A longitudinal study of psychological distress in a cohort of gay men. Effects of social support and coping strategies
| Autor: | Suzann Eshleman, Kerth O'Brien, Johanna B. Lackner, Jill G. Joseph, Ronald C. Kessler, David G. Ostrow, Joan S. Chmiel, Camille B. Wortman, John P. Phair |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Coping (psychology) Longitudinal study Psychometrics Personality Inventory media_common.quotation_subject Developmental psychology Cohort Studies Social support Social integration Risk Factors Adaptation Psychological HIV Seropositivity Humans Multicenter Studies as Topic Homosexuality Longitudinal Studies Somatoform Disorders media_common Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Depressive Disorder Models Statistical Social perception Social Support Anxiety Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Social Perception Cohort Psychology Attitude to Health Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 181(1) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3018 1985-1987 |
| Popis: | This study presents analyses on questionnaire data collected from a panel of 520 gay men at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, enrolled in the Coping and Change Study (1985-1987). The data were assessed to determine the association of social support and coping styles with subsequent depression and global distress and to investigate whether these predictors of mental health are stable or transient over time. Three different measures of the subjective, qualitative nature of social support were significantly associated with subsequent mental health. Those who reported a subjective sense of isolation experienced significantly more adverse mental health 6 months later at all three measurement periods. Scattered effects were found for perceived social conflict and perceived social support from others. These results indicate that certain types of social support appear to influence mental health in this cohort and, furthermore, that some associations are transient and others more stable over time. |
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