DATA AND METHODS
DATA
I use data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), which is sponsored by the National Science Council and conducted by the Institute of Sociology at Academia Sinica. TSCS is an island-wide repeated cross-sectional survey which draws about 2,000 representative samples each year starting in from 1984. The data were collected through face-to face interviews. To keep track of the social change in Taiwan, the survey repeats collecting data with almost the same modules each five years. In this study, since it covers the scale for common mental disorders, and both family relationships and social relationships, the data from the 2010 TSCS will be used to analyze the relationship between social relationships and common mental …show more content…
This questionnaire was administered in the TSCS starting from 1990 to capture the morbidity of light psychiatric disorders in Taiwanese communities (Cheng and Williams 1985; Fu et al. 2012). The common mental disorders is measured by asking: In the past two weeks, had you: (1) Been suffering from headache or pressure in your head? (2) Had palpitations and worried that you might have heart trouble? (3) Had discomfort or a feeling of pressure in your chest? (4) Been suffering from shaking or numbness of your limbs? (5) Lost much sleep over worry? (6) Been taking things hard? (7) Been getting along well with your family or friends? (8) Been losing confidence in yourself? (9) Been feeling nervous and strung-up all the time? (10) Been feeling hopeful about your future? (11) Been worried about your family or close friends? (12) Felt that life is entirely hopeless? The answers are: not at all, 1; same as usual, 2; rather more than usual, 3; and much more than usual, …show more content…
The supportive family relationship is measured by “when you have troubles and feeling upset, are you able to get satisfying assistance from your family?” The answers are: seldom able, 1; sometimes able, 2; and always able, 3. Though there is only one indicator for supportive family relationship, there are four indicators for strained family relationships. They are measured by “in the past year, what events below had happened in your family?” The answers are: cold war between family members, verbal conflicts, smashing things, and physical fighting. Respondents could choose more than one choice. And therefore, each answer is considered as one indicator (coded as 1 or 0) for strained family
DATA
I use data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), which is sponsored by the National Science Council and conducted by the Institute of Sociology at Academia Sinica. TSCS is an island-wide repeated cross-sectional survey which draws about 2,000 representative samples each year starting in from 1984. The data were collected through face-to face interviews. To keep track of the social change in Taiwan, the survey repeats collecting data with almost the same modules each five years. In this study, since it covers the scale for common mental disorders, and both family relationships and social relationships, the data from the 2010 TSCS will be used to analyze the relationship between social relationships and common mental …show more content…
This questionnaire was administered in the TSCS starting from 1990 to capture the morbidity of light psychiatric disorders in Taiwanese communities (Cheng and Williams 1985; Fu et al. 2012). The common mental disorders is measured by asking: In the past two weeks, had you: (1) Been suffering from headache or pressure in your head? (2) Had palpitations and worried that you might have heart trouble? (3) Had discomfort or a feeling of pressure in your chest? (4) Been suffering from shaking or numbness of your limbs? (5) Lost much sleep over worry? (6) Been taking things hard? (7) Been getting along well with your family or friends? (8) Been losing confidence in yourself? (9) Been feeling nervous and strung-up all the time? (10) Been feeling hopeful about your future? (11) Been worried about your family or close friends? (12) Felt that life is entirely hopeless? The answers are: not at all, 1; same as usual, 2; rather more than usual, 3; and much more than usual, …show more content…
The supportive family relationship is measured by “when you have troubles and feeling upset, are you able to get satisfying assistance from your family?” The answers are: seldom able, 1; sometimes able, 2; and always able, 3. Though there is only one indicator for supportive family relationship, there are four indicators for strained family relationships. They are measured by “in the past year, what events below had happened in your family?” The answers are: cold war between family members, verbal conflicts, smashing things, and physical fighting. Respondents could choose more than one choice. And therefore, each answer is considered as one indicator (coded as 1 or 0) for strained family