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Testing the Buffering Effect of Social Relationships in a Prospective Study of Disability Onset
- Source :
- Social Psychological and Personality Science; September 2021, Vol. 12 Issue: 7 p1307-1315, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Social support has been proposed to be a protective factor that buffers the losses that result from the experience of negative life events. The present study uses data from a large-scale Australian panel study (the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey) to examine how life satisfaction changes following the onset of a disabling condition and then to test whether preevent or postevent social support moderates reactions to this event. Results show that the onset of a disabling condition is associated with a large decline in life satisfaction, but these changes are not moderated by preevent social support. Postevent social support does moderate change in response to the onset of a disability, but ambiguities in the interpretation of this association must be considered.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19485506
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Social Psychological and Personality Science
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs54891176
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620979200