Walter M Ensel
Biographic Data
| ID | 126951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walter M Ensel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walter M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ensel |
| SIGNATURE | ENSEL W M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 817 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Social Resources and Strength of Ties
For a class of social actions such as seeking a job, the socioeconomic standings of the contact (social resources) an individual uses will probably be very important in achieving a desired result. Drawing upon data from a sample of working males aged 21-64 in the metropolitan area of Albany-Troy-Schenactady, New York, we found that the job seeker's personal resources (initially his family background, but more importantly later his educational and…
Physical fitness and the stress process
In the current paper we focus on the role of physical fitness in the life stress process for both psychological and physical well‐being. The major research question posed in the current study is: Does physical fitness deter distress in a model containing the major components of the life stress process? That is, do individuals who exercise show higher levels of well‐being than those that do not exercise? Is this relationship independent of the str…
Age, the Stress Process, and Physical Distress
The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of life course, theoretical issues of temporality, types of stressors, and the role of social resources. The major conclusion is that there are multiple pathways to distress that differ for different stages in the life course
Social Support and Depressed Mood
Current literature on social support identifies social structure as a source of distress. However, past efforts tend to operationalize structure in terms of demographic characteristics. The present paper argues that structure should be conceived of as participation and involvement in community and social relations. Structure may include community ties, social networks and intimate ties. We hypothesize that the three elements represent the outer l…
Stress in the Life Course
This article examines the relationship between stress and distress in the life course, emphasizing the time elapsed between the event and measurement of psychological distress. Stressors are conceptualized as either distal or proximal based on how recently they occurred. Distal stressors are further classified as status changes or undesirable life changes. Using a life history calendar approach, we examine stressors occurring over a 15-year-perio…
Distal stressors and the life stress process
The current paper expands the concept of stressors to include two distinct types: recent (proximal) stressors and more distant (distal) stressors. It then examines the role played by these two types of stressors in an expanded model of the life stress process. In expanding the life stress model to include stressors occurring over a longer period of time, the paper first examines the ability of distal stressors to increase the variance explained i…
Aging, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes
"Important" Life Events and Depression among Older Adults
The current article examines the role of psychosocial factors in the relationship of life events and depression among older adults by focusing on a single "most important" life event. Using data from a random community sample of older adults, the study finds that although health-related events do exacerbate the level of depression resulting from an undesirable life event, their exclusion from the analysis still results in a significant relationsh…
The Life Stress Paradigm and Psychological Distress
The paper focuses on two forces (stressors and resources) in the life stress process as they affect psychological distress. Utilizing three waves of panel data from a representative community sample in upstate New York, six causal models of the life stress process are tested with indicators of two types of stressors (social and physiological) and two types of resources (social and psychological). Both deterring and coping models are tested. Analy…
The effects of types of social support from adult children on depression in elderly persons
Employing a stressors-mental health outcomes model, this study examines the effects of four newly developed measures of functional social support from adult children on the depressive symptomatology of elderly persons. Data derive from structured interviews of a community, stratified probability sample of adults aged 50 and over (N =1,174). The stressors examined are undesirable life events and level of disability. Scales representing four types …
Life Stress and Health
In the life stress process social, psychological, and physiological environments simultaneously impinge on well-being. In this paper we focus on physical health as it is affected by two environmental elements: stress(or)es and resources. Data from a three-wave panel survey of a representative upstate New York community are examined by lagged causal relationships among these variables. The results show that (1) prior physiological conditions contr…
Social Support, Life Events, and Depression
Depression-Mobility and Its Social Etiology
Modelling social support, life events, competence, and depression in the context of age and sex
As part of a longitudinal study, life events, social support, and personal competence are examined in terms of their ability to explain depressive symptomatology in three empirically discerned age groups of males and females. The major findings point to the centrality of social support in the epidemiology of depression in all age-sex groupings. While support was found to be the most significant predictor of depression in all groups, the magnitude…
Social Resources and Strength of Ties
Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel, John C. Vaughn, Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment, American Sociological Review, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Aug., 1981), pp. 393-405
Social Resources and Occupational Status Attainment
Causal Interpretation of Interaction Effect
Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness
Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel, Ronald S. Simeone, Wen Kuo, Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical Test, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 108-119
Social Resources and Strength of Ties
Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel, John C. Vaughn, Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment, American Sociological Review, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Aug., 1981), pp. 393-405
Life Stress and Health
In the life stress process social, psychological, and physiological environments simultaneously impinge on well-being. In this paper we focus on physical health as it is affected by two environmental elements: stress(or)es and resources. Data from a three-wave panel survey of a representative upstate New York community are examined by lagged causal relationships among these variables. The results show that (1) prior physiological conditions contr…
Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness
Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel, Ronald S. Simeone, Wen Kuo, Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical Test, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 108-119
Social Support and Depressed Mood
Current literature on social support identifies social structure as a source of distress. However, past efforts tend to operationalize structure in terms of demographic characteristics. The present paper argues that structure should be conceived of as participation and involvement in community and social relations. Structure may include community ties, social networks and intimate ties. We hypothesize that the three elements represent the outer l…
The Life Stress Paradigm and Psychological Distress
The paper focuses on two forces (stressors and resources) in the life stress process as they affect psychological distress. Utilizing three waves of panel data from a representative community sample in upstate New York, six causal models of the life stress process are tested with indicators of two types of stressors (social and physiological) and two types of resources (social and psychological). Both deterring and coping models are tested. Analy…
Social Resources and Occupational Status Attainment
Depression-Mobility and Its Social Etiology
Age, the Stress Process, and Physical Distress
The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of life course, theoretical issues of temporality, types of stressors, and the role of social resources. The major conclusion is that there are multiple pathways to distress that differ for different stages in the life course
Stress in the Life Course
This article examines the relationship between stress and distress in the life course, emphasizing the time elapsed between the event and measurement of psychological distress. Stressors are conceptualized as either distal or proximal based on how recently they occurred. Distal stressors are further classified as status changes or undesirable life changes. Using a life history calendar approach, we examine stressors occurring over a 15-year-perio…
Physical fitness and the stress process
In the current paper we focus on the role of physical fitness in the life stress process for both psychological and physical well‐being. The major research question posed in the current study is: Does physical fitness deter distress in a model containing the major components of the life stress process? That is, do individuals who exercise show higher levels of well‐being than those that do not exercise? Is this relationship independent of the str…
"Important" Life Events and Depression among Older Adults
The current article examines the role of psychosocial factors in the relationship of life events and depression among older adults by focusing on a single "most important" life event. Using data from a random community sample of older adults, the study finds that although health-related events do exacerbate the level of depression resulting from an undesirable life event, their exclusion from the analysis still results in a significant relationsh…
Social Support, Life Events, and Depression
Causal Interpretation of Interaction Effect
Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness
Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel, Ronald S. Simeone, Wen Kuo, Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical Test, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 108-119
Social Resources and Strength of Ties
Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel, John C. Vaughn, Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment, American Sociological Review, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Aug., 1981), pp. 393-405
Social Resources and Occupational Status Attainment
Causal Interpretation of Interaction Effect
Modelling social support, life events, competence, and depression in the context of age and sex
As part of a longitudinal study, life events, social support, and personal competence are examined in terms of their ability to explain depressive symptomatology in three empirically discerned age groups of males and females. The major findings point to the centrality of social support in the epidemiology of depression in all age-sex groupings. While support was found to be the most significant predictor of depression in all groups, the magnitude…
Depression-Mobility and Its Social Etiology
Social Support, Life Events, and Depression
The effects of types of social support from adult children on depression in elderly persons
Employing a stressors-mental health outcomes model, this study examines the effects of four newly developed measures of functional social support from adult children on the depressive symptomatology of elderly persons. Data derive from structured interviews of a community, stratified probability sample of adults aged 50 and over (N =1,174). The stressors examined are undesirable life events and level of disability. Scales representing four types …
Life Stress and Health
In the life stress process social, psychological, and physiological environments simultaneously impinge on well-being. In this paper we focus on physical health as it is affected by two environmental elements: stress(or)es and resources. Data from a three-wave panel survey of a representative upstate New York community are examined by lagged causal relationships among these variables. The results show that (1) prior physiological conditions contr…
"Important" Life Events and Depression among Older Adults
The current article examines the role of psychosocial factors in the relationship of life events and depression among older adults by focusing on a single "most important" life event. Using data from a random community sample of older adults, the study finds that although health-related events do exacerbate the level of depression resulting from an undesirable life event, their exclusion from the analysis still results in a significant relationsh…
The Life Stress Paradigm and Psychological Distress
The paper focuses on two forces (stressors and resources) in the life stress process as they affect psychological distress. Utilizing three waves of panel data from a representative community sample in upstate New York, six causal models of the life stress process are tested with indicators of two types of stressors (social and physiological) and two types of resources (social and psychological). Both deterring and coping models are tested. Analy…
Aging, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes
Stress in the Life Course
This article examines the relationship between stress and distress in the life course, emphasizing the time elapsed between the event and measurement of psychological distress. Stressors are conceptualized as either distal or proximal based on how recently they occurred. Distal stressors are further classified as status changes or undesirable life changes. Using a life history calendar approach, we examine stressors occurring over a 15-year-perio…
Distal stressors and the life stress process
The current paper expands the concept of stressors to include two distinct types: recent (proximal) stressors and more distant (distal) stressors. It then examines the role played by these two types of stressors in an expanded model of the life stress process. In expanding the life stress model to include stressors occurring over a longer period of time, the paper first examines the ability of distal stressors to increase the variance explained i…
Social Support and Depressed Mood
Current literature on social support identifies social structure as a source of distress. However, past efforts tend to operationalize structure in terms of demographic characteristics. The present paper argues that structure should be conceived of as participation and involvement in community and social relations. Structure may include community ties, social networks and intimate ties. We hypothesize that the three elements represent the outer l…
Age, the Stress Process, and Physical Distress
The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of life course, theoretical issues of temporality, types of stressors, and the role of social resources. The major conclusion is that there are multiple pathways to distress that differ for different stages in the life course
Physical fitness and the stress process
In the current paper we focus on the role of physical fitness in the life stress process for both psychological and physical well‐being. The major research question posed in the current study is: Does physical fitness deter distress in a model containing the major components of the life stress process? That is, do individuals who exercise show higher levels of well‐being than those that do not exercise? Is this relationship independent of the str…
Social Resources and Strength of Ties
For a class of social actions such as seeking a job, the socioeconomic standings of the contact (social resources) an individual uses will probably be very important in achieving a desired result. Drawing upon data from a sample of working males aged 21-64 in the metropolitan area of Albany-Troy-Schenactady, New York, we found that the job seeker's personal resources (initially his family background, but more importantly later his educational and…
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Social support (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Stressor (7 works)