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标题：Low perceived social support predicts later depression but not social phobia in middle adolescence
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作者：Juha-Matti Väänänen ; Mauri Marttunen ; Mika Helminen 等
期刊名称：Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: An Open Access Journal
电子版ISSN：2164-2850
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1023-1037
DOI：10.1080/21642850.2014.966716
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：Social phobia and depression are common and highly comorbid disorders in adolescence. There is a lack of studies on possible psychosocial shared risk factors for these disorders. The current study examined if low social support is a shared risk factor for both disorders among adolescent girls and boys. This study is a part of the Adolescent Mental Health Cohort Study's two-year follow-up. We studied cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of perceived social support with social phobia, depression, and comorbid social phobia and depression among girls and boys. The study sample consisted of 2070 15-year-old adolescents at baseline. Depression was measured by the 13-item Beck Depression Inventory, social phobia by the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), and perceived social support by the Perceived Social Support Scale-Revised (PSSS-R). Girls reported higher scores on the PSSS-R than boys in total scores and in friend and significant other subscales. Cross-sectional PSSS-R scores were lower among adolescents with social phobia, depression, and comorbid disorder than among those without these disorders. Low PSSS-R total score and significant other subscale were risk factors for depression among both genders, and low support from friends among girls only. Low perceived social support from any source was not a risk factor for social phobia or comorbid social phobia and depression. As conclusion of the study, low perceived social support was a risk factor for depression, but not a shared risk factor for depression and social phobia. Interventions enhancing perceived social support should be an important issue in treatment of depression.
关键词：social anxiety ; phobia ; depression ; social support ; adolescents ; gender differences ; family support ; peer support