Keep Your Friends Close: Exploring the Associations of Bullying, Peer Social Support, and Social Anxiety

Coyle, Samantha; Malecki, Christine K.; Emmons, Jonathan D.

doi:10.1007/s40688-019-00250-3

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“…The present study found that healthcare workers' PSS had a significant negative effect on anxiety symptoms, which is similar to previous findings 10 , 11 . For example, Labrague and De Los Santos indicate that social support can alleviate nurses' anxiety about COVID-19 10 . This suggests that PSS alleviates anxiety symptoms in healthcare workers.…”

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“…Current research finds that the PSS can ease this process. The buffering effect mechanism of social support suggests that PSS protects mental health by reducing the negative impact of stressful events on individuals and decreasing the likelihood that stressful events will trigger anxiety and depression 10 , 31 . So when the emotional feelings of risk assessment decline, the individual's corresponding anxiety symptoms are alleviated.…”

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“…For example, the doctor-patient relationship improves, and doctor-patient trust increases compared to the pre-epidemic period 9 . Additionally, studies have demonstrated that social support negatively predicts anxiety [10][11][12] . Social support allows individuals to believe that they are cared for and accepted, reducing individual psychological stress and improving individual psychological well-being 13 5 These authors contributed equally: Bin Wang and Xiao Zhong.…”

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Effect of social support on anxiety of medical staff one year after COVID-19 outbreak: a moderated mediating model

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Zhong

et al. 2022

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One year after the outbreak of COVID-19, medical staff are facing high anxiety due to multiple work stresses. Social support has become a protective factor for healthcare workers' anxiety symptoms, but the exact mechanism of action is not yet known. Based on the buffering model, this study aims to explore the impact and mechanisms of action of healthcare workers' perception of social support (PSS) on anxiety symptoms in the context of the epidemic and to further explore how the emotional characteristics of risk perception (ECRP) and resilience play their influence. To this end, this study measured 839 healthcare workers using an online questionnaire from 4 February to 1 March 2021. The results found that PSS among healthcare workers negatively predicted anxiety symptoms. ECRP partially mediated the relationship between PSS and anxiety symptoms, and resilience moderated the first half of the pathway in the model of PSS through ECRP on anxiety symptoms. The emotional characteristics of risk perception of COVID-19 in individuals with high resilience decrease significantly with the increase of PSS, while this change is not significant in individuals with low resilience.

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Effect of social support on anxiety of medical staff one year after COVID-19 outbreak: a moderated mediating model

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Zhong

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“…36 Research also suggests that peer social support can moderate negative family attitudes and anxiety, as well as the link between family victimization and depression. 37 Given the crucial role of social support for SGM youth, 29,34,35,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] understanding how suicide exposure impacts SGM youth and how support may moderate relationships between exposure to suicidal behavior and psychosocial functioning, including depressed mood, is a critical element to informing future effective prevention efforts for this population.…”

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Exposure to Suicidal Behavior and Social Support Among Sexual- and Gender-Minority Youth

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Banyard

Goodman³

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Pediatrics

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OBJECTIVES: In this study, we examine reports of exposure to suicidal behavior by youth sexual and gender identity. We explore how exposure is related to depressed mood in the context of high social support while accounting for cumulative adversity.METHODS: Data from a large national sample of youth aged 14 to 15 years in the United States (N = 3979) were collected online in 2018-2019.RESULTS: Sexual-and gender-minority youth were more likely to know someone close to them who attempted suicide, relative to cisgender heterosexual youth. Cisgender heterosexual youth were buffered from recent depressed mood when they endorsed having high social support in the context of exposure to suicidal behavior; less social support did not provide such a buffer. For cisgender sexual-minority male and female youth, exposure to suicidal behavior was related to recent depressed mood regardless of the level of social support. For gender-minority youth assigned female at birth, the combination of exposure and high social support was significantly associated with elevated depressed mood. Cumulative adversity accounted for some but not all of these relationships, indicating the influential role of exposure to suicidal behavior on depressed mood for some youth.CONCLUSIONS: These findings illustrate the complexities of social support and raise questions about its potential to magnify stress rather than serve as a buffer for some youth. Although findings need to be replicated, suicide prevention efforts should carefully consider how to promote resilience among these suicide-exposed sexual-and gender-minority youth who may themselves be at risk for suicidal ideation and behavior.

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“…Negative social interactions are crucial predisposing factors of social anxiety [ 33 ]. Previous studies have shown that peer victimization, as a common negative social experience among adolescents [ 34 , 35 ], was a predictor of social anxiety over time, with the most robust results found for relational victimization [ 36 , 37 ].…”

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Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

Niu

Jin

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Video game addiction, a common behavioral problem among college students, has been more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic; at the same time, females’ video game usage has also attracted considerable research attention. Against this background and under the perspective of social interaction, this study aimed to examine the relationship between relational victimization and video game addiction among female college students, as well as its underlying mechanism—the mediating roles of social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters. Female college students (N = 437) were recruited to complete a set of questionnaires voluntarily in June 2022. Through the mediating effect analysis, the results found that (1) relational victimization was positively associated with female college students’ video game addiction; (2) social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters could independently mediate this relation; (3) social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters were also the serial mediators in this association. These findings not only expand previous studies by revealing the social motivation of video game usage and the underlying mechanism accounting for video game addiction, but also provide basis and guidance for the prevention and intervention of video game addiction in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Keep Your Friends Close: Exploring the Associations of Bullying, Peer Social Support, and Social Anxiety

Cited by 23 publications

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Effect of social support on anxiety of medical staff one year after COVID-19 outbreak: a moderated mediating model

Effect of social support on anxiety of medical staff one year after COVID-19 outbreak: a moderated mediating model

Exposure to Suicidal Behavior and Social Support Among Sexual- and Gender-Minority Youth

Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

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