Direct and Indirect Effects of Maltreatment and Social Support on Children’s Social Competence Across Reporters

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 741-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Miller-Graff ◽  
Kathryn H. Howell ◽  
Cecilia Martinez-Torteya ◽  
Katherine Grein
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects

DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tülin Gençöz ◽  
Yeşim Özlale ◽  
Randy Lennon
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
University Students ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Undergraduate University Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect effects of social support on psychological well-being. Social support was evaluated under two different categories which were named as Aid-Related and Appreciation-Related Socia+l Support. The first category was more related to potential for receiving help from others when needed, and being cared for by others, while the latter category was more related to being recognized by others as an efficient source of help and reassurance of worth. Undergraduate university students (N =342) served as subjects, and results revealed that aid-related social support and psychological well-being (i.e., alleviated depression symptoms) association was partially mediated by experiencing fewer life stresses. On the other hand, appreciation-related social support had a direct effect on psychological well-being. Implications of these results are discussed.

scholarly journals Longitudinal Relationships of Religion with Posttreatment Depression Severity in Older Psychiatric Patients: Evidence of Direct and Indirect Effects

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. David Hayward ◽  
Amy D. Owen ◽  
Harold G. Koenig ◽  
David C. Steffens ◽  
Martha E. Payne
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Depression Severity ◽  
Religious Media ◽  
Private Prayer

Psychiatric patients (age 59+) were assessed before study treatment for major depressive disorder, and again after 3 months. Measures taken before study treatment included facets of religiousness (subjective religiosity, private prayer, worship attendance, and religious media use), social support, and perceived stress. Clinician-rated depression severity was assessed both before and after treatment using the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Structural equation modeling was used to test a path model of direct and indirect effects of religious factors via psychosocial pathways. Subjective religiousness was directly related to worse initial MADRS, but indirectly related to better posttreatment MADRS via the pathway of more private prayer. Worship attendance was directly related to better initial MADRS, and indirectly related to better post-treatment MADRS via pathways of lower stress, more social support, and more private prayer. Private prayer was directly related to better post-treatment MADRS. Religious media use was related to more private prayer, but had no direct relationship with MADRS.

scholarly journals The Relationships among Social Support, Bowel Function Symptoms and Uncertainty in Rectal Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-430
Author(s):  
Kyungmi Lee ◽  
Semi Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Rectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Bowel Function ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: This study examined the mediating effect of bowel function symptoms in the relationship between social support and uncertainty in rectal cancer patients.Methods: In total, 132 rectal cancer patients were recruited online. Data were collected from October 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020 using on-line questionnaires and were analyzed using the t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients and bootstrapping for mediation.Results: Social support had a significant and positive effect on bowel function symptoms and a negative effect on uncertainty. Bowel function symptoms had a significant negative effect on uncertainty; and showed a statistically significant mediating effect in the relationship between social support and uncertainty. In other words, social support had direct and indirect effects on uncertainty.Conclusion: In rectal cancer patients, social support attenuated bowel function symptoms and showed direct and indirect effects on uncertainty. Therefore, to increase the social support of rectal cancer patients, the patients’ family, friends, and meaningful others should be involved in providing nursing. In order to reduce bowel function symptoms, which have a mediating effect, rectal cancer patients need to be well aware of the symptoms of bowel function that change after surgery. Systematic pre- and post- operative education would be help reduce uncertainty.

scholarly journals Social Cognitive Orientations, Social Support, and Physical Activity among at-Risk Urban Children: Insights from a Structural Equation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6745
Author(s):  
Junghyae Lee ◽  
John Hoornbeek ◽  
Namkyung Oh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Exercise Enjoyment ◽  
Cognitive Orientations

This study investigates the effects of cognitive orientations associated with social cognitive theory (SCT) and exercise enjoyment on physical activity (PA) of urban at-risk children, accounting for mediating effects associated with various sources of social support. We use 2016–2017 survey data from 725 school-age children in an urban school district in Akron, Ohio in the United States (US) to inform a structural equation model, which assesses direct and indirect effects of self-efficacy, behavioral intention, and exercise enjoyment on children’s PA, using mediating variables that measure social support that children report receiving from parents, Physical Education (PE) teachers, and peers. We find that self-efficacy and exercise enjoyment have notable direct and indirect effects on the children’s PA. We also find that the support children receive from PE teachers and peers appears to have greater effects on PA than does the children’s reported social support from parents. These findings suggest that children’s social cognitive orientations may influence both sources of perceived social support and the extent to which children engage in PA. While these findings have potential implications for intervention strategies to increase PA among at-risk children, further research is appropriate to improve our understanding of the determinants of PA among at-risk urban children.

scholarly journals Validating Psychosocial Pathways of Risk Between Neuroticism and Late Life Depression Using a Polygenic Score Approach

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Janford Li ◽  
Emily C. Hilton ◽  
Qiongshi Lu ◽  
Jinkuk Hong ◽  
Jan S. Greenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Late Life Depression ◽  
Polygenic Score ◽  
Study Results

Neuroticism is a stable and heritable personality trait that is strongly linked to depression. Yet, little is known about its association with late life depression, as well as how neuroticism eventuates into depression. This study used data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS; N=4,877) to examine the direct and indirect effects of neuroticism on late life depression at three points in the life course – ages 53, 64, and 71 – via stressful life events (i.e., independent and dependent) and social supports measured across adulthood and into later life. Neuroticism was rigorously assayed using multiple methods, including self-report measures and a polygenic score informed by a meta-analytic genome-wide association study. Results indicated that the association between self-reported neuroticism and late life depression was partially mediated via the effects of dependent stressful life events experienced after the age of 53 and by age 64 (T2) social support. There were no specific indirect effects of self-reported neuroticism on depression through the effects of age 53 social support (T1), age 71 social support (T3), adult dependent stressful life events (experienced between age 19 and 52), and adult and late life independent stressful life events. These associations were replicated when we examined the direct and indirect effects of the polygenic score for neuroticism on late life depression, providing key evidence that our findings are robust. Results are consistent with previous findings that individuals with high neuroticism may be vulnerable to late life depression through psychosocial risk factors that are, in part, attributable to their own personality.

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