caa a22 4500 475846990 CHVBK 20180406123917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008904215743 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008904215743 Men, women and friends — are there differences in relation to mental well-being? [Elektronische Daten] [J. Hintikka, T. Koskela, O. Kontula, K. Koskela, H. Viinamäki] This is a study on associations between the number of close friends and mental well-being in a nationwide sample of the Finnish general population (n = 1603). Mental well-being was assessed by means of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. A total of 3% of the sample had no close friends and another 3% had only one. Over half of the sample (52%) reported having five or more friends. The overall prevalence of mental distress was 15% in men and 21% in women. According to multivariate analyses the risk of mental distress was increased in men among those with no friends (odds ratio [OR]: 2.70) and among those who had one (OR: 4.32) or two to four friends (OR: 1.75), as compared with those who had more friends. In women, having only one friend (OR: 2.30), insufficient family support (OR: 1.63) and insufficient support from relatives (OR: 1.77) associated with the risk of mental distress. These results suggest that mental well-being might be promoted if mentally distressed men seeking professional help were supported in building up and maintaining social networks and mentally distressed women were supported in harmonizing their family life. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Interpersonal relations nationallicence Mental health nationallicence Population nationallicence Social support nationallicence Hintikka J. Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio aut Koskela T. Lung and Health Association, Finland aut Kontula O. Population Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland aut Koskela K. Lung and Health Association, Finland aut Viinamäki H. Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/7(2000-07-01), 841-845 0962-9343 9:7<841 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008904215743 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008904215743 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hintikka J. Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Koskela T. Lung and Health Association, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kontula O. Population Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Koskela K. Lung and Health Association, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Viinamäki H. Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/7(2000-07-01), 841-845 0962-9343 9:7<841 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer