A Test of the social support deterioration model in the context of natural disaster.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1993Description: 14 p. : illSubject: This prospective longitudinal study examines stress-mediating potentials of 3 types of social support; social embeddedness, preceived support from nonkin, and preceived support from kin. As participants in a statewide panel study, 222 older adults were interviewed once before and twice after a severe flood. It was hypothesized that disaster exposure (stress) would influence depression directly and indirectly, through deterioration of social support. LISREL analyses indicated that postdisaster declines in social embeddedness and nonkin support mediated the immediate and delayed impact of disaster stress. No evidence was found for the mediational role of kin support. Findings are in accord with conceptualizations of social support as an entity reflecting dynamic transactions among individuals, their social networks, and environmental pressures
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Bibliography: p. 406-408
Reprinted from Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; 1993; Vol. 64; No. 3; p. 395-408
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This prospective longitudinal study examines stress-mediating potentials of 3 types of social support; social embeddedness, preceived support from nonkin, and preceived support from kin. As participants in a statewide panel study, 222 older adults were interviewed once before and twice after a severe flood. It was hypothesized that disaster exposure (stress) would influence depression directly and indirectly, through deterioration of social support. LISREL analyses indicated that postdisaster declines in social embeddedness and nonkin support mediated the immediate and delayed impact of disaster stress. No evidence was found for the mediational role of kin support. Findings are in accord with conceptualizations of social support as an entity reflecting dynamic transactions among individuals, their social networks, and environmental pressures
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