Romans S E, Walton V A, Herbison G P, Mullen P E
Department of Psychological Medicine, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1992 Sep;26(3):485-92. doi: 10.3109/00048679209072075.
A random community survey of urban and rural New Zealand women revealed higher rates of psychiatric morbidity in subjects who reported poorer social support. Substantial differences in social networks were found between demographic subgroups. Rural women described better than expected social relationships, giving some support to the pastoral ideal of well integrated rural communities. Women in part-time employment also described better social networks. Elderly, low socio-economic, and widowed, separated and divorced women had poorer social relationships. It is suggested that normative values for social network measures for each demographic subgroup will need to be established before the clinical significance of deviations from the norm can be meaningfully evaluated. Also, the mechanisms linking social networks to health may vary in different subgroups.
一项针对新西兰城乡女性的随机社区调查显示，报告社会支持较差的受试者中精神疾病发病率较高。在不同人口亚组之间发现了社交网络的显著差异。农村女性描述的社会关系比预期的要好，这为农村社区良好融合的田园理想提供了一些支持。从事兼职工作的女性也描述了更好的社交网络。老年、社会经济地位低以及丧偶、分居和离婚的女性社会关系较差。建议在能够有意义地评估偏离规范的临床意义之前，需要为每个人口亚组建立社交网络测量的规范值。此外，社交网络与健康之间的联系机制在不同亚组中可能有所不同。
