Social support from family and friends as a buffer of low spousal support among mothers of critically ill children: A multilevel modeling approach Journal Article
| Authors: | Rini, C.; Manne, S.; Duhamel, K.; Austin, J.; Ostroff, J.; Boulad, F.; Parsons, S. K.; Martini, R.; Williams, S. E.; Mee, L.; Sexson, S.; Redd, W. H. |
| Article Title: | Social support from family and friends as a buffer of low spousal support among mothers of critically ill children: A multilevel modeling approach |
| Abstract: | Objective: To investigate whether social support from family and friends (family/friend support) attenuated ("buffered") adverse effects of having low spouse support (spousal support) among mothers of children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Design: One hundred sixty-three married mothers who were their child's primary caregiver during treatment completed assessments during the child's hospitalization for HSCT and 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-HSCT. Measures: Family/friend support and spousal support were assessed during hospitalization. Maternal physical and mental health-related functioning (the main outcome measures) were assessed at all timepoints. Results: Multilevel modeling was used to analyze trajectories of maternal functioning. Findings indicated that mothers with low spousal support and low family/friend support demonstrated the worst functioning across all timepoints. Mothers with low spousal support and high family/friend support demonstrated significantly better functioning, supporting the hypothesized buffering effect. Their functioning compared to the functioning of mothers with high spousal support. Moreover, mothers with high family/friend support demonstrated trajectories of physical health-related functioning that were more stable than the trajectories of mothers with low family/friend support. Conclusion: These findings have clinical implications in addition to advancing knowledge of social support processes among couples coping with the shared stressor of a child's life-threatening illness and treatment. © 2008 American Psychological Association. |
| Keywords: | outcome assessment; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; social support; hospitalization; bone marrow transplantation; statistical model; mental health; mother; mothers; family; critical illness; critically ill patient; caregivers; spouses; interpersonal relations; spouse; friend; maternal adjustment; multilevel model; pediatric bone marrow transplant; pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant; child hospitalization; mother child relation; friends |
| Journal Title: | Health Psychology |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0278-6133 |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
| Date Published: | 2008-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 593 |
| End Page: | 603 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1037/0278-6133.27.5.593 |
| PUBMED: | 18823186 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 3" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "CODEN: HEPSE" - "Source: Scopus" |
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