When is received social support related to perceived support and well-being? When it is needed

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen L. Melrose ◽  
Gordon D.A. Brown ◽  
Alex M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Received Social Support

scholarly journals Perceived Social Support and Well-Being of International Students at an Italian University

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Cipolletta ◽  
Arianna Mercurio ◽  
Rachele Pezzetta
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
International Students ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Help ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Professional Psychological Help ◽  
Counselling Services

The present study aimed to explore international students’ well-being in relation to their perception of social support and dispersion of dependency on various resources. Participants were 139 international students at an Italian university who completed the WHO-5 Well-being Index, Symptom Checklist 90-R, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Dependency Grids. Results showed that higher well-being correlated with higher support and lower distress and that higher dispersion of dependency was associated with higher perceived support. International students who sought professional psychological help also reported lower well-being, higher distress, and fewer resources compared to those who did not seek psychological support. Furthermore, coming from collectivist cultures (rather than individualist ones) as well as being a long-term (rather than short-term) student was mostly associated with higher distress and less perceived support. These results suggest that counselling services for international students should help them find new sources of social support.

scholarly journals Social Support Attainment of Older Adults Living in a Flood-Prone Community

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Arlene Supremo ◽  
Sillmark Bacason ◽  
Alpha Issa Christianne Abegonia ◽  
Louverille Bacason
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Health And Well Being

Introduction: A flood, a catastrophic phenomenon often experienced by many, brings destruction to property and livelihood. This kind of event renders access to basic services difficult. During times of floods, older adults need additional social support, from family, friends, relatives, or significant others. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of attainment of social support of older adults during periods of floods and periods without floods.Methods: A descriptive quantitative research design was used. Purposive sampling was utilized to reach the population sample of 126 elderly respondents. They were interviewed face-to-face in their homes using a modified questionnaire. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and mean scores were used.Results: 126 older adults participated in the research study. Most older adults strongly agreed that they received social support during periods of floods (with a mean score of 4.40) and without floods (with a mean score of 4.39).Discussion: Social support was extended to older adults both during times of floods and without floods. The support they received from people who were special to them maintained their health and well-being. 

scholarly journals Social Support Changes in Response to Retirement

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 442-442
Author(s):  
Brittany King
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Negative Change ◽  
Significant Positive Change ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Retirement is an influential life course transition, that has potential to impact overall well-being as well as our social lives. The extent to which our social lives are changed is dependent upon the resources available both pre- and post-retirement. Research on retirement has focused on how well-being is changed, through measures such as depression, and conceptualize social support as a resource that can help offset some of the associated negative consequences. However, it is unclear how that resource of social support is itself being impacted. This study uses 2008-2016 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data to assesses if how social support changes is dependent upon timing of retirement or whether the individual was forced to retire (N=1,933). Ordinary least squares regression (OLS) and marginal effects are used to assess the change in support and to test if the effects differentially impact certain groups. Preliminary results from this study show that men who have been retired for two waves report a significant negative change (p<0.05) in their in-person interactions with children, whereas women who have been retired for the same amount of time report a significant positive change (p<0.01) in their interactions with children. Additionally, women who are forced to retire report a significant (p<0.05) increase in their in-person interactions with children. These findings suggest that factors such as timing of retirement and forced retirement are important factors in understanding how received social support changes.

scholarly journals Investigating social support patterns of single mothers from a social network perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaria Lumino ◽  
Giancarlo Ragozini ◽  
Maria Prosperina Vitale
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn the present study, we discuss how social network analysis approach can be fruitful exploited to study social support within family studies. An ego-centred network approach is adopted within a case study about social support networks of low income single mothers living in a city of southern Italy. We address three main issues. First, we aim to describe and explore the structure of social relationships that single mothers activate in order to obtain different kind of supports. Second, we investigate the main factors that affect the amount and variety of resources embedded in the single mothers’ support networks. Third, we analyse the relationship between the received social support embedded in the ego network and the support perceived by mothers. Beyond the description of composition and structure of ego-centred networks through network measures and factorial methods, a series of regression models was estimated to assess factors explaining received and perceived support of single mothers.

The Relations of Social Support and Social Connectedness to Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic across 49 countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Jhen Wu ◽  
Yi-Jung Wu ◽  
Chia-Wen Chen ◽  
Rui Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
The Relationship

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide set social distancing restrictions to protect people from being infected. However, these restrictions pose a great threat to individuals’ well-being due to challenges such as financial insecurity and limited social interactions. The current study investigated the protective roles of social support and social connectedness on well-being in different cultural contexts during the outbreak of the COVID-19. Specifically, we examined the hypothesized model: the relationship between social support and well-being is mediated by the change of social connectedness; we tested whether connected feelings toward different social ties (family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors) differed in the path between social support and the change of connectedness. We also tested whether countries’ Individualism-Collectivism scores influenced the model. We used data from a survey study conducted between Apr 17th and May 20th 2020, with 16,536 individuals from 49 countries, to answer the research question. Participants reported their received social support in the past week, the change of connected feelings toward family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors during the pandemic outbreak compared to before, and subjective well-being. Using multilevel structural equation modeling, we found that a) received social support positively related to well-being, b) increased social connectedness from family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors was positively associated with well-being, c) increased social connectedness from all social ties mediated the relationship between received social support and well-being, with the effects from family and friends larger than from colleagues and neighbors. We did not find countries’ Individualism-Collectivism score related to the change of social connectedness. Theoretical and political implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Psychological Well-Being of Young Offenders: from Pretrial Detention to Correctional Camps

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fedor Ushkov ◽  
Roman Shilko ◽  
Ludmila Shaigerova ◽  
Alexandra Dolgikh ◽  
Olga Almazova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Pretrial Detention ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
Sources Of Support

The present article aims at investigating the role of social support in the emotional well-being of young offenders. We hypothesized that perceived social support would be positively related to the emotional well-being of juvenile offenders. The methods were worked out to study perceived and received social support, psychological well-being and emotional state of the juvenile offenders. The entire sample consisted of 56 males aged from 15 to 18 years old (M = 16.5; SD = 0.8). 32 subjects (57%) were in pretrial detention and 24 participants (43%) were in a correctional camp located in the central region of Russia. The study detected that the level of psychological well-being of the respondents from the camp was correlated neither with perceived social support nor with the frequency of seeking assistance from the different sources of support. For the respondents in the pretrial detention, the level of psychological well-being was directly connected to the degree of the perceived support from the friends. The obtained differences might be associated with the influence of social environment in the pretrial detention and in the camps.

Do Satisfied Older Employees Perceive More Social Support Over Time? A Cross-Lagged Examination

2020 ◽  
pp. 073346482091004
Author(s):  
Shani Pindek ◽  
Dikla Segel-Karpas
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Retirement Study

Perceived social support has traditionally been examined as an antecedent of well-being, including job satisfaction. The current study offers a new perspective in which job satisfaction can be both an antecedent and outcome of support in older employees. Two wave data from 910 older employees who participated in the Health and Retirement Study were used to test the hypotheses using a cross-lagged panel model. The results indicate that job satisfaction predicts subsequent perceived support from both supervisors and coworkers. However, perceived support from either supervisors or coworkers does not predict subsequent job satisfaction. The discussion suggests that unsatisfied employees, who likely are in greater need of support from their supervisors and peers, perceive having less support available to them. Practically, interventions aimed at increasing satisfaction might also benefit employees’ perceived support, and organizations could leverage our findings to create more favorable work environments.

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