Marriage and health: exploring the role of stress overload.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.1080/10615806.2022.2120196

James H Amirkhan, Alissa B Vandenbelt

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Abstract

Background and objectives: The association between marital status and health is well-established, but its causes remain unclear. This study was the first to examine stress overload, the pathogenic form of stress, as a possible explanation.

Design: The study employed a cross-sectional design and convenience sample to explore relationships among stress overload, marital status, social support, and illness.

Methods: A diverse sample (n = 455), recruited from community and social media sites, completed an anonymous online survey. Included were standardized measures of stress overload (SOS-S), perceived social support (MSPSS), and somatic symptoms (PHQ-15).

Results: Married participants reported lower stress overload levels than those in any other type of relationship (single, in-a-relationship, or cohabiting). They did not differ from the unmarried in overall level of social support, nor did statistically controlling social support or income levels erase the stress overload differential. They also reported lower levels of symptomology than the unmarried. SEM analyses yielded a best-fitting model showing stress overload to partially mediate the link between marital status and symptoms.

Conclusions: Stress overload is one mechanism that explains the marital health disparity, albeit not the only one. This holds implications for future research and practice focused on personal relationships and well-being.

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婚姻与健康:探索压力超载的作用。

背景和目的:婚姻状况与健康之间的联系是公认的，但其原因尚不清楚。这项研究首次将压力超载——压力的致病形式——作为一种可能的解释。设计:本研究采用横断面设计和方便样本，探讨压力超载与婚姻状况、社会支持和疾病之间的关系。方法:从社区和社交媒体网站上招募不同样本(n = 455)，完成匿名在线调查。包括压力超载(SOS-S)、感知社会支持(MSPSS)和躯体症状(PHQ-15)的标准化测量。结果:已婚参与者报告的压力过载水平低于任何其他类型关系(单身、恋爱或同居)的参与者。他们在社会支持的总体水平上与未婚者没有差异，在统计上控制社会支持或收入水平也没有消除压力过载的差异。他们的症状也比未婚者低。扫描电镜分析产生了一个最佳拟合模型，显示压力超载部分调解婚姻状况和症状之间的联系。结论:压力超载是解释婚姻健康差异的一种机制，尽管不是唯一的机制。这对未来关注人际关系和幸福的研究和实践具有启示意义。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal provides a forum for scientific, theoretically important, and clinically significant research reports and conceptual contributions. It deals with experimental and field studies on anxiety dimensions and stress and coping processes, but also with related topics such as the antecedents and consequences of stress and emotion. We also encourage submissions contributing to the understanding of the relationship between psychological and physiological processes, specific for stress and anxiety. Manuscripts should report novel findings that are of interest to an international readership. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles.