Critical Levels of Perceived Social Support Associated with Student Adjustment

By Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray, Christine K. Malecki. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Safety Research

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Importance Ratings of Socially Supportive Behaviors by Children and Adolescents (2003, background): “Finally, little research has been conducted on racial differences; however, initial investigations have found differences in the reported frequency of support by race (Demaray & Malecki, 2002).”
User experience in social commerce: in friends we trust (2013, background): “PSS has been deﬁned as ‘an individual’s perceptions of general support or speciﬁc supportive behaviours (available or enacted on) from people in their social network which enhances functioning, or may buﬀer them from adverse outcomes’ (Demaray and Malecki 2002, p. 215).”
Perceptions of the Frequency and Importance of Social Support by Students Classified as Victims, Bullies, and Bully/Victims in an Urban Middle School (2003, background): “Factor analyses on the frequency scores have revealed a clear five factor structure corresponding to five subscale scores (Parent, Teacher, Classmate, Close Friend, and School) with no dual-loading items and factor loadings ranging from .52 to .81 (Demaray & Malecki, 2002b).”
The Relationship between Social Support and Student Adjustment: A Longitudinal Analysis. (2005, background): “Demaray and Malecki (2002a) found that White students reported more social sup692 Demaray et al.”
An Ecological View of School Satisfaction in Adolescence: Linkages Between Social Support and Behavior Problems (2007, background): “Previous research has indicated that perceived social support is negatively related to problem behaviors in adolescents ( Demaray and Malecki 2002a, b); therefore, it was hypothesized that a similar association would be exhibited in this study.”
What Type of Support Do They Need? Investigating Student Adjustment as Related to Emotional, Informational, Appraisal, and Instrumental Support. (2003, background): “For example, Demaray and Malecki (2002b) have found that parent and classmate support are related to students’ clinical and personal adjustment; whereas teacher, classmate, and school support are more related to schoolrelated adjustment outcomes.”
Patterns of Social Support in the Middle Childhood to Early Adolescent Transition: Implications for Adjustment (2005, methodology): “Self-concept was measured with the Harter (1985) Self-Perception Profile.”