Effects of social support in the stressor-strain relationship: A Dutch sample
Social Science & MedicinePublished 1 January 1982
J.A.M. Winnubst, Frans H.G. Marcelissen, Rolf J. Kleber
Citations97
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.10
SNIP2.01
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
The analysis shows that social support buffers the impact of work-related stressors on psychological and behavioral strains but that there is no such a buffering effect on health strains.
Abstract
Social support may be defined as the social ties an individual has, and which lead the subject to believe that he is cared for. The present study describes research on the hypothesis that social support protects the person against the noxious effects of job stress and will keep the strain and health effects low. A short review of relevant literature is given and 6 hypotheses about the role of support are tested; 3 about the interactive effects and 3 about the main effects. The study resembles the work of LaRocco, House and French, although there are some differences. Like these authors, a moderated regression technique was used on data from a sample of 1246 employees of 13 different industrial organizations. The analysis shows that social support buffers the impact of work-related stressors on psychological and behavioral strains but that there is no such a buffering effect on health strains. A very striking result was the strong buffering effect against employee's high blood pressure (SBP and DBP), of the supervisor giving support in the case of psychological problems.
Keywords
PsychologySocial SciencesHealth Professions
Psychosomatic MedicineSocial Support as a Moderator of Life Stress
6,764 Citations1976Sidney Cobb
It appears that social support can protect people in crisis from a wide variety of pathological states: from low birth weight to death, from arthritis through tuberculosis to depression, alcoholism, and the social breakdown syndrome.
American Journal of EpidemiologyTHE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT TO HOST RESISTANCE: THE FOURTH WADE HAMPTON FROST LECTURE1
1,954 Citations1995John C. Cassel
Stress-Related Transactions between Person and Environment
1,792 Citations1978Richard S. Lazarus, Raymond Launier
American Journal of EpidemiologyTHE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT TO HOST RESISTANCE1
1,788 Citations1976John C. Cassel
I count myself honored indeed to be included among those who have been chosen to present this, the Wade Hampton Frost Lecture, and for this I must thank my very wise chief, Dr. Sidney L. Kark, who introduced me to the papers, particularly the section on tuberculosis.
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorSocial Support, Occupational Stress, and Health
1,044 Citations1980James M. LaRocco, James S. House +1 more
The buffering hypothesis for mental and physical health variables (anxiety, depression, irritation, and somatic symptoms), but, as in the previous three studies, fail to support thebuffering hypothesis in regard to job-related strains.
The American Catholic Sociological ReviewThe Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character
1,024 Citations1951Rudolph E. Morris, David Riesman +2 more
American Journal of Public HealthSupport Systems and Community Mental Health
838 Citations1975Marvin E. Perkins
American Journal of EpidemiologyPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSETS, LIFE CRISIS AND THE PROGNOSIS OF PREGNANCY12
810 Citations1972Katherine B. Nuckolls, John C. Cassel +1 more
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorThe Effect of Social Support in Moderating the Health Consequences of Unemployment
769 Citations1978Susan Gore
It is argued that these study findings demonstrate the exacerbation of life stress by a low sense of social support, and health differences between supported and unsupported populations under stress are commonly interpreted as evidence that support buffers the effects ofLife stress.
Perspectives in Interactional Psychology
635 Citations1978Lawrence A. Pervin, Michael Lewis
Psychological MedicineMeasuring social relationships The Interview Schedule for Social Interaction
561 Citations1980Scott Henderson, Paul Duncan‐Jones +2 more
Data from a general population sample suggest this instrument to be sufficiently valid and reliable, and also sensitive to predictable variations between sociodemographic groups, to justify its use in clinical and epidemiological studies, both in psychiatry and general medicine.
The British Journal of PsychiatryDepression and Loss
338 Citations1977George W. Brown, Tirril Harris +1 more
It is argued that among patients all types of past loss by death are associated with psychotic-like depressive symptoms and other types with neurotic-type depressive symptoms (and their severity) and that these associations probably reflect direct causal links, and a sociopsychological theory to explain them is discussed.
Journal of Social IssuesA Programmatic Approach to Studying the Industrial Environment and Mental Health<sup>1</sup>
311 Citations1962John R. P. French, Robert L. Kahn
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorLife Events, Social Supports, and Psychiatric Symptoms: A Re-Analysis of the New Haven Data
297 Citations1978William W. Eaton
The data provide some serendipitous evidence that life events are more likely to cause mental disorder if the individual has not experienced similar stresses before and there is also evidence that members of the household provide support in times of crisis that help prevent mental disorder.
Social Science & Medicine Part A Medical SociologySocial networks: A promising direction for research on the relationship of the social environment to psychiatric disorder
220 Citations1980Daniel P. Mueller
There is a need for systematic investigations of the relationship of social network characteristics to specific psychiatric disorders, particularly depression, and findings indicate that social networks may be particularly important in onset and course of depression.
Organizational Behavior and Human PerformanceAn empirical investigation of job stress, social support, service length, and job strain
196 Citations1981Gary Blau
Annals of Internal MedicineOrganizational stress and individual strain: A social-psychological study of risk factors in coronary heart disease among administrators, engineers, and scientists
131 Citations1971Robert D. Caplan
Journal of Chronic DiseasesFamily structure in relation to health and disease
90 Citations1960Edith Chen, Sidney Cobb
That marital status has a marked relation to over-all mortality is most striking with respect to tuberculosis suicide and other violent deaths influenza and pneumonia syphilis and its sequelae and cirrhosis of the liver.
Social Science & Medicine (1967)Psychiatric disorder in London and North Uist
84 Citations1977G.W. Browns, S. Davidson +4 more
There are differences in the form of the disorder according to the extent to which women are integrated into the culture of the island, and those most integrated have a higher rate of anxiety and lower rate of depression and the least integrated the reverse pattern.
American Heart JournalPsychosocial and behavioral influences in the pathogenesis of acquired cardiovascular disease
33 Citations1980James C. Buell, Robert S. Eliot
In view of the awesome impact of contemporary cardiovascular disease, the need to study and evaluate the interaction of environmental and biological factors in both laboratory studies of pathogenesis as well as in clinical studies of management is emphasized.
Psychotherapy and PsychosomaticsCross-Validation of the A/B Typology in The Netherlands
18 Citations2010F. Verhagen, C. H. Th. Nass +3 more
In a retrospective patient-control study in The Netherlands, relationships were established between the coronary-prone behavior pattern, as measured with the Structured Interview (SI) and the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS), and selected Dutch questionnaires.
Journal of Clinical PathologyPathology of Ischaemic Heart Disease
6 Citations1978H. M. Cameron
This book does not do justice to the aesthetic attraction of good histological technique and there are too many examples of inappropriate tissues, unacceptable stains, or poor colour reproduction.