Spousal positive social control and men's health behaviors and self-efficacy

The influence of age and relationship satisfaction

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2933709
AutoresFrancine De Montigny (0000-0003-1676-0189, Université du Québec en Outaouais, autor correspondente), Sophie Meunier (0000-0003-1866-7308, Université du Québec à Montréal), Lyne Cloutier (0000-0003-2886-6538, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières), Gilles Tremblay (Université Laval), Simon Coulombe (0000-0002-2424-2026, Université du Québec à Montréal), Nathalie Auger (0000-0002-2412-0459, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec), Bernard Roy (0000-0002-5686-337X, Université Laval), Isabelle Gaboury (0000-0002-2881-4714, Université de Sherbrooke), François-Olivier Bernard (Université Laval), Brigitte Lavoie (0000-0003-4683-1849, Lavoie Solutions, Canada), Harold Dion (Clinique médicale l’Actuel, Canada), Janie Houle (0000-0003-0370-5076, Université du Québec à Montréal)
Ano2017
Volume34
Fascículo5
Páginas753-770
Data de publicação2017-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407516658362
OpenAlexW2466095435
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas37

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spousal positive social control (SPSC) and men's health behaviors. This study also tested the mediating effect of health self-efficacy in this relationship and the moderating effects of age and relationship satisfaction (RS) in the association between SPSC and health behaviors and self-efficacy. A total of 506 unionized male workers answered a questionnaire assessing their level of health self-efficacy, how often they performed various health behaviors, and their perceptions of the frequency with which their spouse used positive social control to influence their health. Results indicated that SPSC was positively associated with health behaviors and that this association was mediated by health self-efficacy. Moderation analysis indicated that, for middle-aged and older men, SPSC was only positively associated with health self-efficacy when RS was high. Also, for older men only, when RS was low, SPSC had a backfiring effect and was negatively associated with health self-efficacy. Finally, results indicated the presence of a moderated mediation with the indirect effect of SPSC on health behaviors through health self-efficacy being moderated by age and relationship satisfaction. By indicating more precisely how, with whom, and under what circumstances SPSC can be beneficial or not, the results from this study have important implications for interventions promoting men's health

Intervention (counseling · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Moderation · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Self-efficacy · Social support · Spouse · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges