Factors related to social support in neurological and mental disorders
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UAM. Departamento de PsiquiatríaPublisher
Public Library of ScienceDate
2016-02-22Citation
10.1371/journal.pone.0149356
PLos ONE 11.2 (2016): e0149356
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1932-6203DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0149356Funded by
The project was supported by a grant of the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, Grant Agreement no. HEALTH-F2-2009-241572Project
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/2009-241572Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149356Subjects
Mental diseas; Dementia; Depression; Parkinson disease; Schizophrenia; MedicinaRights
© 2016 Kamenov et alAbstract
Despite the huge body of research on social support, literature has been primarily focused
on its beneficial role for both physical and mental health. It is still unclear why people with
mental and neurological disorders experience low levels of social support. The main objective
of this study was to explore what are the strongest factors related to social support and
how do they interact with each other in neuropsychiatric disorders. The study used crosssectional
data from 722 persons suffering from dementia, depression, epilepsy, migraine,
multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, stroke, and substance use disorders.
Multiple linear regressions showed that disability was the strongest factor for social
support. Extraversion and agreeableness were significant personality variables, but when
the interaction terms between personality traits and disability were included, disability
remained the only significant variable. Moreover, level of disability mediated the relationship
between personality (extraversion and agreeableness) and level of social support. Moderation
analysis revealed that people that had mental disorders experienced lower levels of
support when being highly disabled compared to people with neurological disorders. Unlike
previous literature, focused on increasing social support as the origin of improving disability,
this study suggested that interventions improving day-to-day functioning or maladaptive
personality styles might also have an effect on the way people perceive social support.
Future longitudinal research, however, is warranted to explore causality
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Google Scholar:Kamenov, Kaloyan
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Cabello Salmerón, María
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Caballero Díaz, Francisco Félix
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Cieza, Alarcos
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Sabariego, Carla
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Raggi, Alberto
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Anczewska, Marta
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Pitkänen, Tuuli
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Ayuso Mateos, José Luis
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