RT Journal Article
T1 Associations between social support dimensions and resilience factors and pathways of influence in depression and anxiety rates in young adults
A1 Mecha, Patricia
A1 Martin Romero, Nuria
A1 Sánchez López, Álvaro
AB Emerging adulthood is an important developmental period, associated to mental health risk. Resilience research points to both social and personal protective factors against development of psychopathology, but there is paucity with their comprehensive study in young adults. This study provides and initial integrative approach to model multiple dimensions of perceived social support (i.e., from family, friends, significant others) and personal factor of trait resilience (i.e., coping and persistence during stress, tolerance to negative affect, positive appraisals, trust) and their hypothesized contributions to reducing depression and anxiety rates. The study was conducted with a sample of 500 Spanish emerging adults (18 to 29 years old). Regression analyses and multiple mediation models were performed to test our hypotheses. Results showed that social support from family was the dimension with the highest strength relating individual differences in resilience. Furthermore, analyses supported a differential mediating role of specific resilience factors (coping and persistence during stress, tolerance to negative affect, positive appraisals, trust) in partially accounting for the association between higher social support from family and lower depression and anxiety levels in young adults. These results may inform new programs of mental health during emerging adulthood via the promotion of different sources of social support and their related resilience pathways contributing to low emotional symptomatology at this stage of development.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 1138-7416
SN 1988-2904
YR 2023
FD 2023-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103749
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103749
LA eng
NO Mecha, P., Martin-Romero, N., & Sanchez-Lopez, A. (2023). Associations between social support dimensions and resilience factors and pathways of influence in depression and anxiety rates in young adults. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 26. e11. Doi:10.1017/SJP.2023.11
NO 2023 Otros acuerdos transformativos UCM
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025