Mental health in U.S. adults: The role of positive social support and social negativity in personal relationships

By E. Bertera. 2005

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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Can social relationships explain the race paradox in mental health (2013, background): “Social relationships are associated with favorable mental health outcomes (e.g., Bertera, 2005; Kawachi & Berkman, 2001).”
Solidarity and Conflict Between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis (2006, background): “In an overview article, Lincoln (2000) concluded that negative interactions are potentially more harmfulthansocialsupportishelpful.Unsurprisingly, severe conflictand social negativityin personal bonds have been shown to bring harm to a relationship ( Bertera, 2005; Rook, 2003).”
I Matter to My Friend, Therefore I am Happy: Friendship, Mattering, and Happiness (2011, background): “There is empirical evidence suggesting that friendship experiences contribute very little, if at all, to well-being (e.g., happiness) when an individual is married or involved in a committed romantic relationship ( Bertera 2005; Demir 2010b; Walen and Lachman 2000).”
The assessment of positivity and negativity in social networks: the reliability and validity of the social relationships index† (2009, background): “Social relationships have been associated with stress-buffering influences (Cohen & Wills, 1985), greater life satisfaction (Walen & Lachman, 2001), and lower rates of mood disorders (Bertera, 2005).”
Social support, social strain, loneliness, and well-being among older adults (2014, methodology): “, Bertera, 2005). A likely explanation for this discrepancy is the sampling difference. For example, Bertera’s (2005) study was based on a national sample of young and middle-aged adults with a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders.”
Social demands, social supports, and psychological distress among low-income women (2007, background): “…effect,’ a pattern in which the negative aspects of social ties are more strongly associated with mental health than are the positive aspects (see Bertera, 2005; Horwitz, McLaughlin, & White, 1998; Rook, 1984, p. 176 for examples; see Ingersoll-Dayton et al., 1997; Okun & Keith, 1998 for…”
Toward a Life Course Framework for Studying Vulnerability (2017, background): “Personal networks have also been shown to have potentially detrimental effects through family violence, interpersonal conflict, stress, and chronic strain in families and networks (Bertera, 2005; Rook, 1998).”