They showed that a higher level
of perceived social support during pregnancy was associated with a lower likelihood of developing pregnancy depression.
On the other hand, a significant direct relationship exists between the factor of conventional orientation and
perceived social support from family.
Conclusion The results of our multilevel analysis suggest that there are gender inequalities in the association of municipal - level deprivation with the prevalence of
low perceived social support in Germany independent of individual socioeconomic position.
Neighborhood influences
on perceived social support among parents: findings from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods
Additionally, in a sample of South Korean couples, where one of the partners had a disability, relationship success was also positively correlated
with perceived social support from family and friends (Lee & Oh, 2013).
Depression was influenced
by perceive social support, alexithymia, and the cognitive elaboration of emotional troubles associated with the disease.
The Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) is a 27 - item self - report questionnaire that
measures perceived social support and satisfaction with social support (Sarason, Levine, Basham, & Sarason, 1983).
Results: The results of intervention showed significant differences between control and intervention group in knowledge, outcome expectancies, social skills and self - efficacy but did not significantly increase in
perceived social support toward substance use.
Resilience was regressed on intrapersonal spirituality to test Hypothesis 1; on overall positive emotions to test Hypothesis 2; on pride to test Hypothesis 3; and on
overall perceived social support to test Hypothesis 4.
As another test of discriminant validity, we examined whether the strength of connectivity in any of the amygdala networks correlated with other self - report measures of sociality
including perceived social support and life satisfaction.
Perceived social support refers to «an individual's perceptions of general support or specific supportive behaviors (available or acted on) from people in their social network, which enhances their functioning and / or may buffer them from adverse outcomes» (Demaray & Malecki, 2002, pp. 306 - 307).
The aim of the study was to explore whether romantic partners of veterans (N = 97) suffered higher levels of psychological distress and destructive relationship conflict, lower relationship satisfaction and
perceived social support when compared to female Australians in the civilian population (N = 87).
Although perceived social support is found to buffer the negative effects of stress more consistently than received support, it has been argued that perceived support reflects differences in personality, perception, and memory processes rather than interpersonal behavior amenable to change (Haber, Cohen, Lucas, & Baltes, 2007).
The results of our multilevel analysis may suggest that in Germany higher municipal - level deprivation is associated with a higher prevalence of
low perceived social support in men, independent of individual sociodemographic characteristics.
Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether relative deprivation at municipality level in Germany is associated
with perceived social support, independent of individual socioeconomic position and demographic characteristics.
Our cross-sectional study aimed to assess the effects
of perceived social support, alexithymia, mental rumination, and social sharing on depression in CKD patients and controls.
The Multidimensional Scale
on Perceived Social Support (MSPSS; Zimet et al., 1988; Italian version by Prezza and Principato, 2002) is a self - report questionnaire about the perceived adequacy of support given by the partner, family and friends.
Measures of future orientation and
perceived social support mediated the effect of HIV - related stigma and low education aspiration on school adjustment, which in turn was negatively associated with problem behaviors of both groups.
Moreover it is possible that the «spill over» effect (Engfer, 1988; Katz and Gottman, 1996) expected from marital quality and
perceived social support toward adult — child interactions might differ according to the family system investigated (i.e., parental - dyadic vs. co-parental-dyadic)(McHale et al., 2000; Johnson, 2001; Lindsey and Caldera, 2006; Stroud et al., 2015).
Life satisfaction was regressed on intrapersonal spirituality to test Hypothesis 5; on overall positive emotions to test Hypothesis 6; on contentment to test Hypothesis 7; on
overall perceived social support to test Hypothesis 8; and on resilience to test Hypothesis 9.
Starting from early adolescence, girls report more depressive symptoms (Bennik et al. 2014; Hankin et al. 1998), lower self - esteem levels (Fichman et al. 1996), higher levels of avoidance motivation (Jorm et al. 1998), higher levels of
perceived social support from friends, and more friends than boys (Cheng and Chan 2004; Rueger et al. 2009).
Another recent study in 2017 by researchers at Shandong University in China (15) used
the Perceived Social Support scale to explore the relationship between social support and postpartum depression with 240 moms.