ArticlePsychosomatic medicine
The Relationship Between Disproportionate Social Support and Metabolic and Inflammatory Markers: Moderating Role of Socioeconomic Context.
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- The balance of giving versus receiving social support and all-cause mortality in a US national sample.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study examines the association of disproportionate social support (the relative balance of support given versus received) on metabolic and inflammatory outcomes and whether effects vary by socioeconomic context.
methodsWe enrolled a sample of 307 parental caregivers living with a child with a chronic illness. Parents were assessed on four dimensions of social support: emotional support received, instrumental support received, emotional support given, and instrumental support given. Disproportionate social support was calculated as the difference between support received and support given. Participants provided sociodemographic information, were interviewed about financial stress, and were assessed on metabolic (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, body fat percent, and body mass index) and inflammatory (interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein) outcomes.
resultsMore disproportionate instrumental and emotional support was associated with higher inflammation (b = 0.10, SE = 0.04, p = .014; b = 0.0.09, SE = 0.05, p = .042, respectively). We observed significant interactions between disproportionate social support and income (b = -0.04, SE = 0.02, p = .021). Parents from lower-income households who gave more emotional support than they received had higher inflammation compared with those from higher-income households. We also observed a significant interaction between disproportionate instrumental support and income (b = 0.04, SE = 0.02, p = .006). Parents from lower-income households who received more instrumental support than they gave had worse metabolic outcomes compared with parents from higher-income households. Parallel interaction patterns were observed using an interview-based measure of financial stress.
conclusionsThese findings show that disproportionate social support has implications for physical health, particularly for caregivers from socioeconomically disadvantaged households.
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