Social support has been shown to lessen the negative effects of life stress on psychological and physical health. The stress buffering model and the main effects model of social support were compared using two samples of women over the age of 50 who were either married or recently widowed. These two groups represent low and high uncontrollable major life stress respectively. Other life stress events were also taken into account. Measures assessed current level of life stress, perceived social support, satisfaction with social support, and psychological symptomatology. Results using overall psychological health as the dependent variable support the main effects model.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc278716 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Murdock, Melissa E. (Melissa Erleene) |
| Contributors | Guarnaccia, Charles Anthony, Burke, Angela J., Hayslip, Bert |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 77 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Murdock, Melissa E. (Melissa Erleene) |
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