Norbeck J S, Tilden V P
Department of Mental Health, Community and Administrative Nursing, School of Nursing, Univeristy of California, San Francisco, 94143.
J Adv Nurs. 1988 Mar;13(2):173-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1988.tb01405.x.
Social support has been widely studied within cultures as a variable that is protective of health and mental health, either directly or as a buffer against life stress. When research is conducted across cultures, several conceptual and methodological issues emerge. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the conceptual basis for assuming that social support is a universal phenomenon, to suggest areas in which manifestations of social support may be culture-specific, and to present methodological issues that need to be addressed in conducting valid international research on social support.
社会支持作为一种直接或作为应对生活压力的缓冲因素对健康和心理健康具有保护作用的变量，已在各种文化中得到广泛研究。当跨文化进行研究时，会出现一些概念和方法上的问题。本文的目的是讨论认为社会支持是一种普遍现象的概念基础，指出社会支持的表现可能因文化而异的领域，并提出在进行关于社会支持的有效国际研究时需要解决的方法问题。
