ABSTRACT Understanding how disease factors impact social support received by college students with chronic health conditions (CHCs) has implications for promoting optimal adjustment. To this end, 121 undergraduates with various CHCs completed measures of general and illness-specific social support from peers and provided information about their CHC diagnosis and pain symptoms. Social support levels were similar across those with CHCs and healthy peers. Although functional etiology and pain symptoms did not impact general social support or perceived peer supportiveness following disclosure, those with CHCs of functional etiology or those with pain as a symptom disclosed their diagnosis to fewer friends.

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慢性躯体疾病大学生疾病因素与社会支持的关系

摘要了解疾病因素如何影响患有慢性健康状况（CHC）的大学生所获得的社会支持，对促进最佳适应具有启示。为此，拥有各种社区卫生服务中心的121名大学生完成了来自同龄人的一般和特定疾病社会支持措施，并提供了有关其社区卫生服务中心诊断和疼痛症状的信息。社区卫生保健中心和健康同龄人的社会支持水平相似。尽管功能性病因和疼痛症状在披露后不影响一般的社会支持或同龄人的支持能力，但患有功能性病因的CHC或症状较痛的患者向较少的朋友披露了他们的诊断。