Social support and mental health among college students.

By Jennifer L. Hefner, D. Eisenberg. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2009

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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Managing Stress and Maintaining Well-Being: Social Support, Problem-Focused Coping, and Avoidant Coping (2011, background): “Journal of Counseling & Development ■ Summer 2011 ■ Volume 89338”
Transitioning From High School to College (2013, background): “Researchers using global measures of perceived social support have found lower levels of social support to be associated with increased psychological problems in students transitioning to college both cross-sectionally (Cohen, Sherrod, & Clark, 1986) and across time (Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009).”
How social support influences university students' academic achievement and emotional exhaustion: the mediating role of self-esteem (2018, background): “T social support is defined as the existence and reception of support, while perceived social support is defined as the perception and availability of support (Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009; Helgeson, 1993).”
Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the COVID-19 crisis in Switzerland (2020, result): “They are further in line with studies showing those individuals who worry more [39], who are more socially isolated [40], and receive less social support [41, 42] are more likely to develop mental health problems.”
Competition, Anxiety, and Depression in the College Classroom: Variations by Student Identity and Field of Study (2016, background): “…strong link between social support and mental health (Li, Albert, & Dwelle, 2014) may help explain why students who identify with underrepresented groups on campus are less likely to report sufficient social support and more likely to screen positive for mental illnesses (Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009).”
It's Not Burnout, It's More: Queer College Activists of Color and Mental Health (2011, positive): “Perceived general social support has been positively associated with self-esteem, psychological adjustment and has been negatively associated with loneliness, depression, and externalizing behaviors (Cohn, 2010; Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009).”