Life events, social support, and illness

Positive and negative life events and social support were correlated with illness among Navy Submarine School students. Negative, but not positive, life events in the recent past were related to reports of illness. Although social support by itself was not related to illness reports, the relationshi...

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Published in:	Psychosomatic medicine Vol. 47; no. 2; p. 156
Main Authors:	Sarason, I G, Sarason, B R, Potter, 3rd, E H, Antoni, M H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-03-1985
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Chronic Disease Disease - psychology Humans Life Change Events Male Social Environment Social Support
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Summary:	Positive and negative life events and social support were correlated with illness among Navy Submarine School students. Negative, but not positive, life events in the recent past were related to reports of illness. Although social support by itself was not related to illness reports, the relationship between negative life events and illness was stronger among subjects with low rather than high levels of social support. The results suggest the importance of assessing both stressful life events and moderators of response to stress, such as social support, in investigating the role played by personality in illness.
ISSN:	0033-3174
DOI:	10.1097/00006842-198503000-00007