The buffering effect of tangible social support on financial stress: influence on psychological well-being and psychosomatic symptoms in a large sample of the adult general population
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aslund2014 - p. 1
Financial stress, the persistent inability to afford the basic necessities of life, is an important source of distress and is related to poor mental and physical health outcomes in the population
aslund2014 - p. 2
This was a cross-sectional study. Postal surveys are distributed every four years by the county councils in the five Swedish counties of Uppsala, Sörmland, Västmanland, Värmland, and Örebro, in order to monitor the psychosocial health of the population. In total, the five counties comprise about 1 400 000 inhabitants.
aslund2014 - p. 3
Financial stress This measure was adapted according to previous measurements of financial stress [23], using the following two questions. 1. “During the past 12 months, has it been difficult for you to pay your monthly costs, such as rent, mortgage, etc.?” The response options were: no; yes, one month; yes, 2 months; yes, 3–5 months; and yes, 6–12 months. No economic difficulties was scored as 0 points, and economic difficulties for ≥1 month was scored as 1 point. 2. “If you suddenly ended up in an unforeseen situation where you had to raise SEK 20 000 (~€ 2100), would you be able to?” The response options were: yes (0 points) or no (1 point). The variable financial stress was created by summing the points for questions 1 and 2, and then categorising the result as: no financial stress, 0 points (no difficulties with monthly costs and able to raise money); medium financial stress, 1 point (either difficulties with monthly costs or unable to raise money); and high financial stress, 2 points (difficulties with monthly costs and unable to raise money).
aslund2014 - p. 3
angible social support This measure was adapted according to previous measurements of tangible or instrumental social support [24,25]. Tangible social support was measured by three questions as follows. “Do you have persons around you who would give you support in the event of personal problems or crises?” “Do you have persons around you who would help you with grocery shopping/cooking if you should fall ill?” “Do you have persons around you who would help you if you were to move to another dwelling?”
aslund2014 - p. 3
adjusted for age, country of birth, employment status, chronic disease, and year of survey