Social Support and Resilience: Impact on Mental Health

Emmelkamp, P.M.G.

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-34078-9_3

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“…Resilience of the youth can be positively predicted by social support and mature coping styles, while negatively predicted by mixed and immature coping styles. Our findings are consistent with studies that have verified the significant effects these factors exert in buffering adverse outcomes in different populations ( 13 , 14 , 23 , 29 ), which confirms the protective functions of social support and mature coping styles to psychological wellbeing.…”

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Impact of social support on the resilience of youth: mediating effects of coping styles

Cao,

Li,

Xin

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundChinese youth are at high risk for depression with a significantly higher detection rate of depression risk than other age groups, which brings about a huge challenge to the mental health work of universities. Developing supportive resources that promote resilience against adverse environmental influences in high-risk groups is quite more urgent than medical treatment for firm diagnoses of mental issues that have developed into depression in the current background.MethodsA total of 665 university students in China completed self-reported questionnaires measuring psychological resilience, social support, and coping styles. The structural equation model testing on the goodness of fit of the theoretical framework was first performed. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation analysis among social support, resilience, and coping styles were then conducted. At last, we tested the mediating role of coping styles.ResultsSocial support has a significant positive effect on the psychological resilience of the youth. Mixed coping and immature coping styles have significant negative impacts on both social support and resilience, while mature coping styles have a significant positive effect on social support and resilience. Mature and immature coping styles mediate the association between social support and resilience in youth.ConclusionBased on stress theory, this study explores mechanisms that facilitate the development of resilience in young people with regard to social support and coping styles. The current research depicts an interventional perspective of building a social support network that guides the youth to adopt mature coping styles to enhance their resilience and facilitate their mental health.

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