacy beliefs, received instrumental social support and perceptions of autonomy. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Cross-sectionally, individuals with lower perceptions of autonomy received more support from their networks. Longitudinally, the relation of received support with autonomy was moderated by self-efficacy: Simple slopes analyses showed that social support compensated for lower levels of self-efficacy, whereas in individuals with higher self-efficacy the resources interfered. Receiving social support bolstered autonomy in lower self-efficacious individuals, but in highly self-efficacious individuals support threatened autonomy. This has implications for both theory and practice, as it suggests differential effects of social resources depending on personal resources.

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“…Perceived available support was assessed using the Berlin Social Support Scales [46]. The Berlin Social Support Scales were developed in the area of coping with cancer, but can also be applied in a variety of different contexts.…”

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The Conjoined Effect of Naturalistic Perceived Available Support and Enacted Support on Cardiovascular Reactivity During a Laboratory Stressor

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Schlagert

2011

ann. behav. med.

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Soziale Unterstützung bei der Krankheitsbewältigung: Die Berliner Social Support Skalen (BSSS)

Cited by 414 publications

References 12 publications

Social support and posttraumatic growth in a longitudinal study of people living with HIV: the mediating role of positive affect

Social support and posttraumatic growth in a longitudinal study of people living with HIV: the mediating role of positive affect

Maintaining autonomy despite multimorbidity: self-efficacy and the two faces of social support

The Conjoined Effect of Naturalistic Perceived Available Support and Enacted Support on Cardiovascular Reactivity During a Laboratory Stressor

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