Cancer disclosure to friends: Survey on psychological distress and perceived social support provision

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miyako Tsuchiya ◽  
Keiichiro Adachi ◽  
Kaori Kumagai ◽  
Nami Kondo ◽  
Akiko Kimata
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Cancer Disclosure

How Relationship Satisfaction Influences Post-Pandemic COVID-19 Anxiety: A Four-Wave Study in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingyi Ou ◽  
yunhanqi ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
Yuexiao Du ◽  
Yihang He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
The Social

The social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic exerts lasing impacts on people’s mental health. However, whether and how people’s pre-existing positive social relationships can serve as stable reserves to alleviate people psychological distress following the disaster remains unknown. To address the question, the current study examined whether pre-pandemic relationship satisfaction would predict post-pandemic COVID-19 anxiety through middle-pandemic perceived social support and/or gratitude using four-wave data in China (N = 222, 54.50% female, Mage = 31.53, SD = 8.17). Results showed that people’s COVID-19 anxiety decreased from the peak to the trough pandemic stage; perceived social support increased markedly from the pre-pandemic to the peak and remained stable afterwards, while relationship satisfaction remained unchanged throughout. Further, it was middle-pandemic perceived social support, but not gratitude, mediated the association between pre-pandemic relationship satisfaction and post-pandemic COVID-19 anxiety, indicating perceived social support played a more crucial role than gratitude in this process. Last, it is suggested to distinguish perceived social support from gratitude as two different components of social interactions.

scholarly journals Role of perceived social support and job satisfaction on psychological distress of clinical nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-643
Author(s):  
Soghra Gholi Roshan ◽  
Sakine Jafari ◽  
Mohammad Reza Asgari ◽  
Farzan Kheirkhah ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Clinical Nurses

scholarly journals “Bridge over troubled water”: A first look at adolescent psychiatric outpatients transited from regular care to teletherapy during the COVID-19 outbreak using quantitative and qualitative analyses.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Maria Huscsava ◽  
Christian Scharinger ◽  
Paul L. Plener ◽  
Oswald D. Kothgassner
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Psychiatric Outpatients ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Level Of Functioning ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Regular Care

Abstract BackgroundAdolescents suffering from psychiatric disorders are at risk of disproportionally suffering from the current COVID-19-pandemic. We aimed to assess their specific needs and to evaluate factors influencing a successful transition into teletherapy.MethodsThirty adolescent psychiatric outpatients participated in a series of interviews. The primary outcome was the level of psychosocial functioning. Secondary outcome were potential changes in differential symptom domains. Additionally, answers to open questions were analysed qualitatively.ResultsWithin-group effect size estimates revealed a significant decrease in the level of functioning within the first two months after transition from face-to-face therapy (M = 2·7, SD = 1·258) to teletherapy (M = 3·0, SD = 1·245) (T29 = -2·536, p = 0·017, d = 0·46). Qualitative analysis revealed a marked difference in the level of perceived social support in the subgroup of patients who deteriorated in their level of functioning. Those patients also showed a lower degree of verbal differentiation concerning emotions and affect, as well as a higher degree of introspection and rumination. ConclusionsDespite an overall deterioration, in absolute numbers most patients showed a stagnation in their level of functioning, even if difficulties were expressed. The most prominent difference in the subgroup who showed a decreased level of functioning, was the lack of perceived social support. Provision of strategies to enhance verbalisation and differentiation of emotions and affect might be beneficial.

scholarly journals Influence of Age, Autonomy and Perceived Social Support on Psychological Distress among Students of Institutes for Special Needs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rotimi Oguntayo ◽  
Faworaja Omolara R ◽  
Akintunde Kayode A
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Autonomous Functioning

Evidence from past literature revealed that individuals with special needs have been neglected by parents, government and well-meaning authorities in Nigeria while numerous studies have shown that individuals with disability are facing a lot of psychosocial problems. This study examined the influence of age, perceived social support and autonomy on psychological distress among students with disabilities. The independent variables are social support and autonomy while dependent variable is psychological distress. This study adopted a correlational research design; 147 participants were sampled using simple randomisation. A questionnaire pack containing demographic factors (age, gender, religion, tribe), Social Support Questionnaire, Index of Autonomous Functioning and Distress Tolerance Scale were administered to the participants. Person product moment correlation, regression and one-way ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results revealed a significant positive relationship between perceive social support and psychological distress (r=.190, p<.05), and between autonomy and psychological distress (r=.240, p<.01). Also, there was a joint significant prediction of perceived social support and autonomy on psychological distress [R=.476; R2=.226; F(3,252) =13.40;P<.05]. However, age [t=2.828, p<.05, β=-.218], and autonomy [t=-4.165, p<.05, β=-.333] did independently predict psychological distress. Adolescence stage had significant influence on psychological distress (F(2,144)=7.84, p.<.01); further result revealed a significant difference in the psychological distress of participants in late adolescence and early adolescence (MD=8.12; p<.01). The study recommends that parents and stakeholders should encourage autonomy among people with disabilities. However, experts should be involved in order to be able to maintain appropriate autonomy that will alleviate psychological distress among these individuals.

Social Support Moderates the Relationship Between Death Anxiety and Psychological Distress Among Israeli Nurses

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412094559
Author(s):  
Maya Kagan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Psychological Distress Scale ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Distress Scale

Based on the stress-buffering model, the current study sought to examine the moderating role of perceived social support in the association between death anxiety and psychological distress among nurses. Select variables found in previous studies to correlate with psychological distress served in the current study as covariates to control for their relationship with psychological distress among nurses. These include gender, years of professional experience, self-rated health, self-efficacy, and self-defined burnout. Structured questionnaires were administered to a sample of 795 professionally active nurses in Israel. Psychological distress was assessed by the 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6), death anxiety was assessed by a single item scale designed by Abdel-Khalek, and perceived social support was assessed by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). The research findings show that higher levels of death anxiety were associated with higher levels of psychological distress only among nurses with lower levels of perceived social support. The study indicates that in order to reduce the level of distress experienced by nurses it is important to take action to reduce their death anxiety and enhance their social support mechanisms.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document