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Stressors, Social Support, and Stress Reactions: A Meta-Analysis

This study examined, via a meta-analysis, the relations among stressors, social support, and stress reactions. Unexpectedly, small to medium negative, but robust effect sizes were found for the stressors-social support relation. As expected the stressor-stress reaction relation was positive, and the social support-stress reaction relation was negative. Both relations had small to medium effect sizes that ranged from weak to very robust. The direct effect of social support on the stressor-stress reaction was generally supported, whereas the suppressor and mediating models were not supported. Furthermore, the findings were inconclusive for the moderator effect of social support. Non-interpersonal traumas appear different in the stressor-social support and social support-stress reaction relations compared to other trauma types. These findings have important clinical implications.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc5349
Date08 1900
CreatorsPiper, Lynn J.
ContributorsSewell, Kenneth W., Chandler, Cynthia K., Guarnaccia, Charles A., Neumann, Craig S.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Piper, Lynn J., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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