Social Support and Well-Being in Contemporary Greek Society: Examination of Multiple Indicators at Different Levels of Analysis

Autor/in	Kafetsios, Konstantinos
Titel	Social Support and Well-Being in Contemporary Greek Society: Examination of Multiple Indicators at Different Levels of Analysis
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 76 (2006) 1, S.127-145 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-005-4859-2
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Psychological Studies; Predictor Variables; Quality of Life; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Indicators; Life Satisfaction; Cross Cultural Studies; Social Support Groups; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Anxiety; Cultural Differences; Greece; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Prädiktor; Lebensqualität; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Lebensvollendung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Korrelation; Angst; Kultureller Unterschied; Griechenland; Großbritannien
Abstract	An extensive and coherent body of social and psychological research has identified social ties and supportive relationships as important predictors of well-being and quality of life. This paper examines the relationships between structural and functional indicators of supportive relations and well-being in Greece at different levels of analysis based on results from three studies: (a) the European Social Survey (Study 1); (b) a cross sectional community study in Greece (Study 2); and (c) a social interactions study in Greece and the UK using an event sampling methodology (Study 3). Structural indicators of social support and life satisfaction and happiness in the first study were moderately associated. This finding was partly supported by results from the second study which revealed connections between some structural aspects of social support and well-being (happiness, anxiety, irritability) but not others. Functional aspects of social support and psychological indicators of well-being (happiness, anxiety, mental health) at the individual (Study 2) and social interaction (Study 3) levels were not associated. Cross-cultural comparisons of structural indicators of social support in Studies 1 and 3 revealed low frequency of social interactions. Also functional aspects of social support in everyday social interactions in Greece showed significantly lower levels in comparison to the UK. These findings suggest that structural and functional aspects of social support in Greece may not have the same palliative role as usually observed in the international literature and are discussed with particular attention to the level of analysis, the method, and the aspect of well-being being assessed. (Author).
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