Stress of Singlehood: Marital Status, Domain-Specific Stress, and Anxiety in a National U.S. Sample

Ta, Vivian P.; Gesselman, Amanda N.; Perry, Brea L.; Fisher, Helen; Garcia, Justin R.

doi:10.1521/jscp.2017.36.6.461

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“…Participants who were never married or divorced reported experiencing more perceived stress than married participants. Perceived stress findings reflect patterns found in prior research in that participants who were single and/or living alone reported greater perceived stress and greater negative effects related to their illness than their married peers . These findings may be attributed to the additional stressors of singlehood, including loneliness, maintaining social commitments, and financial hardships .…”

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“…When managing a diagnosis of cancer, participants who lived alone reported unmet needs for patient care, including emotional support, and these needs increased over time . These additional stressors may put single individuals at an increased risk for mental health problems . These findings suggest that social support during cancer treatment is valuable for maintaining quality of life and reducing stress …”

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“…Perceived stress findings reflect patterns found in prior research in that participants who were single and/or living alone reported greater perceived stress and greater negative effects related to their illness than their married peers. 22,24,25 These findings may be attributed to the additional stressors of singlehood, including loneliness, maintaining social commitments, and financial hardships. 25 When managing a diagnosis of cancer, participants who lived alone reported unmet needs for patient care, including emotional support, and these needs increased over time.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…22,24,25 These findings may be attributed to the additional stressors of singlehood, including loneliness, maintaining social commitments, and financial hardships. 25 When managing a diagnosis of cancer, participants who lived alone reported unmet needs for patient care, including emotional support, and these needs increased over time. 26 These additional stressors may put single individuals at an increased risk for mental health problems.…”

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Illness perceptions and perceived stress in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer

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Objective According to the Common‐Sense Model of Self‐Regulation, when faced with a health threat, we make cognitive and emotional assumptions about the illness. The aims of this study were to (a) examine the role of sociodemographic and disease‐specific factors on illness perception and perceived stress and (b) test the association between perceived stress and illness perception in participants diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer. Methods Participants completed a battery of questionnaires including a Sociodemographic and Disease‐Specific Questionnaire, the Illness Perception Questionnaire, Brief Version (Brief‐IPQ), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS‐14). Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression were performed to test the hypotheses. Results Of the 627 participants, the mean age was 62 years (SD = 11); the majority were male (63.3%) and Caucasian (90.9%). Younger (F3,625 = 5.80, P < .01) and divorced or never married participants reported higher levels of perceived stress when compared with older and married participants (F4,618 = 3.52, P < .01). Younger participants (18‐74 years old) reported more negative illness perceptions than older participants (75 years and older) (F3,511 = 4.08, P < .01). A weak, positive relationship between perceived stress and illness perceptions was observed (r = 0.22, P < .01), and illness perceptions predicted 36.1% of the variance of perceived stress. Conclusions Our findings suggest that participants who negatively perceived their illness experienced greater levels of perceived stress. Interventions that aim to adjust patients' illness perceptions in order to facilitate a reduction of stress and improvement in quality of life are needed.

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“…These findings demonstrate in a large national sample that in some domains single life is perceived more positively, and in other domains married life is perceived more positively, highlighting the reality of multiple determinations in people's romantic and sexual lives. These findings also demonstrate the utility of assessing multiple social life domains when examining differences and similarities across relationship statuses (e.g., Ta et al, ), pointing to unique aspects of social and interpersonal lives that people perceive and experience more positively or negatively.…”

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Perceptions of married life among single never‐married, single ever‐married, and married adults

Gesselman

Franco

Brogdon

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With the increasing prevalence of single adults in the United States, perceptions of marriage as the relationship “gold standard” may be diminishing. In this study (N = 6,576), we explored perceptions of married life in three subgroups of participants: Those who have never married, ever married, and currently married. Across subgroups, most did not perceive married life more positively than single life in external/tangible domains (e.g., more friends), but did in emotional experiences and frame of mind (e.g., contentment). These findings suggest conceptualizations of marriage may be changing to be less positive or less discrepant from conceptualizations of single life. However, these findings also suggest that people continue to view marital relationships as a positive source of emotional experience and support.

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Barriers and facilitators of productivity while working from home during pandemic

Seva

Tejero

Fadrilan-Camacho

2021

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objectives This study aims to characterize the working environment, stress levels, and psychological detachment of employees working from home during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Philippines and investigate their relationship to productivity and musculoskeletal symptoms. Methods Structural equation modeling was used to examine the direct effect of workstation characteristics, stress, and musculoskeletal symptoms to productivity and the indirect effect of psychological detachment to productivity. Data were gathered from a survey of employees working from home during the pandemic from different industries ( n = 352). Multigroup analysis was also conducted to determine the effect of age, having a spouse, and having children less than 18 years old, to the model. Results Ergonomic suitability of the workstation (WES) has a significant effect on musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) (β = −0.31, SE = 0.06; p < .001). Both workstation suitability (β = −0.24, SE = 0.03; p < .001) and workstation ergonomic suitability (β = −0.18, SE = 0.01; p < .01) inversely affect STR. Psychological detachment has a significant inverse effect on stress (β = −0.31, SE = 0.07; p < .001) and stress has a significant negative effect on productivity (β = −0.13, SE = 0.09; p = .03). Multigroup analyses showed that stress significantly affected the productivity of those without spouses and young employees. Conclusion Workstation suitability helps improve the productivity of people working from home while stress negatively affects it. Workstation ergonomic suitability and musculoskeletal symptoms have no significant effect.

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Stress of Singlehood: Marital Status, Domain-Specific Stress, and Anxiety in a National U.S. Sample

Cited by 85 publications

References 40 publications

Illness perceptions and perceived stress in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer

Illness perceptions and perceived stress in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer

Perceptions of married life among single never‐married, single ever‐married, and married adults

Barriers and facilitators of productivity while working from home during pandemic

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