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Testing the Buffering Effect of Social Relationships in a Prospective Study of Disability Onset

Authors :
Lucas, Richard E.
J. Chopik, William
Source :
Social Psychological and Personality Science; September 2021, Vol. 12 Issue: 7 p1307-1315, 9p
Publication Year :
2021

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