Exploring the Association Between Positive and Negative Social Support and Spiritual Well-Being: Results from the National Survey of American Life.

Shaila M Strayhorn-Carter, Brook E Harmon, Latrice C Pichon, Michelle Y Martin

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shaila M Strayhorn-CarterSchool of Health and Applied Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Veteran's Hall 2506K, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4164-4788

Brook E HarmonNutrition and Foods Program, Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management, Appalachian State University, Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences, Boone, NC 28608, USA.

Latrice C PichonDivision of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, 3825 Desoto Ave., Memphis, TN 38152, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2035-8267

Michelle Y MartinDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 221 Doctors Office Building, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.

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Previous studies have found that support that is uplifting in nature (i.e., positive social support) can have a positive influence on the spiritual well-being of individuals with chronic diseases. However, few studies have explored positive and negative social support's (i.e., the individual receiving the support feeling unsupported) impact. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between positive and negative social support and spiritual well-being among individuals of African descent with chronic illnesses. Survey items that focused on positive and negative social support as well as spiritual well-being were obtained from a secondary dataset, the National Survey of American Life. Missing imputation models were adjusted by demographic characteristics (gender, age, income, education, marital status, employment, length of stay in the U.S., insurance, and religious service attendance). Findings from the analysis revealed a positive association between positive social support and spiritual well-being (β: 0.07, SE: 0.01,

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Social SupportSpiritualityAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesYoung AdultAfrican AmericanCaribbean Blackchronic illnessquality of lifesocial network

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PMID41302606

DOI10.3390/ijerph22111660

PMCPMC12652101

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