Social Support and Psychological Adjustment Among College Adults

IF 1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI:10.1521/JSCP.2021.40.1.69

Rachel Wesley, J. Booker

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Introduction: We were interested in building on previous studies showing the promotive and buffering roles of social support for emerging adults We tested the associations of multiple domains of social support (i e , family, friends) with measures of adjustment and adversity Methods: Across four studies, U S college adults reported on domains of social support (family, friends, significant other), psychological adjustment (i e , life satisfaction, flourishing), and psychological adversity (i e , recent stress, depressive symptoms) Studies 1 and 4 were cross-sectional, whereas Studies 2 and 3 involved two, monthly survey reports Study 4 was completed against the backdrop of early COVID-19 disruptions for college adults in the Spring of 2020 Results: In each study, each domain of social support was positively correlated with measures of adjustment and negatively correlated with measures of adversity Partial correlations indicated that support from friends was incrementally associated with nearly every outcome, whereas support from family was incrementally associated with a majority of outcomes Multiphase studies supported unidirectional, but not bidirectional, effects from earlier adjustment onto later social support Discussion: Overall, findings reinforce the importance of social support for young adults and highlight the distinct importance of family and friends Findings also suggest that a lack of perceived social support may contribute to risks fitting views such as the stress generation theory among emerging adults [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology is the property of Guilford Publications Inc and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )

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大学生社会支持与心理适应

引言：我们有兴趣在先前研究的基础上进一步研究社会支持对新兴成年人的促进和缓冲作用。我们测试了社会支持的多个领域（即家庭、朋友）与适应和逆境措施的关系。方法：在四项研究中，美国大学成年人报告了社会支持领域（家庭、朋友、重要他人），心理调整（即生活满意度、繁荣）和心理逆境（即最近的压力、抑郁症状）研究1和4是横断面的，而研究2和3涉及两份月度调查报告研究4是在2020年春季新冠肺炎早期对大学生造成干扰的背景下完成的结果：在每项研究中，社会支持的每个领域都与适应措施呈正相关，与逆境措施负相关部分相关性表明，来自朋友的支持与几乎每一个结果都递增相关，而来自家人的支持与大多数结果递增相关多阶段研究支持单向，但不是双向的，早期调整对后期社会支持的影响讨论：总体而言，研究结果强调了社会支持对年轻人的重要性，并强调了家人和朋友的独特重要性研究结果还表明，缺乏感知到的社会支持可能会导致新兴成年人中的压力生成理论等符合风险的观点[作者摘要]《社会与临床心理学杂志》版权归吉尔福德所有未经版权持有人明确书面许可，Publications Inc及其内容不得复制或通过电子邮件发送到多个网站或发布到listserv。但是，用户可以打印、下载、，或个人使用的电子邮件文章本摘要可能会被删节，对副本的准确性不作任何保证用户应参考材料的原始出版版本以获取完整摘要（版权适用于所有摘要）

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Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal is devoted to the application of theory and research from social psychology toward the better understanding of human adaptation and adjustment, including both the alleviation of psychological problems and distress (e.g., psychopathology) and the enhancement of psychological well-being among the psychologically healthy. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) traditionally defined psychopathology (e.g., depression), common emotional and behavioral problems in living (e.g., conflicts in close relationships), the enhancement of subjective well-being, and the processes of psychological change in everyday life (e.g., self-regulation) and professional settings (e.g., psychotherapy and counseling). Articles reporting the results of theory-driven empirical research are given priority, but theoretical articles, review articles, clinical case studies, and essays on professional issues are also welcome. Articles describing the development of new scales (personality or otherwise) or the revision of existing scales are not appropriate for this journal.