Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion (보건교육건강증진학회지)

Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion (한국보건교육건강증진학회)
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Positive and Negative Influence of Social Network on Self Rated Health and its Gendered Pattern

사회적 관계망의 긍정적, 부정적 기능이 성별 주관적 건강에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Su-San (Graduated School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Cho, Sung-Il (Graduated School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jang, Soong-Nang (Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University)
  • 박수잔 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 조성일 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 장숙랑 (중앙대학교 적십자 간호대학 간호학과)
  • Received : 2011.10.11
  • Accepted : 2011.12.10
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was to examine the association between structural and functional characteristics of social network and self-rated health in middle-aged Korea population. We also explored gender difference in the relationship between social network and health. Methods: Data were collected from individuals aged 40-69 years old participating in the 2005 survey for the Korean Genome & Epidemiology Study. We examined the association between social network, social support, social conflict and self-rated health using multiple logistic regression analysis stratified by gender. Results: The extent and contact frequency of close people, and social participations were associated by not only the positive function but also the negative function of social network. Both the positive and negative functions of social network affected self-rated health. The relationship between the function of social network and health showed a gender difference: only positive function was significantly associated with health in men while only negative function had significant relationship with health in women. Conclusions: Social support and social conflict affected the health in both genders through different ways. The ambivalent effect of social network on health should be explored further.

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