scholarly journals The impact of daily stress on adolescents’ depressed mood: The role of social support seeking through Facebook

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 315-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eline Frison ◽  
Steven Eggermont
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Daily Stress ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Age and Social Support Seeking: Understanding the Role of Perceived Social Costs to Others

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1104-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Jiang ◽  
Aimee Drolet ◽  
Heejung S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking

We examined age differences in the use of different types of social support and the reasons for these differences. We found that older adults (age 60+) seek explicit social support less compared with young adults (age 18-25), but there is no difference in implicit social support seeking. Concerns about the potential social costs of seeking explicit support mediate the age differences in explicit social support seeking. Whereas young adults view this strategy as conferring more benefits than costs, older adults have a more balanced view of the costs and benefits of explicit social support seeking. Older and young adults do not differ in perceptions of the relative costs versus benefits of implicit social support seeking. Finally, we found older adults benefit more from implicit (vs. explicit) social support emotionally than young adults, which further explains why age groups differ in their use of explicit versus implicit social support.

scholarly journals Cultural Differences in the Impact of Social Support on Psychological and Biological Stress Responses

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 831-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley E. Taylor ◽  
William T. Welch ◽  
Heejung S. Kim ◽  
David K. Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
Biological Stress ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
The Impact

Social support is believed to be a universally valuable resource for combating stress, yet Asians and Asian Americans report that social support is not helpful to them, resist seeking it, and are underrepresented among recipients of supportive services. We distinguish between explicit social support (seeking and using advice and emotional solace) and implicit social support (focusing on valued social groups) and show that Asians and Asian Americans are psychologically and biologically benefited more by implicit social support than by explicit social support; the reverse is true for European Americans. Our discussion focuses on cultural differences in the construal of relationships and their implications for social support and delivery of support services.

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