Marital context and post-infarction quality of life: Is it social support or something more?

The relationships among social support and short‐ and long‐term recovery outcomes in men with coronary heart disease

“…The perceived social support from sources examined in this study indicated that spouses were providing significantly greater quantities of ernotional support and tangible aid than were HCPs and, further, that patients were more satisfied with spouse support than with HCP support. Although spouse support was not measured directly in earlier studies, this finding is in agreement with earlier results indicating that the spouse is the primary source of support after a cardiac illness event (Adsett & Bruhn, 1968;Waltz, 1986). The main types of support provided by spouses were tangible aid and emotional support, followed Note.…”

The relationships among social support and short‐ and long‐term recovery outcomes in men with coronary heart disease

“…The perceived social support from sources examined in this study indicated that spouses were providing significantly greater quantities of ernotional support and tangible aid than were HCPs and, further, that patients were more satisfied with spouse support than with HCP support. Although spouse support was not measured directly in earlier studies, this finding is in agreement with earlier results indicating that the spouse is the primary source of support after a cardiac illness event (Adsett & Bruhn, 1968;Waltz, 1986). The main types of support provided by spouses were tangible aid and emotional support, followed Note.…”

Two Important Distinctions in Social Support: Kind of Support and Perceived Versus Received1

“…In the present study, emotional support and spouse disclosure-a type of emotional support-were related to increased life satisfaction for both patients and spouses. This finding is consistent with those from another study of cardiac patients showing that intimacy attachment is related to positive affect and life satisfaction (Waltz, 1986) and is also consistent with the idea that emotional support is a health-sustaining function. When the outcome was psychological distress, however, informational support was more important for patients and instrumental support was more important for spouses.…”

Social support, coping, and depressive symptoms in a late-middle-aged sample of patients reporting cardiac illness.

“…Bolstering the view that various sources of social support relate to psychosocial adjustment during cardiac rehabilitation (Davidson, 1987; Roberts et al, 1986), the pattern of correlations showed that all three components of social support tapped here—family, work, and broader social network—were comparably related to adjustment. Furthermore, consistent with the idea that the benefits of social resources in cardiac rehabilitation derive from reduced interpersonal strains as well as emotional support (Badura & Waltz, 1984; Waltz, 1986), negative aspects of relationships, such as conflict and criticism from family and friends, were as damaging to adjustment as positive aspects of support were beneficial. This latter finding reinforces more general reconceptualizations of social support that emphasize the adverse influence of negative aspects of social ties on the overall perception of support and psychological well-being (see Coyne & DeLongis, 1986; Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1991; Rook, 1984).…”

The relationships among social support and short‐ and long‐term recovery outcomes in men with coronary heart disease

“…The perceived social support from sources examined in this study indicated that spouses were providing significantly greater quantities of ernotional support and tangible aid than were HCPs and, further, that patients were more satisfied with spouse support than with HCP support. Although spouse support was not measured directly in earlier studies, this finding is in agreement with earlier results indicating that the spouse is the primary source of support after a cardiac illness event (Adsett & Bruhn, 1968;Waltz, 1986). The main types of support provided by spouses were tangible aid and emotional support, followed Note.…”

Two Important Distinctions in Social Support: Kind of Support and Perceived Versus Received1

“…In the present study, emotional support and spouse disclosure-a type of emotional support-were related to increased life satisfaction for both patients and spouses. This finding is consistent with those from another study of cardiac patients showing that intimacy attachment is related to positive affect and life satisfaction (Waltz, 1986) and is also consistent with the idea that emotional support is a health-sustaining function. When the outcome was psychological distress, however, informational support was more important for patients and instrumental support was more important for spouses.…”

Social support, coping, and depressive symptoms in a late-middle-aged sample of patients reporting cardiac illness.

“…Bolstering the view that various sources of social support relate to psychosocial adjustment during cardiac rehabilitation (Davidson, 1987; Roberts et al, 1986), the pattern of correlations showed that all three components of social support tapped here—family, work, and broader social network—were comparably related to adjustment. Furthermore, consistent with the idea that the benefits of social resources in cardiac rehabilitation derive from reduced interpersonal strains as well as emotional support (Badura & Waltz, 1984; Waltz, 1986), negative aspects of relationships, such as conflict and criticism from family and friends, were as damaging to adjustment as positive aspects of support were beneficial. This latter finding reinforces more general reconceptualizations of social support that emphasize the adverse influence of negative aspects of social ties on the overall perception of support and psychological well-being (see Coyne & DeLongis, 1986; Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1991; Rook, 1984).…”

The relationships among social support and short‐ and long‐term recovery outcomes in men with coronary heart disease

“…The perceived social support from sources examined in this study indicated that spouses were providing significantly greater quantities of ernotional support and tangible aid than were HCPs and, further, that patients were more satisfied with spouse support than with HCP support. Although spouse support was not measured directly in earlier studies, this finding is in agreement with earlier results indicating that the spouse is the primary source of support after a cardiac illness event (Adsett & Bruhn, 1968;Waltz, 1986). The main types of support provided by spouses were tangible aid and emotional support, followed Note.…”

Two Important Distinctions in Social Support: Kind of Support and Perceived Versus Received1

“…In the present study, emotional support and spouse disclosure-a type of emotional support-were related to increased life satisfaction for both patients and spouses. This finding is consistent with those from another study of cardiac patients showing that intimacy attachment is related to positive affect and life satisfaction (Waltz, 1986) and is also consistent with the idea that emotional support is a health-sustaining function. When the outcome was psychological distress, however, informational support was more important for patients and instrumental support was more important for spouses.…”

Social support, coping, and depressive symptoms in a late-middle-aged sample of patients reporting cardiac illness.

“…Bolstering the view that various sources of social support relate to psychosocial adjustment during cardiac rehabilitation (Davidson, 1987; Roberts et al, 1986), the pattern of correlations showed that all three components of social support tapped here—family, work, and broader social network—were comparably related to adjustment. Furthermore, consistent with the idea that the benefits of social resources in cardiac rehabilitation derive from reduced interpersonal strains as well as emotional support (Badura & Waltz, 1984; Waltz, 1986), negative aspects of relationships, such as conflict and criticism from family and friends, were as damaging to adjustment as positive aspects of support were beneficial. This latter finding reinforces more general reconceptualizations of social support that emphasize the adverse influence of negative aspects of social ties on the overall perception of support and psychological well-being (see Coyne & DeLongis, 1986; Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1991; Rook, 1984).…”