TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress, structural social support, and well-being in university students
AU - Reifman, Alan
AU - Dunkel-Schetter, Christine
PY - 1990/5
Y1 - 1990/5
N2 - This paper reports an investigation of the relationship between college students' social support and social interaction and their health and well-being. The authors analyzed data from a telephone survey of 161 students at a large state university to test for stress-buffering and main effects on well-being of four types of structural social support. Frequency of participating in activities with other students was negatively associated with depression symptoms and positively associated with feelings of health and physical fitness. The other support measures (number of friends on campus and whether respondents belonged to groups on campus or had a romantic relationship) yielded less consistent main effects and Stress x Support interactions that were inconsistent with a buffering model. Interpretations that focus on the role of affectively positive social activities in the well-being of college students are discussed.
AB - This paper reports an investigation of the relationship between college students' social support and social interaction and their health and well-being. The authors analyzed data from a telephone survey of 161 students at a large state university to test for stress-buffering and main effects on well-being of four types of structural social support. Frequency of participating in activities with other students was negatively associated with depression symptoms and positively associated with feelings of health and physical fitness. The other support measures (number of friends on campus and whether respondents belonged to groups on campus or had a romantic relationship) yielded less consistent main effects and Stress x Support interactions that were inconsistent with a buffering model. Interpretations that focus on the role of affectively positive social activities in the well-being of college students are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.1990.9936199
DO - 10.1080/07448481.1990.9936199
M3 - Article
C2 - 2355145
AN - SCOPUS:0025322583
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 38
SP - 271
EP - 277
JO - Journal of the American College Health Association
JF - Journal of the American College Health Association
IS - 6
ER -