scholarly journals An Examination of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: The Relationship of Personality Traits and Perceived Social Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Abdul Hanan Sami ◽  
Naveeda Naveeda

Present study aimed at investigating the association between personality traits, perceived social support and depressive symptoms in adolescents. Through convenient sampling, total 302 students (110 males and 192 females) were recruited from different universities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The age range of sample was 18-25 years. In present study, The Big Five Inventory- Short Version (BFI-S) (Gerlitz & Schupp, 2005), The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (Zimet et al., 1988), and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) were used to access personality traits, perceived social support and depressive symptoms. Findings of the present study showed a significant positive relationship between neuroticism and depressive symptoms. However, extraversion, conscientiousness and perceived social support showed significant negative association with depressive symptoms. According to regression analysis, neuroticism is a positive while, perceived social support is significant negative predictor of depressive symptoms in young adolescents. Furthermore, findings of present study may assist in identifying the personality traits at risk of experiencing depression.

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1072-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Robinaugh ◽  
Luana Marques ◽  
Lara N. Traeger ◽  
Elizabeth H. Marks ◽  
Sharon C. Sung ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 2673-2683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth G Tovar ◽  
Rebecca L Dekker ◽  
Misook L Chung ◽  
Yevgeniya Gokun ◽  
Debra K Moser ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Zohre Khalajinia ◽  
Valiollah Akbari ◽  
Parvin Rahmatinejad ◽  
MohammadMahdi Shater ◽  
Mostafa Vahedian

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibo Zhao ◽  
Li Peng

Abstract Background Little research describes the mechanisms underlying depressive symptoms and personal relative deprivation in Chinese populations. Methods In this study, the respondents were (N = 938) residents of Beijing (17-59 years old) and robust multiple linear regressions were used to assess the main relationship between relative deprivation and depressive symptoms and social support as a potential moderator for that relationship. Results Individuals who reported higher personal relative deprivation had greater depressive symptoms than those who reported lower personal relative deprivation. Perceived social support buffered the relationship between depressive symptoms and personal relative deprivation. Conclusions The findings of this current study demonstrate the importance of relative deprivation for psychological strain and income in explaining how socioeconomic indices correlate with depressive symptoms. They also demonstrate the need to acknowledge the interaction of perceived social support and personal relative deprivation for influencing depression.


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