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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lucas, Richard E.
• J. Chopik, William

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• Social psychological & personality science, 2021-09, Vol.12 (7), p.1307-1315

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.