The buffering effect of tangible social support on financial stress: Influence on psychological well-being and psychosomatic symptoms in a large sample of the adult general population

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Åslund, Cecilia ^a   Larm, Peter ^a,b   Starrin, Bengt ^c   Nilsson, Kent W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buffering effect; Economic stress; Public health; Self rated health; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH RISK; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TANGIBLE SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADOLESCENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84907802264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0085-3     Document Type: Article

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