Women experiencing the baby blues can also find some relief early on by obtaining extra sleep and
adding more social support and help if possible, she adds.
After experiencing physical violence, the women were likely to
receive more social support than the men, suggesting that women were more often regarded as a vulnerable group.
«The women we followed over the course of the study were from natural fertility populations where mothers who bear numerous children receive
more social support from their relatives and friends,» explains Nepomnaschy.
Leon Hoffman, MD, co-director of the Pacella Parent Child Center of The New York Psychoanalytic Society, adds that such treatment should focus on
providing more social support for the whole family.
«For parents of autistic children,
more social support means better health: Research shows community care protects them against stress - induced immune problems.»
Online dieters who
got more social support from others who logged on too lost more weight (at least 8 percent of their body weight) than those who were going it solo, according to a Northwestern University study.
Subgroup effects were found for high - risk mothers in the TG, who
reported more social support over time and, generally, had children with higher developmental scores compared to their CG counterparts.
Furthermore, family factors are also related to parental stress, with low social economic status related to increased parental stress [31], [36], and
more social support related to reduced parental stress [14], [16], [37].
In those who
exhibit more social support, the part of the brain that experiences pain is less reactive during stress» than in those with less support.
Parents showing an Authoritative Style are also more likely to show more active coping behaviors, feel more self - efficacy, and seek out and receive
more social support.
«Specifically,
more social support was associated with a 19 to 26 percent lower mortality risk depending on abuse type — severe physical abuse, moderate physical abuse or emotional abuse — in those who reported childhood abuse.
The more social support those experiencing relational victimization received from delinquent friends, the greater the chances that they would also take part in rule - breaking activities.
They often have
more social support, are more outgoing, and exercise more.
«And
more social support is critical in making it better.»
Parents showing an Authoritative Style are also more likely to show more active coping behaviors, feel more self - efficacy, and seek out and receive
more social support.
In addition,
the more social support students received from friends, family and significant others, the less they experienced loneliness.