The Mediating Effects of Social Support and Coping on the Stress-Depression Relationship in Rural and Urban Adolescents

Title
The Mediating Effects of Social Support and Coping on the Stress-Depression Relationship in Rural and Urban Adolescents
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Thorsteinsson, Einar B
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1989
Email: ethorste@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ethorste
Ryan, Stephanie Mariee
Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.4236/ojd.2013.21001
UNE publication id
une:12356
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between potential risk and protective factors for depression among 167 girls and 343 boys in urban and rural areas of NSW, Australia. The risk and protective factors included social support, coping style, and perceived stress. The results indicated no significant differences in depression and risk and protective factors for rural and urban adolescents. Maladaptive coping (rumination and acting out) and social support (satisfaction and number of supporters) were partial mediators of the relationship between perceived stress and depression with the overall model explaining 66% of the variance in depression. Thus changes to coping and to social support network need to be addressed in any intervention aimed at reducing the impact of perceived stress on depression in adolescents.
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Citation
Open Journal of Depression, 2(1), p. 1-6
ISSN
2169-9674
2169-9658
Start page
1
End page
6

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