RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Ježorská, Šárka
A1 Hrtůsová, Tereza
A1 Černá, Martina
A1 Chrastina, Jan
T1 SOCIAL SUPPORT AS SUPPORTING FACTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH
JF Profese Online
YR 2013
VO 6
IS 1
SP 17
OP 22
DO 10.5507/pol.2013.004
UL https://profeseonline.upol.cz/en/artkey/pol-201301-0004.php
AB Aim: The article focuses on the effect of social support as a health protective factor against depression, anxiety and life satisfaction in patients treated for the diagnosis F10.2 Alcohol dependence and F32 Depression on psychiatric wards.Methods: A quantitative approach was chosen for the research. To collect data, a questionnaire battery comprising four standardised questionnaires was used: PSSS (Perceived Social Support Scale) J. A. Blumenthal, BDI-II (Beck Depression Inventory) Beck et al., SAS (Zung's Self Rating Anxiety Scale) and Questionnaire of Life Satisfaction by Fahrenberg et al.Results: The results of the research show that there is a statistically significant difference in the degree of social support between the control and target group (patients with medical diagnosis of depression and alcohol dependence). It confirmed the assumption about significant negative relation between the degree of anxiety and social support in patients with medical diagnosis of alcohol dependence. The existence of a significant relationship between the level of depression and level of social support was not confirmed. The research results also confirm the existence of a statistically significant difference in the degree of life satisfaction between the control and target group (people with alcohol dependence). Based on the results, we can claim there is a significant positive relation between the degree of social support and the degree of life satisfaction in people with alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence leads to lower life satisfaction.Conclusion: The research has proved the importance of social support as a health protective factor and confirmed that the increased degree of social support decreases anxiety rate and contrarily, it increases the overall life satisfaction in persons with alcohol dependence.