Mental health in U.S. adults: The role of positive social support and social                 negativity in personal relationships

Bertera, Elizabeth M.

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“…Furthermore, interactions with various social partners may have differential effects on mental health; for example, negativity with spouse and relatives seems to be more detrimental to mental health than negativity with friends [10,12]. In addition, the sources of negative exchanges may vary as a function of gender [12].…”

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Can Positive Social Exchanges Buffer the Detrimental Effects of Negative Social Exchanges? Age and Gender Differences

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Background: Findings from existing research exploring whether positive social exchanges can help to offset (or ‘buffer’ against) the harmful effects of negative social exchanges on mental health have been inconsistent. This could be because the existing research is characterized by different approaches to studying various contexts of ‘cross-domain’ and ‘within-domain’ buffering, and/or because the nature of buffering effects varies according to sociodemographic characteristics that underlie different aspects of social network structure and function. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine whether the buffering effects of global perceptions of positive exchanges on the link between global negative exchanges and mental health varied as a function of age and gender. Method: We used a series of regressions in a sample of 556 Australian older adults (ages 55–94) to test for three-way interactions among gender, positive social exchanges, and negative social exchanges, as well as age and positive and negative social exchanges, in predicting mental health, controlling for years of education, partner status, and physical functioning. Results: We found that positive exchanges buffered against negative exchanges for younger old adults, but not for older old adults, and for women, but not for men. Conclusions: Our findings are interpreted in light of research on individual differences in coping responses and interpersonal goals among late middle-aged and older adults. Our findings are in line with gerontological theories (e.g. socioemotional selectivity theory), and imply that an intervention aimed at using positive social exchanges as a means of coping with negative social exchanges might be more successful among particular populations (i.e. women, ‘younger’ old adults).

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“…Social relationships have been associated with stress-buffering influences (Cohen & Wills, 1985), greater life satisfaction (Walen & Lachman, 2001), and lower rates of mood disorders (Bertera, 2005). Additionally, both quantitative (i.e., social support structure) and qualitative (i.e., social support functions) aspects of social relationships predict various health outcomes, such as reductions in blood pressure and heart rate, reduced odds of myocardial infarction, post-myocardial infarction survival, and reported health status (see Berkman et al, 2000 for a review; Newsom, Mahan, Rook, & Krause, 2008).…”

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The assessment of positivity and negativity in social networks: the reliability and validity of the social relationships index

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The Social Relationships Index (SRI) was designed to examine positivity and negativity in social relationships. Unique features of this scale include its brevity and the ability to examine relationship positivity and negativity at the level of the specific individual and social network. The SRI's psychometric properties were examined in three studies. The SRI demonstrated good psychometric properties, including test-retest reliability for the assessment of positivity and negativity, and of relationship classifications across social networks. Additionally, discriminant and convergent validity was established with existing social relationship and personality scales. Finally, the SRI showed some generalizability across different contexts. These studies suggest that the SRI is a reliable and valid alternative measure for use in health studies that require a shorter assessment of relationships. C 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Within the past century, a large body of epidemiological and experimental evidence has accumulated to suggest the importance of social relationships for our mental health and physical well-being

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“…esta variable tiene relevancia en el ámbito de la salud, debido a la asociación que tiene con factores psicológicos tales como el apoyo social percibido, depresión y estrés psicológico (Beach, Katz, Kim y Brody, 2003;Bertera, 2005;ibarra-rovillard y Kuiper, 2011). sin embargo, y a diferencia de otros contructos psicológicos tales como el optimismo disposicional (ortiz, gómez-pérez, cancino y Barrera-Herrera, 2016), depresión y ansiedad (antúnez y Vinet, 2012) y estrés (ortiz, Baeza-rivera y Myers, 2013), que cuentan con escalas validadas en población chilena, las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de Ns de Newsom et al (2005) aún no han sido estudiadas en chile.…”

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Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Negatividad Social de Newsom en Universitarios Chilenos

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Daniela gómez-pérez programa de Doctorado en psicología, Universidad de la Frontera, chile.Margarita cancino programa de Doctorado en psicología, Universidad de la Frontera, chile.ana Barrera-Herrera programa de Doctorado en psicología, Universidad de la Frontera, chile. Resumen el objetivo de este estudio fue estimar las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de Negatividad social de Newsom, la cual mide el efecto negativo de las interacciones sociales en el bienestar individual. para ello, se seleccionó a 526 universitarios, realizando análisis factorial exploratorio con 50% de la muestra y análisis factorial confirmatorio con el restante 50%. A diferencia de la estructura de cuatro factores sugerida por los autores, los resultados de este estudio indican que la escala tiene una estructura factorial de dos factores, agrupando el primer factor 4 ítems y el segundo 8. las cargas factoriales fueron superiores a 0,3 y se obtuvieron buenos indicadores de bondad de ajuste. la consistencia interna de la escala, medida con alfa de cronbach fue 0,86. la evidencia sugiere que la escala de Negatividad social de Newsom es un instrumento válido y confiable que puede ser utilizado en población Chilena. Palabras clave: Negatividad Social, Análisis Factorial Exploratorio, Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio, Confiabilidad.Abstract the purpose of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the social Negativity exchange Scale developed by Newsom et al, which is defined as the negative effect that social interactions have on individual wellbeing. Thus, a sample of five hundred and twenty two (n= 526) college-age students was nonrandomly selected. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted with 50% of them, and then a confirmatory factor analysis with the others. A two-factor solution was identified, with the first factor grouping four items and the second factor eight items. Fit indexes were good, with factorial loadings greater than .3. the total scale reliability was .86. the evidence obtained in this study suggests that the Newsom´s social Negativity exchange scale is a valid and reliable scale to be used with chilean population.

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Mental health in U.S. adults: The role of positive social support and social negativity in personal relationships

Abstract: This study examines positive social support,

Cited by 131 publications

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Can Positive Social Exchanges Buffer the Detrimental Effects of Negative Social Exchanges? Age and Gender Differences

Can Positive Social Exchanges Buffer the Detrimental Effects of Negative Social Exchanges? Age and Gender Differences

The assessment of positivity and negativity in social networks: the reliability and validity of the social relationships index

Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Negatividad Social de Newsom en Universitarios Chilenos

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