Antonucci T C, Fuhrer R, Dartigues J F
Life Course Development Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48106-1248, USA.
Psychol Aging. 1997 Mar;12(1):189-95. doi: 10.1037//0882-7974.12.1.189.
This study examined the association between social relations and mental health, specifically the relative contribution of social networks and social support to depressive symptomatology. The culturally unique representative sample consisted of 3,777 noninstitutionalized older persons living in southwestern France. The findings indicated that French older adults generally had more than 8 people in their networks, their networks consisted mostly of family members, and they felt understood by most of their network members. These older adults reported being satisfied with their social relations. Sociodemographic variables contribute (R2 = .143) to depressive symptomatology, as did social network (incremented R2 = .033) and social support (incremented R2 = .09) variables. Sociodemographic, social network, and social support variables together increased the variance explained still further (incremented R2 = .108). Results were consistent with similar analyses in the U.S. and indicated that social support variables account for more variance in depressive symptomatology than social network variables.
本研究考察了社会关系与心理健康之间的关联，特别是社交网络和社会支持对抑郁症状的相对贡献。这个具有文化独特性的代表性样本由居住在法国西南部的3777名非机构化老年人组成。研究结果表明，法国老年人的社交网络中一般有超过8个人，其社交网络主要由家庭成员组成，并且他们觉得大多数社交网络成员理解自己。这些老年人报告称对自己的社会关系感到满意。社会人口统计学变量对抑郁症状有贡献（R2 = 0.143），社交网络变量（R2增量 = 0.033）和社会支持变量（R2增量 = 0.09）也有贡献。社会人口统计学、社交网络和社会支持变量共同进一步增加了解释的方差（R2增量 = 0.108）。研究结果与美国的类似分析一致，表明社会支持变量比社交网络变量在抑郁症状方面解释了更多的方差。
