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Who Cares? Social Support and Social Network in Depression

Raymond, Danielle R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428063501

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2015, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Individuals with lowered social support experience higher levels of depressive symptomology, longer symptom duration, and increased risk of recurrent depressive episodes. Current measures of social support often focus on the person’s subjective feelings of support from friends and family. Subjective reports can lead to an underreporting of confidants. Social networking theories have focused on creating objective ways of measuring a person’s confidants and the effect confidants have on a person’s functioning. The present study assessed the differences in reporting between social network and social support measures. Results indicated that patients were less consistent in their reporting of individuals between social support and social network as depression severity increased. Post hoc analyses revealed a subset of depressed patients with non-reciprocal social supports. Depressed patients who listed non-reciprocal supports had significantly longer symptom duration and severity than depressed patients not including non-reciprocal supports.
James Overholser, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Norah Feeny, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Julie Exline, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Josephine Ridley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
71 p.
Psychology
social network; social support; depression

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  • Raymond, D. R. (2015). Who Cares? Social Support and Social Network in Depression [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428063501

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Raymond, Danielle. Who Cares? Social Support and Social Network in Depression. 2015. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428063501.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Raymond, Danielle. "Who Cares? Social Support and Social Network in Depression." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428063501

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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