Shin Huiyoung, Park Chaerim
Department of Psychology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychol. 2023 Dec 27;14:1216032. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216032. eCollection 2023.
Individuals' relationships are characterized by multidimensional aspects and the unique make-up of different features is more or less supportive of physical and mental health. The current study derived social network types based on an extended set of indicators reflecting the structure, function, and quality of relationships, then examined their associations with diverse physical and mental health outcomes separately for men and women.
Using samples of 620 South Korean adults ( = 53.52), Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to uncover distinct social network types, and multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the link between network types and health outcomes.
LPA analysis derived four network types: , and . The prevalence and configuration of network types differed between men and women: the type was more prevalent in women than in men whereas the type was more prevalent in men than in women. An individual's network type membership was significantly associated with one's physical and mental health and the positive effects of an optimal network type and the negative effects of a non-optimal network type on mental health were much greater for women than they were for men.
The findings suggest that women benefit more from supportive networks but that they are also more vulnerable to a lack of supportive (or the presence of conflict-filled) relationships, and highlight that having diversified and greater quality relationships, and avoiding conflicts are critical for women to have enhanced health.
个体的人际关系具有多维度特征，不同特征的独特构成或多或少对身心健康具有支持作用。本研究基于一组反映人际关系结构、功能和质量的扩展指标得出社会网络类型，然后分别考察了男性和女性中这些类型与多种身心健康结果之间的关联。
使用620名韩国成年人（平均年龄=53.52岁）的样本，采用潜在剖面分析（LPA）来揭示不同的社会网络类型，并进行多元回归分析以检验网络类型与健康结果之间的联系。
LPA分析得出四种网络类型： 、 、 和 。网络类型的患病率和构成在男性和女性之间存在差异： 型在女性中比在男性中更普遍，而 型在男性中比在女性中更普遍。个体所属的网络类型与身心健康显著相关，并且最佳网络类型对心理健康的积极影响以及非最佳网络类型对心理健康的消极影响在女性中比在男性中更大。
研究结果表明，女性从支持性网络中受益更多，但她们也更容易受到缺乏支持性（或存在充满冲突的）关系的影响，并强调拥有多样化且质量更高的关系以及避免冲突对女性增进健康至关重要。
需注意，原文中部分网络类型表述缺失具体内容，我按照原文格式进行了呈现。
