Perceived social support, received social support, and depression among clergy
Perceived social support, received social support, and depression among clergy
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DOI：
10.1177/0265407518776134
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean
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作者：
Eagle, David E.;Hybels, Celia F.;Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean
我们认为，感知的支持是最好的概念化，作为一个衡量个人如何评价他/她的情况，而不是一个真实的反映了他/她得到多少支持。为了验证这一理论，我们使用了神职人员健康倡议小组调查的调查数据来研究感知和接受的社会支持之间的关系及其与神职人员抑郁症状的关系（N = 1，288）。总体而言，分析显示，感知支持与获得支持的关联较弱。更大的感知支持有显着的关系，较低的抑郁症状。相比之下，更大的收到的支持只有一个小的关系，较低的抑郁症状，这是完全介导的感知支持。我们的研究结果提出了许多神职人员的社会支持干预措施，其目的往往是提高质量和/或收到的社会支持的数量的有效性的问题。我们认为，可能通过认知重构或积极的心理健康干预来提高对社会支持的看法可能更有利。
We argue that perceived support is best conceptualized more as a measure of how an individual appraises his/her situation rather than a true reflection of how much support he/she receives. To test this theory, we used survey data from the Clergy Health Initiative Panel Survey to examine the relationship between perceived and received social support and their association with depressive symptoms in clergy (N = 1,288). Overall, analyses revealed perceived support had a weak association with received support. Greater perceived support had a significant relationship with lower depressive symptoms. In contrast, greater received support had only a small relationship with lower depressive symptoms, which was fully mediated by perceived support. Our results raise questions about the effectiveness of many clergy social support interventions, which often aim to boost the quality and/or quantity of received social support. We suggest it may be more advantageous to boost perceptions of social support, possibly through cognitive reframing or positive mental health interventions.