Nemeroff Robin, Midlarsky Elizabeth, Meyer Joseph F
William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2010;71(1):69-82. doi: 10.2190/AG.71.1.d.
Social support has been shown to buffer the relationship between life stress and psychological distress in late life. However, little attention has been paid to personality variables that are associated with the capacity to effectively utilize social support. Although the buffering effects of social support were replicated in our sample of 134 community-dwelling individuals over the age of 65, perceived control was found to significantly moderate the relationship between stress, social support, and psychological distress. Specifically, older adults who were highly satisfied with social support consistently reported less psychological distress than those who were less satisfied with social support, regardless of perceived control. However, under conditions of both low and high satisfaction with social support, external controllers were found to be less reactive to stress than internal controllers. Implications for developing more complex models of the relationship between stress, social support and psychological distress are discussed.
社会支持已被证明能缓冲晚年生活压力与心理困扰之间的关系。然而，与有效利用社会支持能力相关的人格变量却很少受到关注。尽管社会支持的缓冲效应在我们134名65岁以上社区居住个体的样本中得到了重复验证，但发现感知控制显著调节了压力、社会支持和心理困扰之间的关系。具体而言，无论感知控制如何，对社会支持高度满意的老年人始终比那些对社会支持不太满意的老年人报告的心理困扰更少。然而，在对社会支持满意度低和高的两种情况下，发现外部控制者比内部控制者对压力的反应更小。本文讨论了建立更复杂的压力、社会支持和心理困扰关系模型的意义。
