Social rhythm and mental health
- \(\bf Background\) Social rhythm refers to the regularity with which one engages in social activities throughout the week, and has established links with bipolar disorder, as well as some links with depression and anxiety. The aim of the present study is to examine social rhythm and its relationship to various aspects of health, including physical health, negative mental health, and positive mental health. \(\bf Method\) Questionnaire data were obtained from a large-scale multi-national sample of 8095 representative participants from the U.S., Russia, and Germany. \(\bf Results\) Results indicated that social rhythm irregularity is related to increased reporting of health problems, depression, anxiety, and stress. In contrast, greater regularity is related to better overall health state, life satisfaction, and positive mental health. The effects are generally small in size, but hold even when controlling for gender, marital status, education, income, country, and social support. Further, social rhythm means differ across Russia, the U.S., and Germany. Relationships with mental health are present in all three countries, but differ in magnitude. \(\bf Conclusions\) Social rhythm irregularity is related to mental health in Russia, the U.S., and Germany.
Author: | Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND, Kristen Lee LavalleeORCiDGND, Xiao Chi ZhangGND, Silvia SchneiderORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-57794 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150312 |
Parent Title (English): | PLoS one |
Subtitle (English): | a cross-cultural comparison |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2018/06/28 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/03/08 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 3 |
First Page: | e0150312-1 |
Last Page: | e0150312-16 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Note: | PLoS ONE, Bd. 11.2016, H. 3, Artikelnummer e0150312 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |