Résultats de recherche

1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The purpose of this thesis [of three articles] was to examine the reciprocal association between various dimensions of social support and psychological distress and whether social support acted as a buffer against chronic stressors for a population of older Canadians.» (p. iii)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«This thesis was composed of three studies, all of which used data from the National Population Health Survey.» (p. iii)

Instruments :
Sondage

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

According to the author, «[t]he first study reported on the psychometric properties, factorial structure, and measurement invariance of the Medical Outcomes Study social support scale for a sample of French and English-speaking older Canadians. [...] The second study investigated the longitudinal bidirectional relationship between the different dimensions of social support and psychological distress using an autoregressive cross-lagged model for fives waves of data. Some support for the reciprocal relationship between affectionate support and distress was found with higher distress predicting higher affectionate support and higher support predicting higher distress. [...] Little support was found for a reciprocal relationship between structural support and tangible support and psychological distress. The objective of the third study was to look at the cross-sectional and longitudinal interactions between chronic stressors and functional social support on psychological distress in a sample of older Canadians. From the cross-sectional analyses, significant interactions were found for tangible and emotional/informational support. The findings provided no evidence of buffering effects of positive social interaction and affectionate support on the association between chronic stressors and psychological distress.» (p. iii)
Note : Cette thèse contient plusieurs informations sur le Québec. Aussi, le support de la famille et les relations de couple apparaissent comme des facteurs importants pour comprendre la détresse psychologique.