The role of loneliness and social support in adjustment to loss: A test of attachment versus stress theory.

Stroebe, Wolfgang; Stroebe, Margaret; Abakoumkin, Georgios; Schüt, H.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1241

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“…Stroebe, Stroebe, Abakoumkin, and Schut (1996) found that widows were more depressed than a comparison group of women who had not lost their husbands, and that depression was higher even several years postbereavement. Longitudinal findings support these cross-sectional data.…”

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Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being

Diener

Seligman

2009

Social Indicators Research Series

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SUMMARY-Policy decisions at the organizational, corporate, and governmental levels should be more heavily influenced by issues related to well-being--people's evaluations and feelings about their lives. Domestic policy currently focuses heavily on economic outcomes, although economic indicators omit, and even mislead about, much of what society values. We show that economic indicators have many shortcomings, and that measures of well-being point to important conclusions that are not apparent from economic indicators alone. For example, although economic output has risen steeply over the past decades, there has been no rise in life satisfaction during this period, and there has been a substantial increase in depression and distrust. We argue that economic indicators were extremely important in the early stages of economic development, when the fulfillment of basic needs was the main issue. As societies grow wealthy, however, differences in well-being are less frequently due to income, and are more frequently due to factors such as social relationships and enjoyment at work.Important noneconomic predictors of the average levels of well-being of societies include social capital, democratic governance, and human rights. In the workplace, noneconomic factors influence work satisfaction and profitability. It is therefore important that organizations, as well as nations, monitor the well-being of workers, and take steps to improve it.Assessing the well-being of individuals with mental disorders casts light on policy problems that do not emerge from economic indicators. Mental disorders cause widespread suffering, and their impact is growing, especially in relation to the influence of medical disorders, which is declining. Although many studies now show that the suffering due to mental disorders can be alleviated by treatment, a large proportion of persons with mental disorders go untreated. Thus, a policy imperative is to offer treatment to more people with mental disorders, and more assistance to their caregivers.Supportive, positive social relationships are necessary for well-being. There are data suggesting that well-being leads to good social relationships and does not merely follow from them. In addition, experimental evidence indicates that people suffer when they are ostracized from groups or have poor relationships in groups. The fact that strong social relationships are critical to well-being has many policy implications. For instance, corporations should carefully consider relocating employees because doing so can sever friendships and therefore be detrimental to well-being.Desirable outcomes, even economic ones, are often caused by well-being rather than the other way around. People high in wellbeing later earn higher incomes and perform better at work than people who report low well-being. Happy workers are better organizational citizens, meaning that they help other people at work in various ways. Furthermore, people high in well-being seem to have better social relationships than people low in wellbeing. ...

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Section: Marriagementioning

confidence: 93%

Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being

Diener

Seligman

2009

Social Indicators Research Series

789

975

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“…Psychosocial resources, such as mastery or locus of control (Cotten, 1999;Landau,1995;Stroebe and Stroebe, 1993;Stroebe et al, 1988) and perceived social support (Stroebe et al 1996;Zisook et al, 1987) were associated with better adjustment. However, little is known about the buffer effect of these protective factors.…”

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Predictors of psychological adjustment after bereavement

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Smit

et al. 2006

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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“…Again, this finding is similar to those of Meuser (2002, 2005) who found a similar relationship between AG and social support. This result is also consistent with the bereavement literature which has reliably demonstrated that support from family and friends is one of the strongest predictors of bereavement outcomes including depression and grief symptomatology (Sanders, 1993;Stroebe, Stroebe, Abakoumkin, & Schut, 1996;Norris & Murrell, 1990). …”

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Anticipatory grief in the context of dementia caregiving.

Holley

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The role of loneliness and social support in adjustment to loss: A test of attachment versus stress theory.

Cited by 261 publications

References 21 publications

Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being

Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being

Predictors of psychological adjustment after bereavement

Anticipatory grief in the context of dementia caregiving.

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