Perceived social support and depressive symptoms among vocational college students: the serial mediating roles of positive coping and post-stress growth
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Perceived social support helps vocational students by reducing depression through coping strategies and post-stress growth. These psychological pathways are key to improving mental health in this population.
Area Of Science
- Psychology
- Mental Health Research
- Educational Psychology
Background
- Vocational students experience unique psychosocial stressors, increasing depression risk.
- The protective mechanisms of social support against depression in this group are not well understood.
- Exploring these pathways is crucial for targeted mental health interventions.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the serial mediating roles of positive coping strategies and post-stress growth.
- To examine how perceived social support mitigates depressive symptoms in vocational students.
- To understand the psychological mechanisms underlying social support's protective effects.
Main Methods
- Cross-sectional study of 960 Chinese vocational students.
- Utilized validated scales for social support, coping, post-stress growth, and depression.
- Analyzed data using Hayes' PROCESS Model 6 for mediation analysis.
Main Results
- Perceived social support directly reduced depressive symptoms.
- Support mediated depression reduction independently through positive coping and post-stress growth.
- Sequential mediation showed support enhancing coping, which then fostered growth and reduced depression.
- These adaptive psychological processes explained most of the protective effect.
Conclusions
- Perceived social support offers multifaceted protection against depression in vocational students.
- Interventions should focus on enhancing social support, promoting positive coping, and fostering resilience.
- Addressing mental health disparities requires tailored campus programs for vocational education populations.
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