Briançon S, Blanchard F, Cherrier-Baumann M, Guenot-Gosse C, Cales-Blanchard E, Deschamps J P, Senault R
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 1985;33(1):48-65.
Research on the influence of social networks and social support on health status, conducted in English-speaking countries over the past decade, is not yet widespread in France. A review of the literature reveals that this social support has undeniable effects on mental health, and less obvious effects on physical health; it also stresses the major conceptual and methodological problems encountered in socio-epidemiological approaches. It would appear necessary to construct an overall model integrating life events, coping abilities and individual psychological factors; Social support is considered as a function of social networks, fulfilling roles of emotional support, material help, information provider, egostrengthener and social normalizer. Its mechanisms for dealing with stress, especially the buffer-role hypothesis, are also discussed.
过去十年在英语国家开展的关于社交网络和社会支持对健康状况影响的研究，在法国尚未广泛开展。文献综述显示，这种社会支持对心理健康有不可否认的影响，对身体健康的影响则不太明显；它还强调了社会流行病学方法中遇到的主要概念和方法问题。似乎有必要构建一个整合生活事件、应对能力和个体心理因素的整体模型；社会支持被视为社交网络的一项功能，发挥着情感支持、物质帮助、信息提供者、自我强化和社会规范者的作用。文中还讨论了其应对压力的机制，尤其是缓冲作用假说。
