Understanding the protective effect of social support on depression symptomatology from a longitudinal network perspective

Background Higher social support protects people from developing mental disorders. Limited evidence is available on the mechanism through which social support plays this protective role.Objective To investigate the stress-buffering process of social support on depressive symptoms using a novel longi...

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Main Authors: Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Brian J Hall, Ceren Acarturk, Davide Papola, Marit Sijbrandij, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Corrado Barbui, Weiming Tang, Katalin Gémes, Richard Bryant, Soraya Seedat, Christina Palantza, Anja C Huizink, Martina Patanè, Daniel Campos, Soledad Quero, Sebastian Burchert, Daniela C Fuhr, Gülsah Kurt, Naser Morina, Yifan Li, Gen Li, Agnes Iok Fong Lam, Catherine Panter-Brick, Judith van der Waerden, Fredrick D Purba, Hari Setyowibowo, Irene Pinucci, Tobias Spiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-10-01
Series:BMJ Mental Health
Online Access:https://ebmh.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300802.full