Article

Social Support and Invalidation by Others Contribute Uniquely to the Understanding of Physical and Mental Health of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases.

Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Journal of Health Psychology (impact factor: 1.22). 02/2012; DOI:10.1177/1359105312436438
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT This study examined whether social support and invalidation (lack of understanding and discounting by others) are differently associated with physical and mental health. Participants were 1455 patients with fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteorarthritis, or another rheumatic disease. Participants completed online questionnaires. Social support correlated negatively with discounting responses of others (moderately) and lack of understanding (strongly). Both invalidation and social support were additively associated with patients' mental health, but only discounting was significantly associated with patients' physical health. This suggests that improving health of patients with rheumatic diseases requires the consideration of both social support and invalidation.

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Keywords

ankylosing spondylitis
 
discounting
 
discounting responses
 
fibromyalgia
 
invalidation
 
mental health
 
online questionnaires
 
osteorarthritis
 
others
 
Participants
 
patients
 
patients' mental health
 
patients' physical health
 
rheumatic disease
 
rheumatic diseases
 
rheumatoid arthritis
 
social support
 
Social support correlated