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Published on: February 22, 2018
Social support mediating between coping by emotional expression and depression
Kanako Uchida1, Katsuyuki Yamasaki
1Joint Graduate School in the Science of School Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 748 Nakashima, Takashima, Naruto 772-8502, Japan. e0520101@naruto-u.ac
Abstract:
The present purpose was to investigate the effects of social support on the relationship between coping by expressing emotions and depression in women. Japanese undergraduate students (N = 218) completed four self-report questionnaires: the dispositional and situational versions of the Emotional Coping Questionnaire which measures the mode of expression as being either to self as in a diary or to others as in telling a friend, the Social Support Scale to evaluate received support, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale. Analysis showed that expression of emotions to self in both dispositional and situational coping had significant positive correlations with depression, especially for women who scored high on depression, and expression of emotions to others in both dispositional and situational coping were significantly positively correlated with social support. However, no significant mediation effects of social support in emotional expression and depression were found. Limitations and topics for research are discussed.
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