Interpreting the evidence on social support

As, Henderson

doi:10.1007/bf00583814

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“…depressed persons may be more likely to view their social support as dissatisfying of inadequate, regardless of its objective qualities) (Henderson, 1984). It is important to note that this is a prospective study, and the time interval between measurements argues against a simple confounding due to affective or mood states at the time of the interview.…”

Section: Predictors Of Depression Outcomementioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial and clinical predictors of unipolar depression outcome in older adults

Bosworth

Hays

George

et al. 2002

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

106

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Section: Predictors Of Depression Outcomementioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial and clinical predictors of unipolar depression outcome in older adults

Bosworth

Hays

George

et al. 2002

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

106

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“…Recently, Henderson (1984) has collected further data that support the lack of sex differences in perception of availability or adequacy of social support both in friendships and close intimate relationships. These findings are puzzling, and lead one to query the observation of Belle (1982) that women in general suffer from a support gap.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…The difficulty of course, as Henderson (1984) has elaborated, is to find a way to determine to what extent, and in what ways, one influences the other, if at all.…”

Section: Social Support and Psychological Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Women's perceptions of the nature and adequacy of their present support relationships

Brackstone

Zingle

1993

Int J Adv Counselling

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Abstract. Concern is commonly expressed about the adequacy of women's social support. Typically, women are described as suffering from a 'support gap' or a 'relational deficit' whereby they give more support to others than they receive in return. Men are frequently faulted for not being able and/or willing to provide nurturing and emotional support to the women in their lives.This study was undertaken to examine women's perceptions of the nature and adequacy of their present support relationships. It was intended to learn on whom women typically rely for various kinds of support, how adequate they perceive this support to be, and what changes they would like to see.Results of the study indicated that the majority of women perceive themselves to receive adequate support from others. It was also evident that women feel that they receive about equal support from others in general and from their spouse/intimate, as they give in return. It was found that women, particularly married women, relied extensively on men for their social support, most often naming their male intimate as the most supportive person in their lives. Women tended to most frequently characterize the kinds of support they received from men as 'Shows Caring and Personal Interest', and 'Gives Encouragement, Praise and Confidence'. While women, particularly married women, relied more on men than on women for most kinds of support examined, they also expressed more dissatisfaction with the quality of the support received from their male support persons than from their female support persons. Major dissatisfactions described (regarding male support) were lack of understanding and acceptance, and inadequate expression of appreciation for their role in the home.The results suggest that men play a far more prominent role in providing valued social support for the women in their lives than they are generally given credit for doing. Belle (1982) on reviewing stress research in relation to women draws attention to a serious source of stress in women today which she feels has been overlooked. She calls this source of stress the 'support gap' to describe the phenomenon whereby women give more support to others than they receive in return. Belle explores contemporary theories of women's psychology and reports that women's 'sense of connection to and responsibility for others ... leads women to attend to and nurture other human beings and to provide them with...social support, or information leading the subject to believe that he is Theoretical background

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“…Fifth, a social desirability factor may be operative when assessing social networks and/or social support (Henderson, 1984): individuals may be loath to admit to the limited number of individuals comprising their networks. Therefore, they may exaggerate the numbers of social ties and overestimate the amounts of support they acquire (Beels et al , 1984).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Whilst our emphasis will be on the ameliorative effects of social intercourse, interpersonal exchanges can also be toxic, depending both on endogenous factors such as the individual's premorbid personality and current mental state (Hammer, 1981;Henderson, 1984), as well as exogenous influences such as the stress produced by demanding or intrusive individuals (Hamilton et al, 1989).…”

Section: The Social Support Function Of Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%