Why Is It Difficult for Social Network Members to Support People Living with Mental Illnesses?: Linking Mental Illness Uncertainty to Support Provision

Thompson, Charee M.; Pulido, Manuel D.; Caban, Sarah

doi:10.1080/10410236.2020.1831166

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“…Naming issues were potentially resolved in a book chapter written by Goldsmith and Griscom (2018) in which they referred to the scale as the Multidimensional Evaluation of Enacted Social Support (MEESS). Two recent studies have subsequently referred to the scale as the MEESS (Taniguchi & Glowacki, 2021; Thompson et al, 2022), and we recommend future studies adopt this naming convention as well.…”

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The multidimensional evaluation of enacted social support: Best practices for use based on issues of factor structure, study design, and scale instructions

Ray

Mikkelson

2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The Multidimensional Evaluation of Enacted Social Support (MEESS) measures communicated support in terms of supportiveness, helpfulness, and sensitivity. However, a systematic review of studies using the scale showed that the scale is mostly used as a unidimensional measure of support. Additionally, the scale is prone to having high interfactor correlations, and researchers rarely perform a confirmatory factor analysis to verify the scale’s factor structure. Therefore, we conducted two studies (Combined N = 1609) using nationally representative samples of U.S. adults to investigate the scale’s factor structure in message recall and hypothetical message study designs. We also explored whether the scale is best presented one factor at a time with factor-specific instructions as opposed to presenting the scale as a single set of items with one instruction set. Study 1 results indicate that the one-factor and three-factor solutions are both adequate without performing modifications during confirmatory factor analysis, but the three-factor model did provide a small but significantly better fit to the data than the one-factor model. In Study 2, both the one- and three-factor solutions had adequate fit; however, when using the factor-specific instructions, the three-factor solution had a far superior fit compared to the one-factor solution. Given the purpose of the scale as a multidimensional evaluation of social support, we recommend always conducting a confirmatory factor analysis when using the MEESS and to present the scale with separate instructions for each factor’s items.

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The multidimensional evaluation of enacted social support: Best practices for use based on issues of factor structure, study design, and scale instructions

Ray

Mikkelson

2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Most studies on mental health help-seeking and helpoutreach and their antecedents focus on the private environment investigating the role of informal sources, such as family and friends, as well as formal sources, such as psychiatrists Schnyder et al, 2017;Benuto et al, 2020;Thompson et al, 2022). The working context, covering colleagues and supervisors as sources of help, has rarely been studied.…”

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Mental Health Literacy: How to Obtain and Maintain Positive Mental Health

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Sampaio²,

Pinho³

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“…Drawing on the sensitive interaction systems theory (SIST; Barbee & Cunningham, 1995), we situate this longitudinal study within the health context of mental illness and the relational context of close family. On the one hand, as a highly prevalent chronic condition, mental illness is frequently associated with uncertainty experiences and is a context in which supportive communication is particularly challenging (e.g., Hippman et al, 2013; Thompson et al, 2022). On the other hand, although not all family relationships are positive or supportive, family is a critical source of social support for most people (e.g., Pierce et al, 1996).…”

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Coping with uncertainty in mental illness: Associations among desired support, support seeking strategies, and received support from family members

Kuang

Wang

2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Individuals with mental illness commonly experience uncertainty related to not only the condition itself but also personal and social implications surrounding mental illness. Support from family has the potential to alleviate uncertain feelings and reduce perceived stress. Drawing on the sensitive interaction systems theory, this longitudinal study investigated the support seeking processes and outcomes in mental illness. Results suggested that perceived uncertainty about mental illness was negatively associated with desired emotional and informational support from close family. Desired support predicted received support and reduced perceived stress 2 weeks later. The effect of desired support on received support was mediated by direct support seeking behaviors. Communication efficacy, relational trust, and motivation to seek support moderated the associations between desired support and support seeking behaviors. Findings offer theoretical and practical implications for support seeking from family members in mental illness.

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Why Is It Difficult for Social Network Members to Support People Living with Mental Illnesses?: Linking Mental Illness Uncertainty to Support Provision

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The multidimensional evaluation of enacted social support: Best practices for use based on issues of factor structure, study design, and scale instructions

The multidimensional evaluation of enacted social support: Best practices for use based on issues of factor structure, study design, and scale instructions

Mental Health Literacy: How to Obtain and Maintain Positive Mental Health

Coping with uncertainty in mental illness: Associations among desired support, support seeking strategies, and received support from family members

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