Journal article
The Biobehavioral Family Model: Testing Social Support as an Additional Exogenous Variable
Family process, Vol.53(4), pp.672-685
12/01/2014
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12086
PMID: 24981970
Abstract
This study tests the inclusion of social support as a distinct exogenous variable in the Biobehavioral Family Model (BBFM). The BBFM is a biopsychosocial approach to health that proposes that biobehavioral reactivity (anxiety and depression) mediates the relationship between family emotional climate and disease activity. Data for this study included married, English-speaking adult participants (n=1,321; 55% female; M age=45.2years) from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a nationally representative epidemiological study of the frequency of mental disorders in the United States. Participants reported their demographics, marital functioning, social support from friends and relatives, anxiety and depression (biobehavioral reactivity), number of chronic health conditions, and number of prescription medications. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the items used in the measures of negative marital interactions, social support, and biobehavioral reactivity, as well as the use of negative marital interactions, friends' social support, and relatives' social support as distinct factors in the model. Structural equation modeling indicated a good fit of the data to the hypothesized model ((2)=846.04, p=.000, SRMR=.039, CFI=.924, TLI=.914, RMSEA=.043). Negative marital interactions predicted biobehavioral reactivity (=.38, p<.001), as did relatives' social support, inversely (=-.16, p<.001). Biobehavioral reactivity predicted disease activity (=.40, p<.001) and was demonstrated to be a significant mediator through tests of indirect effects. Findings are consistent with previous tests of the BBFM with adult samples, and suggest the important addition of family social support as a predicting factor in the model.
Este estudio evalua la inclusion del apoyo social como variable exogena perceptible en el Modelo Bioconductual Familiar (Biobehavioral Family Model, BBFM). El BBFM es un enfoque biopsicosocial de la salud que propone que la reactividad bioconductual (ansiedad y depresion) arbitra la relacion entre el clima emocional familiar y la actividad de la enfermedad. Los datos para este estudio consistieron en participantes adultos casados y de habla inglesa (n=1,321; 55% femenino; edad promedio=45.2years) tomados de la Reproduccion de la Encuesta Nacional sobre Comorbilidad (National Comorbidity Survey Replication), un estudio epidemiologico representativo a nivel nacional de la frecuencia de los trastornos mentales en Estados unidos. Los participantes informaron su demografia, funcionamiento conyugal, apoyo social de amigos y familiares, ansiedad y depresion (reactividad bioconductual), numero de enfermedades cronicas y numero de medicamentos recetados. Los analisis factoriales confirmatorios respaldaron los puntos utilizados en las valoraciones de las interacciones conyugales negativas, el apoyo social y la reactividad bioconductual asi como el uso de las interacciones conyugales negativas, el apoyo social de amigos y el apoyo social de familiares como factores marcados en el modelo. Los modelos de ecuaciones estructurales indicaron una buena correspondencia de los datos con el modelo planteado como hipotesis ((2)=846.04, p=.000, SRMR=.039, CFI=.924, TLI=.914, RMSEA=.043). Las interacciones conyugales negativas anticiparon la reactividad bioconductual (=.38, p<.001), como lo hizo el apoyo social de los familiares, de forma inversa (=-.16, p<.001). La reactividad bioconductual anticipo la actividad de la enfermedad (=.40, p<.001) y demostro ser una mediadora importante a traves de evaluaciones de efectos indirectos. Los resultados coinciden con evaluaciones anteriores del BBFM realizadas con muestras de adultos y sugieren la importante adicion del apoyo social familiar como factor predictor en el modelo.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Biobehavioral Family Model: Testing Social Support as an Additional Exogenous Variable
- Creators
- Sarah B. Woods - Texas Woman's UniversityJacob B. Priest - University of IowaTara Roush - Texas Woman's University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Family process, Vol.53(4), pp.672-685
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/famp.12086
- PMID
- 24981970
- ISSN
- 0014-7370
- eISSN
- 1545-5300
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- name: New Investigator Research Enhancement Program; Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Texas Woman's University
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; University College Courses; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984281756202771
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