TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Support and Undermining in Close Relationships
T2 - Their Independent Effects on the Mental Health of Unemployed Persons
AU - Vinokur, Amiram D.
AU - van Ryn, Michelle
PY - 1993/8
Y1 - 1993/8
N2 - Structural equation analyses were used to examine the impact of social support vs. social undermining (conflict) on mental health in longitudinal data from 1,087 recently unemployed respondents. The results demonstrated that social support and social undermining were not the opposite poles of the same factor, each having some impact independent of the other. Social undermining had statistically significant and strong adverse impact at each concurrent level of mental health. It also predicted improvement (but not a high level) in mental health in subsequent time waves. In contrast, social support had a significant beneficial impact on mental health only at Time 1. Compared with the volatile and extreme effects of social undermining, those of social support appear weaker but more stable. These findings are consistent with literature on the impact of life events (S.E. Taylor, 1991) and on marital interactions and satisfaction (J.M. Gottman & L.J. Krokoff, 1989).
AB - Structural equation analyses were used to examine the impact of social support vs. social undermining (conflict) on mental health in longitudinal data from 1,087 recently unemployed respondents. The results demonstrated that social support and social undermining were not the opposite poles of the same factor, each having some impact independent of the other. Social undermining had statistically significant and strong adverse impact at each concurrent level of mental health. It also predicted improvement (but not a high level) in mental health in subsequent time waves. In contrast, social support had a significant beneficial impact on mental health only at Time 1. Compared with the volatile and extreme effects of social undermining, those of social support appear weaker but more stable. These findings are consistent with literature on the impact of life events (S.E. Taylor, 1991) and on marital interactions and satisfaction (J.M. Gottman & L.J. Krokoff, 1989).
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.350
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.350
M3 - Article
C2 - 8366424
AN - SCOPUS:85046521212
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 65
SP - 350
EP - 359
JO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -