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Social support, negative interactions, and mental health
— evidence of cross-domain buffering effects among older adults in Japan | | Author(s) | Ken Harada, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Yoko Sugihara |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 40, no 4, April 2018 |
| Publisher | Sage, April 2018 |
| Pages | pp 388-405 |
| Source | http://www.journals.sagepub.com/home/roa |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Family relationships ; Mental disorder ; Mental health [elderly] ; Correlation ; Japan. |
| Annotation | This study examined the additive effects of social support and negative interactions in various relationship domains, and the cross-domain buffering effects of social support on the detrimental impact of negative interactions on mental health among older adults in Japan. Data were obtained from a survey of 1,592 residents of 30 municipalities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The results indicate that family members living together may share ambivalent social ties, anchored in positive sentiments and serving as sources of support, but where criticism and excessive demands may occur. The study found that negative interactions had a more potent additive effect on mental health. Moreover, the interaction effects of negative interactions with family and social support from other relatives suggest reverse buffering. The findings suggest that interventions might be more necessary to cope with the negative social exchanges of close kin relationships among older Japanese people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180413202 A |
| Classmark | P6: DS:SJ: E: D: 49: 7DT |
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