title: Sense of mastery differences between working-age Swedish- and Finnish-speaking Finns: a population-based study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the probability of a high sense of mastery in a population-representative sample of working-age people and to study the differences in mastery between Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking Finns in particular.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data originates from the Western Finland Mental Health Surveys (2008-2014). Associations between sense of mastery and language groups were analyzed with logistic regressions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Swedish-speaking Finns have a higher sense of mastery and the association is mediated by social support. Moreover, a difference in a high sense of mastery is found between Swedish- and Finnish-speaking married women that are outside the labor market.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings imply that Finnish-speaking women that are outside the labor market, e.g. on maternity leave or taking care of the household, should be recognized in health and social care services as a group that can benefit from additional support.
authors.affiliation: 1 Social and Health Management, University of Vaasa, Finland.|2 National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.
authors.forename: Kaarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reini
authors.affiliation: 3 Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Social Policy, Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
authors.forename: Fredrica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nyqvist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: OSS-3; Pearlin’s sense of mastery; population-based survey; social support