The relative importance of body change strategies, weight perception, perceived social support, and self-esteem on adolescent depressive symptoms: Longitudinal findings from a national sample

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennine S. Rawana
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Weight Perception ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Change Strategies ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Body Change

Parental Phubbing and Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: Self-Esteem and Perceived Social Support as Moderators

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingchao Wang ◽  
Ling Gao ◽  
Jiping Yang ◽  
Fengqing Zhao ◽  
Pengcheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Esteem

The nature and timing of seasonal affective symptoms and the influence of self-esteem and social support: a longitudinal prospective study

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1425-1434 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. McCARTHY ◽  
N. TARRIER ◽  
L. GREGG
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Seasonal Affective Disorder ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Winter Period ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Physiological Symptoms ◽  
Highly Correlated

Background. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by recurrent episodes of depression occurring regularly with the onset of winter.Method. The study was a prospective naturalistic follow-up of the emergence of symptoms of seasonal depression with the passage of time and change in seasons. Participants were screened during summer for SAD. Participants were excluded if they were depressed (BDI >14) during the summer recruitment. Eligible participants prospectively monitored their mood and anxiety by completing the BDI and BAI every 2 weeks from 1 September through to the 31 March.Results. Forty-five participants met criterion for SAD were included in the final data analyses. Depression scores rose gradually over the 30 week period reaching a peak median score around weeks 22 to 24 (January–February). The ‘hallmark’ physiological symptoms (changes in sleep, appetite and fatigue) emerged earlier in the winter period than cognitive symptoms. The emergence of anxiety symptoms was highly correlated with depressive symptoms, although the median anxiety scores did not reach a clinically significant level. Low self-esteem and poor perceived social support were significantly related to an earlier onset in the emergence of depressive symptoms. Both these factors together resulted in the speediest onset of depression. Poor perceived social support, but not low self-esteem, was associated with earlier emergence of anxiety symptoms.Conclusions. Physiological symptoms may activate negative cognitions in individuals with risk factors of low self-esteem and poor social support so that the disorder is precipitated earlier and is of longer duration.

scholarly journals Correction to: Parental Phubbing and Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: Self-Esteem and Perceived Social Support as Moderators

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 1565-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingchao Wang ◽  
Ling Gao ◽  
Jiping Yang ◽  
Fengqing Zhao ◽  
Pengcheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Esteem

Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Self-esteem with Satisfaction of Life in Iranian Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Behzadfar ◽  
Narges Arabkhazaeli ◽  
Hassan Khani ◽  
Narges Zamani ◽  
Saeed Zamani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Iranian Students

Acculturative stress and life satisfaction of Chinese rural-to-urban migrants

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Dekuo Liang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Liying Xia ◽  
Dawei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship

Little is known regarding the life satisfaction of rural-to-urban migrants in China. In this study we assessed whether self-esteem and perceived social support mediated the association between rural-to-urban migrants' acculturative stress and life satisfaction. We use convenience sampling to recruit 712 migrants who were employed at construction sites in Nanjing for the study. Results reveal that acculturative stress was negatively related to self-esteem, perceived social support, and life satisfaction; self-esteem was positively associated with perceived social support and life satisfaction; and perceived social support was a significant and positive predictor of life satisfaction. In addition, we found that self-esteem and perceived social support partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stress and life satisfaction. Our findings provide a better understanding of life satisfaction over the course of migration, and add to knowledge of psychological well-being and mental health among rural-to-urban migrants in China.

scholarly journals Suicide Attempts and Perceived Social Support among Chinese Drug Users: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Depression

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Yali Deng ◽  
Xuemeng Li ◽  
Liu Liu ◽  
Wing Hong Chui
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Chinese Drug ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
The Relationship

Suicidal behavior is a severe problem among drug users. This study examines influential factors related to suicide attempts and analyzes possible mediators of the relationship between perceived social support and suicide attempts amongst Chinese drug users under compulsory institutional drug treatment. Taking perceived social support as the independent variable, we found that the relationship between suicide attempts and perceived social support is mediated by self-esteem as a protective factor and depression as a risk factor. Path analysis shows that self-esteem contributes relatively more to the indirect effects than depression does, accounting for 31.1% and 24.2% of the total effect, respectively. Generally speaking, the findings of this study point to an urgent need for addressing suicide attempts among Chinese drug users while treating self-esteem as the protective factor that deserves as substantial attention as depression receives.

scholarly journals The relative importance of work-related and non-work-related stressors and perceived social support on global perceived stress in a cross-sectional population-based sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jes Bak Sørensen ◽  
Mathias Lasgaard ◽  
Morten Vejs Willert ◽  
Finn Breinholt Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Work Situation ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Stressors

Abstract Background High levels of perceived stress have a negative bearing on health and well-being, and stress is a major public health issue. According to the Stress Process Model, stressors are socially patterned and combine to produce strain. Despite this, most studies on stress have focused on work-related stressors leaving non-work determinants under-investigated. The aim of the present study was to determine the relative importance of work-related and non-work-related stressors and perceived social support for the overall perceived stress level. Methods Self-reported data were drawn from the 2017 population-based health survey “How are you?” conducted in the Central Denmark Region (N = 32,417). Data were linked with data drawn from national administrative registers. Work- and non-work-related stressors assessed included major life events, chronic stressors and daily hassles. Perceived social support was assessed using a single question. Overall perceived stress was assessed by the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale. We conducted dominance analyses based on a multiple linear regression model to determine the most important explanatory variables of overall perceived stress. Analyses were weighted and adjusted. Results Work- and non-work-related stressors along with perceived social support explained 42.5% of the total variance (R2) in overall perceived stress. The most important explanatory variables were disease, perceived social support and work situation. The stratified analyses produced slightly varying results (“dominance profiles”) of perceived stress between subgroups. Work situation was the most important explanatory variable in the employed group. However, adding non-work-related explanatory variables to the analysis tripled the explained variance. Conclusions The overall level of perceived stress can be statistically explained by a combination of work- and non-work-related stressors and perceived social support both at population level and in subgroups. The most important explanatory variables of overall perceived stress are disease, perceived social support and work situation. Results indicate that public health strategies aiming to reduce stress should take a comprehensive approach and address a variety of stressor domains rather than focus on a single domain. Trial registration The study was approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency (r. no. 2012-58-0006) and registered in the Central Denmark Region (r. no. 1-16-02-593-16).

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