Perceived social support, mental health, and marital satisfaction in multiple sclerosis patients

Özen, Şükrü; Karataş, Tuğba; Polat, Ülkü

doi:10.1111/ppc.12760

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“…However, both perceived support and positive experiences are related to the broader aspects of social relationships. For example, both received support and perceived support availability are related to how close the individual feels to their support provider (Mazer & Thompson, 2011) and their satisfaction with the relationship (Lorenzo et al, 2018; Özen et al, 2021). This issue is related to a broader need to establish what aspects of social relationships (e.g., positive experiences, perceived availability of support, perceived closeness) are most important for personal well-being (Holt-Lunstad et al, 2017).…”

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The effects of relationship history on social support perceived from friendships

Williamson

2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Perceptions of social support availability may be influenced by internal working models, both of how support figures behave in general, and of how specific support figures behave individually. Participants were 217 first-year college students in the first semester of their involvement with an athletic team or Greek organization. They reported on the support they perceived to be available from three friends in those organizations at four time-points, over the course of 18 months. Regarding generalized working models, participants who had more supportive high school friends perceived more support available from their new college friends, even after controlling for their actual experiences with the college friends. Regarding friend-specific working models, friends who were perceived as more supportive at the beginning of the study were perceived as increasingly supportive over time, even after controlling for actual experiences with that friend. These findings illustrate the influence of relationship history on perceptions of social support. Feeling supported is not determined only by the responses of an individual’s support figures in times of need. Regular investment in relationships is important both for individuals who wish to feel supported and for support figures who wish to best help others.

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The effects of relationship history on social support perceived from friendships

Williamson

2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Cross-culturally, Kim (2010) found that support from family contributed to the marital satisfaction of Korean couples in a remarriage, whereas Ahlborg et al (2009) found that support from friends and family contributed to the marital quality of Swedish parents. Social support also positively contributed to the relationship quality of couples dealing with complex, difficult parenting and medical situations; perceived family and friend support were both predictive of marital quality for mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Benson, 2020), and for couples with a partner with multiple sclerosis, social support was also associated with increased marital satisfaction (Özen et al, 2021). This quick snapshot of the broad application of social support on relationship quality suggests the expansive applicability, and likely fundamental role, that social support plays in shaping and contextualizing the dialogue of a romantic relationship.…”

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Ethical Responsiveness as a Mediator Between Enduring Vulnerabilities and Relationship Quality

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Schramm

2023

Journal of Family Issues

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The strong relationality model of relationship flourishing emphasizes the role of ethical responsiveness (how well a person intrinsically responds to the manifest or identifiable needs of others) as a direct predictor of relationship quality and as an indirect pathway for explaining the influence of vulnerabilities. This study is among the first explicit tests of the theorized role of ethical responsiveness. The sample consisted of 1432 adults in a romantic relationship, from the United States and Canada. Modeled as latent variables, ethical responsiveness served as a path between the variables of depression, anxiety, and friend and family support, and the dependent variable of relationship-focused relationship quality. Depression and friend support predicted ethical responsiveness. Ethical responsiveness, both supports, and depression predicted relationship quality. Friend support and depression had an indirect effect through ethical responsiveness. Our findings support the role of ethical responsiveness and suggest continued research into how and why it influences relationships.

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“…MS can affect marriage satisfaction, negatively [9]. PwMS can have low or moderate level of marriage satisfaction [10,11]. In addition, it is known that depression, anxiety disorder, and sexual dysfunction negatively affect people's marriage and life satisfaction [12][13][14][15].…”

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Depression, sexual dysfunction, life satisfaction and marriage satisfaction in women with multiple sclerosis

Aydın

Önger

2022

Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg

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Background Marriage satisfaction is one of the factors that affects life satisfaction in healthy people and patients. In the current literature, it is found there is a positive correlation between marriage and life satisfaction. Many factors such as sexual dysfunction, depression and neurological disorders affect negatively marriage and life satisfactions. However, there is not enough research dealing with how multiple sclerosis (MS) affects women's marital and life satisfaction. This study aimed to examine marital satisfaction and life satisfaction of female patients with MS (pwMS) in relation to sexual dysfunction and depression. A total of 139 married women (MS Group: 81, Control Group: 58) were recruited in the study. Then both groups’ participants were requested to fill the relevant documentary; Demographic Information Form, Marital Life Scale (MLS), Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results Regarding the percentages of the relevant parameters; it was examined that 60.96% of pwMS and 62.07% of control group have depression, respectively. In addition, 89.16% of pwMS and 86.21% of control group have sexual dysfunction, respectively. Furthermore, 55.52% of pwMS and 44.83% of control group have high life satisfaction, whereas 60.24% of pwMS and 56.90% of control group have high marriage satisfaction, respectively. There was a strong positive correlation between marriage satisfaction and life satisfaction (p < 0.001) and there was a weak negative correlation between marriage satisfaction and sexual dysfunction (p < 0.001). In addition, there were weak negative correlations between marriage satisfaction and depression level (p < 0.001) and between life satisfaction and sexual dysfunction (p < 0.001), respectively. Similarly, there was a weak negative correlation between life satisfaction and depression level (p < 0.001), whereas there was a weak positive correlation between depression level and sexual dysfunction (p < 0.001). Finally, while there was no significant difference in the marriage satisfaction and sexual dysfunction between the groups in points of life satisfaction and depression level (p > 0.05). Conclusion Sexual dysfunction and depression are important problems that affect women’s marriage and life satisfaction. Sexual dysfunction is a common problem for women, regardless of MS.

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Perceived social support, mental health, and marital satisfaction in multiple sclerosis patients

Cited by 4 publications

References 76 publications

The effects of relationship history on social support perceived from friendships

The effects of relationship history on social support perceived from friendships

Ethical Responsiveness as a Mediator Between Enduring Vulnerabilities and Relationship Quality

Depression, sexual dysfunction, life satisfaction and marriage satisfaction in women with multiple sclerosis

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