Social support and psychological distress in women and men

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ID9618138
AuthorsDuncan Cramer (Loughborough University, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume64
Issue2
Pages147-158
Publication date1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8341.1991.tb01652.x
PMID1883755
OpenAlexW2085071316
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The relationship between psychological distress and social support was investigated, along with various other health‐relevant variables, in a nationally representative sample of some 2050 women and 1873 men, who also returned the self‐completion questionnaire in the 1984–85 British Health and Lifestyle Survey. Psychological distress was measured with the 30‐item General Health Questionnaire. Stepwise regression analyses indicated that the quality of family support accounted for a significant increase of 0.2–1.0 per cent of the variance in the GHQ for women and 0.8–1.9 per cent for men. The correlation between family support and distress was reduced from −.13 to −.04 for women and from −.15 to −.10 for men when all other variables were partialled out. It was highest (−.33) for the better qualified women and men in the youngest (18–24) age group

Distress · General Health Questionnaire · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Social support · Stepwise regression · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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