Effects of perceived social support and family demands on college students' mental well-being: A cross-cultural investigation

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 348-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yacoub Khallad ◽  
Fares Jabr
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
Mental Well Being

scholarly journals Relationship of Perceived Social Support with Mental Health in Older Caregivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 3886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Muñoz-Bermejo ◽  
José Carmelo Adsuar ◽  
Salvador Postigo-Mota ◽  
Inés Casado-Verdejo ◽  
Claudia Mara de Melo-Tavares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health State ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Older Caregivers ◽  
Elderly Caregivers ◽  
Mental Well Being

Background: Elderly caregivers present increased physical and mental health problems. These factors can lead to a lack of autonomy and a need for social support. This study aims to analyse the relationships between perceived social support and mental health status in elderly caregivers aged 65 and older. Methods: a cross-sectional study based on data from the Spanish National Health Survey (ENSE-17) carried out on 7023 people. The study population was restricted to 431 caregivers aged ≥65 years. A study of the correlation between the mental health state and the perceived social support was carried out. Both variables were related to the sex of the caregiver. Results: Perceived social support by older caregivers is significantly related to mental health (p = 0.001), and stress (p < 0.001). Also, there is a significant relationship between perceived social support and mental well-being (p = 0.001), self-esteem (p = 0.005) and stress (p = 0.001) in older women caregivers. Conclusions: Older caregivers have adequate mental well-being and perceive high social support. Perceived social support can contribute to improving the mental well-being of older caregivers.

Friends and family: A cross-cultural investigation of social support and subjective well-being among college students

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debi Brannan ◽  
Robert Biswas-Diener ◽  
Cynthia D. Mohr ◽  
Shahrnaz Mortazavi ◽  
Noah Stein
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Subjective Well Being

scholarly journals Benefit finding and well-being in older adults: The utility of the General Benefit Finding Scale.

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Cassidy ◽  
Ingrid Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Benefit Finding ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Benefit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental Well Being

 The research aim was to test the General Benefit Finding Scale (GBFS) in a cross-sectional survey of adults aged 55 years and older and to assess to what extent it relates to mental well-being, perceived social support, health and personality. Participants (n=341) completed a questionnaire which included demographic questions, the GBFS, and measures of mental well-being, perceived social support, activity levels, and personality. Benefit finding was higher in older adults and correlated positively with mental well-being and perceived support. The impact of the psychosocial factors investigated on benefit finding levels was small (9.2%) with mental well-being, sex and agreeableness being significant predictors. The study provides additional support for the use of the GBFS and suggests that perceived social support, particularly from friends, is especially important for older adults.

scholarly journals Effects of Fear of COVID-19 on Mental Well-Being and Quality of Life: A path analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Alyami ◽  
Julia Vajda De Albuquerque ◽  
Christian U. Krägeloh ◽  
Hussain Alyami ◽  
Marcus A Henning
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental Well Being

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has been very disruptive and thus likely to result in substantial challenges to mental health. This study aimed to investigate the effects of fear of COVID-19 on mental well-being and quality of life among Saudi adult population, and to evaluate the impact of perceived social support. A total of 1029 Saudi adults with a mean age of 33.7 years (SD 11.5) took part in an anonymous online survey. Path analysis indicated that fear of COVID-19 was directly associated with mental well-being, which in turn was associated with lower quality of life. Perceived social support had more influence on quality of life than mental well-being. No direct link between fear of COVID-19 and quality of life was found. These findings emphasize the importance of having effective systems, in addition to social support, in place in order to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental well-being and quality of life.

Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Oberhauser ◽  
Andreas B. Neubauer ◽  
Eva-Marie Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

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