A Gender Lens on Quality of Life: The Role of Sense of Community, Perceived Social Support, Self-Reported Health and Income

Rollero, Chiara; Gattino, Silvia; Piccoli, Norma De

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“…Descriptive statistics testing gender differences in QoL confirmed previous research carried out with a sample of Italian adults (Rollero et al 2014): men outscore women in the physical, psychological and environmental domains. However, when considered as moderator, gender per se does not affect quality of life.…”

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“…Testing for gender differences with a sample of Kuwait University undergraduates, Abdel-Khalek (2010) found that men obtained higher mean scores than did their female counterparts on three dimensions of quality of life: physical, psychological and environmental. The same gender differences were obtained in a study carried out with a sample of Italian adults (Rollero et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Following this suggestion, recent research (Rollero et al 2014) has demonstrated that gender is a moderator in the relationship between determinants of QoL and QoL. Specifically, among the predictors tested by Rollero et al (2014) (i.e. age, educational level, income, social support, sense of community and self-reported health), social support was more predictive for women's QoL, whereas the income level was more significant for men's QoL.…”

Section: A Gender Perspective On Quality Of Life and Its Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…In respect to the treatment of gender in research on health and quality of life, recent literature has followed a more inclusive direction that focuses on the experiences of women as well as men (Read and Gorman 2010;Rollero et al 2014). In general, there is a discrepancy between epidemiological data, i.e.…”

Section: A Gender Perspective On Quality Of Life and Its Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, beside biological differences, pathways through which contextual and psychosocial forces influence health and quality of life are different for men and women (Denton et al 2004). Following this suggestion, recent research (Rollero et al 2014) has demonstrated that gender is a moderator in the relationship between determinants of QoL and QoL. Specifically, among the predictors tested by Rollero et al (2014) (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Coping Strategies on Quality of Life from a Gender Perspective

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2014

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The current study had two main purposes: 1) testing the predictive role of the coping strategies on the four domains of Quality of Life (physical, psychological, relational, and environmental domain), and 2) investigating the effect of gender as a moderator in the relationship between coping strategies and QoL's dimensions. A total of 600 adults (56 % females) participated in the research. Data were collected via a selfreported questionnaire, assessing Quality of Life, coping strategies, and sociodemographic characteristics. Results showed that problem-focused coping strategies, i.e. active coping, positive reframing, and using support, increase quality of life in all its dimensions, whereas emotion-focused coping, i.e. self-blame, diminishes both physical and psychological QoL. Gender acts as a moderator: social and instrumental enhances relational QoL for women, whereas self-blame is particularly maladaptive for men, as it decreases their QoL in each of the four domains. Findings reveal that coping strategies could be an important consequence of gender linked socialization experiences. Understanding determinants of quality of life is critical for developing policies interested in health promotion.

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Associations among stress, gender, sources of social support, and health in emerging adults

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2016

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This study aimed to examine how sources of social support intersect with stress and health by testing two theoretical models. Three relationship-specific sources of social support (family, friends, and romantic partners) and two health indicators (self-rated physical health and depressive symptoms) were investigated. The sample consisted of 636 emerging adults attending college (age range: 18-25). Results suggest that only support from family was a stress-buffer, in that it buffered the adverse association between stress and depressive symptoms. Holding stress constant, only support from family was related to self-rated physical health and only support from friends or romantic partners was associated with depressive symptoms. There were no gender differences in the mean levels of self-rated physical health and depressive symptoms. However, gender moderations were found, in that the positive relationship between friends support and physical health was observed only in women, that the association between friends support and depressive symptoms was greater in men than in women, and that family support buffered the negative relationship between stress and physical health only in men. Findings of this study suggest that the associations among stress, social support, and health vary by the sources of support, the health outcome, and gender.

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Sense of community and anxiety during a global pandemic: The role of world assumptions in couples

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The current study was designed to examine the role of sense of community at the outset of COVID‐19 pandemic‐related shutdowns as a longitudinal predictor of anxiety in couples. We also sought to investigate whether self‐reported changes in perceived levels of benevolent world assumptions would serve as an indirect conveyor of this association. Data were collected at three time points during the first 6‐months of pandemic shutdowns in the US and the current study utilized responses from 535 heterosexual cisgender couples. Mplus was used to path model lagged associations between sense of community at wave 1, world assumptions at waves 1 and 2 and anxiety symptoms at all three waves for both partners. Findings demonstrated direct effects within men and women with a stronger sense of community at wave 1 relating to lower anxiety at waves 2, and within women this effect extended to wave 3. Further, we found that a higher sense of community at wave 1 in men associated with perceived strengthening of benevolent world assumptions at the next wave for men and women. We noted that perceived strengthened benevolent world assumptions at wave 2 associated with lower anxiety at wave 3 within men. Indirect effects showed that a stronger sense of community at wave 1 associated with lower anxiety at wave 3 within men.

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A Gender Lens on Quality of Life: The Role of Sense of Community, Perceived Social Support, Self-Reported Health and Income

Abstract: Phone number +39 011 6702055 AcknowledgementsThe research was funded by the Piedmont Region, in relation to the project "Report on health and welfare services in Piedmont" (with University of Piemonte Orientale).

Cited by 32 publications

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The Influence of Coping Strategies on Quality of Life from a Gender Perspective

The Influence of Coping Strategies on Quality of Life from a Gender Perspective

Associations among stress, gender, sources of social support, and health in emerging adults

Sense of community and anxiety during a global pandemic: The role of world assumptions in couples

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