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The relationship of emotional and tangible support to psychological well‐being among older women with heart failure
Author(s) -
Friedman Maureen M.,
King Kathleen B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770170606
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , social support , emotional support , perception , psychology , heart failure , clinical psychology , psychological well being , medicine , social psychology , communication , neuroscience
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social support, symptom severity, and psychological well‐being in older women with heart failure. In‐home interviews were conducted with 80 older women following a hospital admission for heart failure. Subjects were asked their perceptions of emotional and tangible support received, symptom severity, and psychological well‐being. Greater emotional support was related to greater positive affect and satisfaction with life. Greater tangible support was related to less negative affect. Neither emotional nor tangible support buffered symptom severity. The results indicate that emotional and tangible support may each affect different aspects of psychological well‐being in older women with heart failure.