Bloom J R, Spiegel D
Soc Sci Med. 1984;19(8):831-7. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(84)90400-3.
Of interest to the field is the mechanism through which social support acts as a resistance resource for individuals undergoing stressful life circumstances. Women with advanced breast cancer (N = 86) were interviewed to determine how their outlook on life and social functioning were affected by the social support they received. Emotional support provided by the family was predicted to affect the woman's sense of well-being whereas the opportunities for social exchange provided by one's social activities were expected to effect the woman's social functioning. Consistent with the predictions, the data indicate that social support is multidimensional. Emotional support was strongly related to one's outlook. However, one's opportunities for social exchange affect not only one's social functioning, but also one's outlook on life, suggesting an interactive process whereby family support improves outlook, both outlook and opportunities for social exchange are related to one's sense of social functioning. These data explain the erosion of social support during life-threatening illness such as cancer as a result of the limitations imposed by the illness on one's opportunities for social exchange.
该领域感兴趣的是社会支持作为经历压力性生活境遇的个体的一种抵抗资源的作用机制。对86名晚期乳腺癌女性进行了访谈，以确定她们所获得的社会支持如何影响其生活观和社会功能。预计家庭提供的情感支持会影响女性的幸福感，而社交活动提供的社会交流机会则会影响女性的社会功能。与预测一致，数据表明社会支持是多维度的。情感支持与一个人的人生观密切相关。然而，一个人的社会交流机会不仅会影响其社会功能，还会影响其生活观，这表明存在一个互动过程，即家庭支持改善人生观，人生观和社会交流机会都与一个人的社会功能感相关。这些数据解释了在诸如癌症等危及生命的疾病期间社会支持的侵蚀，这是由于疾病对一个人的社会交流机会施加的限制所致。
