Journal articles: 'Seeking Social Support'

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Tausig, Mark, and Janet Michello. "Seeking Social Support." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 9, no. 1 (March 1988): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15324834basp0901_1.

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KUSAKABE, Noriko. "Social Support Seeking and Help-Seeking Preference." Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 77 (2013): 1PM—071–1PM—071. http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.77.0_1pm-071.

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Roberts, Susan Jo. "Social support and help seeking." Advances in Nursing Science 10, no. 2 (January 1988): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00012272-198801000-00005.

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Beckes, Lane, Kailey Simons, Danielle Lewis, Anthony Le, and Weston Edwards. "Desperately Seeking Support." Social Psychological and Personality Science 8, no. 2 (October 5, 2016): 229–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550616671402.

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Much is unknown about adult attachment style formation. We investigate whether negative reinforcement schedules promote hallmark features of secure and anxious attachment styles in a shock threat support-seeking paradigm. Participants ostensibly asked for help from another participant seated in another room. Each time a shock threat signal appeared they were to press a button to indicate their need for help. The supporter could then stop the imminent shock. The reliability of the supporters was varied such that some supporters were consistent (continuous reinforcement) whereas others were inconsistent (variable ratio reinforcement). Results indicated that inconsistently responsive others, reinforcing on a variable ratio schedule, led to heightened approach-related attentional biases toward the supporter, measured by event-related potentials, increased positive attachment associations with the supporter, implicitly measured via a lexical decision task, and more negative explicit evaluations of the supporter.

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Asmar, Axelle, Leo Van Audenhove, and Ilse Mariën. "Social Support for Digital Inclusion: Towards a Typology of Social Support Patterns." Social Inclusion 8, no. 2 (May 14, 2020): 138–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i2.2627.

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This article contributes to a better understanding of patterns of social support in relation to digital inequalities. Based on an extensive qualitative study, the diversity of support networks and supports seeking patterns are unveiled. A typology of six patterns of help-seeking is presented and described: the support-deprived, the community-supported, the supported through substitution, the network-supported, the vicarious learners, and the self-supported. The article also critically engages with the often unnuanced academic literature on social support. The research and the typology reveal that the quality of support, as well as the availability of potential or actual support, is not only influenced by socio-economic factors. Rather, the strength of the relationship and the level of intimacy between individuals is an important predictor of support-seeking. As such, this article shows that mechanisms of in/exclusion are highly social, as they entail a diversity of formal and informal support-seeking patterns, which in turn have an important influence on the adoption and use of digital media. The article argues that understanding such mechanisms is rooted in reconciling micro-level interactions to macro-level patterns of inequalities. To show the specificity of social support within digital inequalities research, and to demarcate the concept from definitions of other academic disciplines, the concept of social support for digital inclusion is introduced. It is defined as the aid (emotional, instrumental, and informational) that an individual receives from his/her network in his/her use of digital technologies.

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Jiang, Li, Aimee Drolet, and Heejung S. Kim. "Age and Social Support Seeking: Understanding the Role of Perceived Social Costs to Others." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44, no. 7 (March 19, 2018): 1104–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167218760798.

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We examined age differences in the use of different types of social support and the reasons for these differences. We found that older adults (age 60+) seek explicit social support less compared with young adults (age 18-25), but there is no difference in implicit social support seeking. Concerns about the potential social costs of seeking explicit support mediate the age differences in explicit social support seeking. Whereas young adults view this strategy as conferring more benefits than costs, older adults have a more balanced view of the costs and benefits of explicit social support seeking. Older and young adults do not differ in perceptions of the relative costs versus benefits of implicit social support seeking. Finally, we found older adults benefit more from implicit (vs. explicit) social support emotionally than young adults, which further explains why age groups differ in their use of explicit versus implicit social support.

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Watkins-Hayes, Celeste. "The Micro Dynamics of Support Seeking." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 647, no. 1 (April 5, 2013): 83–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716213475775.

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Previous literature suggests that AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) play an important support role in the lives of impoverished women living with HIV. Less is known about the dynamics of institutional support for middle-class women living with HIV/AIDS, who are assumed to possess a broader base of resources to address their diagnosis. Using qualitative data collected from a racially and economically diverse group of HIV-positive women in Chicago, this article compares how low-income and middle-class women utilize ASOs and reveals how the women’s divergent approaches to availing themselves of institutional resources have important implications for their social and economic coping. For example, associating with ASOs can be status-improving for impoverished women and status-diminishing for middle-class women. As a result, middle-class women report a less robust network of social service providers and people living with HIV/AIDS on whom they rely for HIV-related information and social support, making them vulnerable to HIV-specific social isolation. In sum, the ways that HIV-positive women deploy institutional ties to negotiate their HIV/AIDS status differs markedly depending on socioeconomic status, suggesting that the role of class in gathering social support may be more complex than previously understood.

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Arnault, Denise Saint. "Help-Seeking and Social Support in Japanese Sojourners." Western Journal of Nursing Research 24, no. 3 (April 2002): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01939450222045914.

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Schwitzer, Alan M. "Self-Development, Social Support, and Student Help-Seeking." Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 20, no. 2 (December 13, 2005): 29–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j035v20n02_04.

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Leeves, Sylvia, and Robin Banerjee. "Childhood social anxiety and social support-seeking: distinctive links with perceived support from teachers." European Journal of Psychology of Education 29, no. 1 (April 26, 2013): 43–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10212-013-0186-1.

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Li, Yibai, and Xuequn Wang. "Seeking Health Information on Social Media." Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 30, no. 1 (January 2018): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2018010101.

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In the past few years, social media has changed the ways that health seekers seek health information. However, despite the tremendous growth of social media applications in the health-care industry, trust is still among the biggest challenges for social media health services in gaining greater acceptance. Drawn from previous literature on self-determination theory, social support, and trust, this study investigates people's intentions to seek health-information on social media. The authors carefully selected a sample from Italy with subjects who already had experience in seeking health information on social media. The empirical results show that informational support, emotional support, and the satisfaction of people's autonomy and relatedness needs play an important role through trust in influencing people's health-information-seeking intentions on social media. This study is among the first to adopt the theories of self-determination, social support, and trust to investigate people's intentions to seek health information on social media.

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Lundqvist, Daniel, Anna Fogelberg Eriksson, and Kerstin Ekberg. "Managers’ social support: Facilitators and hindrances for seeking support at work." Work 59, no. 3 (April 6, 2018): 351–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-182690.

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Chen, Wenli, and Alfred Siu Kay Choi. "Internet and social support among Chinese migrants in Singapore." New Media & Society 13, no. 7 (March 24, 2011): 1067–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444810396311.

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With the mounting importance of the internet for interpersonal communication and increasing migration brought about by globalization, it is timely to examine computer-mediated social support (CMSS) among international migrants. A survey was conducted among a random sample of 710 Chinese migrants in Singapore, to measure the extent the migrants participate in CMSS and to identify factors that affect their CMSS-seeking behavior. This study found that CMSS has become an efficient and valuable supplement to the migrants’ traditional/offline social support and that the migrants actively seek CMSS, especially in the early migration stage. Factors affecting CMSS-seeking behavior include length of migration, availability of traditional social support, and level of satisfaction resulting from the CMSS seeking experience. This study took the Uses and Gratifications theory from a different angle to look into the relationship between the level of satisfaction on the CMSS received and the possible continued seeking of CMSS.

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Mikulincer, Mario, and Phillip R. Shaver. "An attachment and behavioral systems perspective on social support." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 26, no. 1 (February 2009): 7–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407509105518.

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In this article we explain how attachment theory characterizes the seeking, receipt, and provision of social support. In the first section, we explain attachment theory's perspective on support-seeking (or attachment behavior) and support-provision (or caregiving behavior). In the second section, we discuss what has been learned about attachment-style differences in perceived support, seeking support, and providing support. In the third section, we consider the empirically documented psychological benefits of receiving support, which we summarize in terms of a broaden-and-build cycle of attachment security. Throughout the article we offer several avenues for future research that can advance our understanding of the cognitive-affective and neural mechanisms underlying social support and the psychological benefits of supportive experiences.

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Moodley, Athena, and Ashraf Kagee. "Experiences of social support among persons seeking HIV testing." Journal of Health Psychology 24, no. 6 (December 18, 2017): 777–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316685900.

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We interviewed 15 HIV test seekers to understand how social support acted either as a facilitator or barrier to HIV testing. Participants were recruited at community outreach testing sites in South Africa and participated in qualitative interviews which were then analysed using thematic analysis. We identified three main themes, namely, the social phenomenon of perceived risk as a facilitator to HIV testing, social support as a way of managing distress and the public health service as a supportive environment, which all played a role in test-seeking among participants. The results are integrated with the current debates on HIV testing in South Africa.

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Davis, Matthew A., Denise L. Anthony, and Scott D. Pauls. "Seeking and receiving social support on Facebook for surgery." Social Science & Medicine 131 (April 2015): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.038.

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Milne, Derek, and Penny Netherwood. "Seeking Social Support: An Observational Instrumental and Illustrative Analysis." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 25, no. 2 (April 1997): 173–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465800018373.

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l“Social support” refers to the informal provision of emotional, informational and practical help to those in distress. Its importance as a buffer against stressors is gaining in acceptance, but most measures of social support are based on self-report. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to develop an observational tool with which to record objectively the duration, subject matter and form of client utterances, relating these to corresponding helper responses. This yields their respective speech profiles, together with an analysis of the contingencies. The potential value of this approach is illustrated in terms of clients attending hairdressing salons in a psychiatric hospital (N = 20) and in the local town (N = 19). Clear and predicted differences in the support elicitation skills of these two groups provided evidence of the instrument's validity, and good inter-rater reliability was also demonstrated. Applications for the instrument are outlined.

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Xie, Dengfeng, and Zhangming Xie. "Adolescents’ online anger and aggressive behavior: Moderating effect of seeking social support." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 47, no. 6 (May 2, 2019): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.7976.

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Although anger tends to lead to aggressive behavior, the underlying processes that moderate this relationship are largely unknown. Our aim with this study was to explore the relationship between adolescents’ online anger and cyber aggression and the moderating effect of seeking online social support. Participants were 509 Chinese adolescents who completed anonymous questionnaires about seeking social support, online anger, and online aggression. Cyber aggression had a significant negative correlation with seeking social support and a significant positive correlation with online anger. This direct association between online anger and cyber aggression was moderated by seeking social support online, such that the positive relationship between online anger and cyber aggression was significant only among adolescents low in seeking online social support. These results suggest that seeking online social support can mitigate cyber aggression among adolescents in the context of mild online anger.

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Zheng, Shaofeng, Takahiko Masuda, Masahiro Matsunaga, Yasuki Noguchi, Yohsuke Ohtsubo, Hidenori Yamasue, and Keiko Ishii. "Cultural differences in social support seeking: The mediating role of empathic concern." PLOS ONE 16, no. 12 (December 30, 2021): e0262001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262001.

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Prior research has found that East Asians are less willing than Westerners to seek social support in times of need. What factors account for this cultural difference? Whereas previous research has examined the mediating effect of relational concern, we predicted that empathic concern, which refers to feeling sympathy and concern for people in need and varies by individuals from different cultures, would promote support seeking. We tested the prediction in two studies. In Study 1, European Canadians reported higher empathic concern and a higher frequency of support seeking, compared to the Japanese participants. As predicted, cultural differences in social support seeking were influenced by empathic concern. In Study 2, both empathic concern and relational concern mediated cultural differences in support seeking. Japanese with lower empathic concern but higher relational concern were more reluctant than European Americans to seek social support during stressful times. Finally, loneliness, which was more prevalent among the Japanese than among the European Americans, was partially explained by social support seeking.

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Ki, Eyun-Jung, and JooYoung Jang. "Social support and mental health." Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 28, no. 2 (August 10, 2018): 226–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/japc.00011.ki.

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Abstract Immigrants experience adversity and hardship in a new environment. These experiences negatively affect their psychological well-being. Online support forums are preferred channels to seek and receive social support for mental health issues. Accordingly, this study analyzed online support forums for Chinese and Korean immigrant women, focusing on different types of mental health problems, support-seeking strategies used, social support received and the relationships between them. Asian immigrant women with mental health problems primarily sought social support by sharing their personal experiences and received informational support “most”. Informational support was most frequently offered for depression, anxiety disorder, and personality disorder, but emotional support was most frequently provided for impulse control. While informational support was most commonly offered with requests for information, emotional support was most repeatedly reported for statements of extreme behavior.

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Vélez, Clorinda E., Elizabeth D. Krause, Allison McKinnon, Steven M. Brunwasser, Derek R. Freres, Rachel M. Abenavoli, and Jane E. Gillham. "Social Support Seeking and Early Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms." Journal of Early Adolescence 36, no. 8 (July 27, 2016): 1118–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431615594460.

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Mels, C., I. Derluyn, and E. Broekaert. "Social support in unaccompanied asylum-seeking boys: a case study." Child: Care, Health and Development 34, no. 6 (October 23, 2008): 757–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00883.x.

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Filipič Sterle, Mojca, Tine Vervoort, and Lesley L. Verhofstadt. "Social Support, Adjustment, and Psychological Distress of Help-Seeking Expatriates." Psychologica Belgica 58, no. 1 (2018): 297–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/pb.464.

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Black, Kristen Jennings, Thomas W. Britt, Heidi M. Zinzow, Cynthia L. S. Pury, and Janelle H. Cheung. "The Role of Social Support in Treatment Seeking Among Soldiers." Occupational Health Science 3, no. 3 (July 5, 2019): 337–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41542-019-00044-2.

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Ghesquiere, Angela, Martha L. Bruce, and M. Katherine Shear. "Social Networks and Grief Support-Seeking in Widowed Older Adults." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 21, no. 3 (March 2013): S110—S111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.148.

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Redmond, Cleve, Richard Spoth, and Linda Trudeau. "Family- and community-level predictors of parent support seeking." Journal of Community Psychology 30, no. 2 (January 16, 2002): 153–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.10002.

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Eurelings-Bontekoe, Elisabeth H. M., RenéF W. Diekstra, and Margot Verschuur. "Psychological distress, social support and social support seeking: A prospective study among primary mental health care patients." Social Science & Medicine 40, no. 8 (April 1995): 1083–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(94)00182-s.

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Mortenson, Steven T. "Interpersonal Trust and Social Skill in Seeking Social Support Among Chinese and Americans." Communication Research 36, no. 1 (February 2009): 32–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093650208326460.

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Kleinberg, A., A. Aluoja, and V. Vasar. "Social support in depression: structural and functional factors, perceived control and help-seeking." Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 22, no. 4 (September 24, 2013): 345–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2045796013000504.

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Aims.This study examined the associations of social support, loneliness and locus of control with depression and help-seeking in persons with major depression.Methods.Twelve-month help-seeking for emotional problems was assessed in a cross-sectional 2006 Estonian Health Survey. Non-institutionalized individuals aged 18–84 years (n = 6105) were interviewed. A major depressive episode was assessed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Factors describing social support, social and emotional loneliness and locus of control were assessed, and their associations with depression were analysed. The associations with reported help-seeking behaviour among people identified as having a major depressive episode (n = 343) were explored.Results.Low frequency of contacts with one's friends and parents, emotional loneliness, external locus of control and emotional dissatisfaction with couple relations were significant factors predicting depression in the multivariate model. External locus of control was associated with help-seeking in the depressed sample. Interactions of emotional loneliness, locus of control and frequency of contacts with parents significantly predicted help-seeking in the depressed sample.Conclusions.Depression is associated with structural and functional factors of social support and locus of control. Help-seeking of depressed persons depends on locus of control, interactions of emotional loneliness, locus of control and contacts with the parental family.

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Weiler, Lindsey M., Ashley A. Chesmore, Julia Pryce, Shelley A. Haddock, and Tara Rhodes. "Mentor Response to Youth Academic Support–Seeking Behavior." Youth & Society 51, no. 4 (March 26, 2017): 548–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118x17697235.

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Mentoring-based interventions for adolescent offenders are promising strategies for reducing the likelihood of academic underachievement, truancy, and school dropout. Program effectiveness, however, varies widely. Investigation into factors that strengthen the impact of mentoring on academic-related outcomes is warranted. One factor might be academic attunement, or the degree to which a mentor’s emphasis on academics is consistent with youth’s academic support–seeking behavior and desire for academic help. This within-group study examined the relationship between mentor attunement and academic outcomes among youth ( N = 204; ages 11-18; 54.5% male) who participated in a time-limited mentoring program. Latent profile analysis identified three distinct groups: attuned mentors, overfocused mentors, and underfocused mentors. In general, youth with attuned mentors reported better postintervention scores as compared with youth with misattuned (i.e., overfocused or underfocused) mentors on perception of school usefulness and importance, academic self-efficacy, and truancy, but not grade point average. Findings suggest the importance of monitoring academic attunement.

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Chao, Ying-Yu, Dexia Kong, and XinQi Dong. "Perceived Social Support and Help-seeking among U.S. Chinese Older Adults with Elder Mistreatment." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 869. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3215.

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Abstract Background/Purpose: Older immigrants are at risk of experiencing marginalization and social exclusion. Traditional Chinese culture values could deeply influence the older Chinese immigrants’ perceptions regarding mistreatment and motivating them to seek help. This study aimed to examine the associations between perceived social support and informal/formal help-seeking intentions and behaviors among U.S. Chinese older adults experiencing elder mistreatment. Methods: Data derived from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (PINE). Independent variables were positive and negative perceived social support. Dependent variables were informal/formal help-seeking intentions and behaviors. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: A total of 423 participants experienced elder mistreatment (mean age: 72.4 ±7.88 years old). The most common informal help-seeking sources were adult children, followed by partner, and friends/neighbors/colleagues. The most common sources of formal help-seeking were community social services organizations and the legal criminal justice system. After controlling for covariates, positive perceived social support was associated with informal help-seeking intentions (OR=1.14, 95% CI: 1.05-1.24, p < .01) and behaviors (OR=1.12, 95% CI: 1.04-1.22, p < .01). However, the associations between perceived social support and formal help-seeking intentions and behaviors were not significant. Conclusions & Implications: Further research is needed to examine the mediating effects of cultural values on the relationship between perceived social support and help-seeking among mistreated older Chinese immigrants. In addition, additional studies are needed to identify impede or facilitate factors of informal/formal elder mistreatment help-seeking. Prevention and intervention programs should incorporate valuable cultural insight to improve help-seeking among this population.

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Blais, Rebecca K., and Keith D. Renshaw. "The Association of Biological and Psychological Attributions for Depression with Social Support Seeking Intentions in Individuals with Depressive Symptoms." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 40, no. 5 (May 29, 2012): 605–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465812000355.

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Background: Research suggests that biological and psychological attributions for depression are related to professional help-seeking, but the association of these attributions with informal support seeking in social relationships is unknown. As social support is linked with recovery from depression and a lower likelihood of experiencing future episodes of depression, it is important to understand factors that influence an individual's decision to seek social support. Aims: The present study examined depressed individuals’ own attributions for their depressive symptoms (i.e. personal attributions), perceptions of a friend's attributions for these symptoms (i.e. perceived attributions), and the depressed individuals’ willingness to seek social support from that friend. Method: Eighty-six individuals experiencing at least mild depressive symptoms completed self-report measures of personal attributions, perceived attributions, and a social support seeking intentions scale. Results: Participants’ own attributions for depressive symptoms were unrelated to their willingness to seek social support. In contrast, perceived biological attributions were related to greater help-seeking intentions, whereas perceived psychological attributions were associated with lower support seeking intentions. Conclusions: These results suggest that decisions to seek social support are more influenced by perceptions of others’ beliefs about depression than one's own beliefs.

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Hamby, Sherry, Elizabeth Taylor, Kimberly Mitchell, Lisa Jones, and Chris Newlin. "Is it better to seek or to receive? A dual-factor model of social support." International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience 7, no. 1 (October 27, 2020): 5–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1072584ar.

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Objectives: This study adopts a dual-factor approach to examine the association of seeking and receiving social support with 6 indicators of current functioning and 14 psychosocial strengths. Methods: A survey completed by 440 youth ages 10 to 21 (M = 16.38, SD = 3.04) assessed strengths, functioning, and victimization. Youth were classified into four groups: Interconnected (high on social support seeking and receiving; 33% of sample), Rebuffed (high on social support seeking, low on social support receiving; 12%), Tended (low on social support seeking, high on social support receiving; 16%), and Isolated (low on social support seeking and receiving; 39%). Results: Controlling for age, gender, and victimization, the social support group was associated with each meaning making, regulatory, and interpersonal strength, and every indicator of current functioning except trauma symptoms. The Isolated group scored lowest on all measures and the Interconnected group scored highest on 19 of 20 measures. The mixed profile groups fell between these extremes. Notably, the Rebuffed group reported higher levels of some strengths and non-theistic spiritual well-being than the Tended group. The Tended group was never significantly higher than the Rebuffed group. Implications: Individual skills and attitudes regarding helpseeking may be more impactful than social support provided by others. Rebuffed youth may be steeling themselves in other strengths when the social environment is not supportive.

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Togonu-Bickersteth, Funmi, Joshua O. Aransiola, Catherine O. Oyetunji-Alemede, Opeyemi Ekundayo, and Oluwasegun Oluwaleimu. "SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTHCARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF OLDER PERSONS IN NIGERIA." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S143—S144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.518.

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Abstract Abstract The choice of healthcare facility by older persons is an important factor in their healthcare seeking behavior, and this can be associated with a number of factors. This study investigated the relationship between social support and healthcare facility choice of older persons in Nigeria. Other factors associated with the choice of healthcare facilities by older persons were also identified. Quantitative data were collected from a sample of 3,696 elderly aged 60 years above (55.6% male; 44.4% females; mean age = 69.2, SD = 8.60) who were selected through multi-stage systematic random sampling. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that older persons who received social support were more likely to seek treatment in formal healthcare facilities, while older persons who did not receive any form of social support were more likely to seek treatment in informal healthcare facilities. Membership of social or religious groups was found to be a predictor of health seeking behavior among the older adults. Sex, age, level of education, and ability to handle activities of daily living (ADL), and ease of access to the nearest health facility, were found to be significantly associated with choice of healthcare facilities. The article concludes that there is need for conscious planning to provide formal supports to ease access of older persons to available health facilities. Such facilitation should include financial support and removal of existing physical and cultural barriers to health care utilization by older persons.

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Li, Siyue, Bo Feng, Na Li, and Xuan Tan. "How Social Context Cues in Online Support-Seeking Influence Self-Disclosure in Support Provision." Communication Quarterly 63, no. 5 (October 20, 2015): 586–602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2015.1078389.

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Chen, Anfan, Aaron Ng, Yipeng Xi, and Yong Hu. "What makes an online help-seeking message go far during the COVID-19 crisis in mainland China? A multilevel regression analysis." DIGITAL HEALTH 8 (January 2022): 205520762210850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221085061.

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Various studies have explored the underlying mechanisms that enhance the overall reach of a support-seeking message on social media networks. However, little attention has been paid to an under-examined structural feature of help-seeking message diffusion, information diffusion depth, and how support-seeking messages can traverse vertically into social media networks to reach other users who are not directly connected to the help-seeker. Using the multilevel regression to analyze 705 help-seeking posts regarding COVID-19 on Sina Weibo, we examined sender, content, and environmental factors to investigate what makes help-seeking messages traverse deeply into social media networks. Results suggested that bandwagon cues, anger, instrumental appeal, and intermediate self-disclosure facilitate the diffusion depth of help-seeking messages. However, the effects of these factors were moderated by the epidemic severity. Implications of the findings on support-seeking behavior and narrative strategies on social media were also discussed.

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Meydan, Betül, and Burcu Lüleci. "Prior help-seeking experience, perceived social support, and loneliness as the predictors of attitudes toward seeking psychological help among school of education students." Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi 3, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 45–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.14527/c3s4m3.

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The aim of this study was to examine whether prior help-seeking experiences, perceived social support levels, and loneliness levels of faculty of education students predict or not their attitudes toward seeking psychological help. Participants were 278 (182 female, 96 male) students who were enrolled in different departments during 2011-2012 academic year at Faculty of Education, Ege University. Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes Scale-R, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Demographic Information Form were used for data collection. The Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis was conducted for data analysis. The results of the study showed that attitudes toward seeking psychological help was predicted by loneliness and perceived social support when the role of prior help-seeking experiences among faculty of education students was controlled. Also, it was concluded that attitudes toward seeking psychological help among students were negatively predicted by loneliness and positively predicted by perceived social support.

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Pellman, Julie. "Widowhood in Elderly Women: Exploring its Relationship to Community Integration, Hassles, Stress, Social Support, and Social Support Seeking." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 35, no. 4 (December 1992): 253–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/l316-1xqe-9f79-ux4d.

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This study examined the degree to which widows were integrated in their community, the daily hassles and stress they may have experienced, and their social networks and support-seeking behavior. A sample of 160 women, sixty years of age or older, eighty widows and eighty non-widows were interviewed. Half the sample participated in senior centers in Kansas City, Missouri, while the other half belonged to other organizations or were obtained through a truncated snowball technique. The findings indicated that widowhood in and of itself does not appear to be a predictor either of community integration or the lack of it or the experience of stress and hassles. Those who experienced hassles were not the same persons as those who experienced stress. It was surprising to find that those who sought social support did not seem most in need of it. Age and education, along with community integration, were better predictors of the variables studied than was widowhood.

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Altınışık, Mustafa Selim, and Esat Şanlı. "The Effect of Stressful Life Events of Syrian Asylum Seekers on Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help: The Mediation Effect of Multidimensional Perceived Social Support." International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies 10, no. 2 (February 7, 2023): 301–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.52380/ijpes.2023.10.2.930.

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Purpose: This study aims to understand whether there is a significant relationship between the effects of stressful life events that Syrian refugees are exposed to and their attitudes toward seeking psychological help. The study also aimed to examine the multidimensional perceived social support by Syrian asylum seekers between the impacts of stressful life events they were exposed to and their attitudes towards seeking psychological help in terms of mediating role. Method: The study population of the research consists of Syrian refugees who migrated to Turkey because of the Syrian war. A total of 467 Syrian asylum seekers (187 women, 280 men) aged between 18-65 years participated in the study. The Impact of Life Events Scale, the Attitude Towards Seeking Psychological Help Scale, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were used as data collection tools. This study analyzed the mediating effect of the multidimensional perceived social support factor between stressful life events and the attitude factor towards seeking professional psychological help using structural equation modeling. Results: It has been observed that social support significantly affects Syrian refugees' attitudes towards seeking psychological help. In addition, it is thought that the negative relationship between stressful life events and social support affects attitudes towards seeking psychological help and reveals self-hiding behavior in this population. In addition, it is believed that a positive attitude toward seeking psychological help may be beneficial if it is accompanied by qualified social support.

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Greaney, Mary L., Elaine Puleo, Kim Sprunck-Harrild, Jess Haines, Serena C. Houghton, and Karen M. Emmons. "Social Support for Changing Multiple Behaviors: Factors Associated With Seeking Support and the Impact of Offered Support." Health Education & Behavior 45, no. 2 (July 7, 2017): 198–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198117712333.

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Introduction. Social support is important for behavior change, and it may be particularly important for the complexities of changing multiple risk behaviors (MRB). Research is needed to determine if participants in an MRB intervention can be encouraged to activate their social network to aid their change efforts. Methods. Healthy Directions 2, a cluster-randomized controlled trial of an intervention conducted in two urban health centers, targeted five behaviors (physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, red meat consumption, multivitamin use, and smoking). The self-guided intervention emphasized changing MRB simultaneously, focused on self-monitoring and action planning, and encouraged participants to seek support from social network members. An MRB score was calculated for each participant, with one point being assigned for each behavioral recommendation that was not met. Analyses were conducted to identify demographic and social contextual factors (e.g., interpersonal, neighborhood, and organizational resources) associated with seeking support and to determine if type and frequency of offered support were associated with changes in MRB score. Results. Half (49.6%) of participants identified a support person. Interpersonal resources were the only contextual factor that predicted engagement of a support person. Compared to individuals who did not seek support, those who identified one support person had 61% greater reduction in MRB score, and participants identifying multiple support persons had 100% greater reduction. Conclusion. Engagement of one’s social network leads to significantly greater change across multiple risk behaviors. Future research should explore strategies to address support need for individuals with limited interpersonal resources.

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Reisinger, Matthew W., Marc Moss, and Brendan J. Clark. "Is lack of social support associated with a delay in seeking medical care? A cross-sectional study of Minnesota and Tennessee residents using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System." BMJ Open 8, no. 7 (July 2018): e018139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018139.

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ObjectivePrevious studies have demonstrated an association between social support and lower morbidity and mortality. Delay in seeking medical care is associated with poor health outcomes. The relationship between social support and delay in seeking medical care has not been established. We sought to determine whether lack of social support is associated with higher rates of delays in seeking needed medical care.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional observational study using data from the 2013 and 2014 Centers for Disease Control Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Participants who were asked questions about delays in medical care and social support were included. The primary outcome was a self-reported delay in seeking needed medical care. The primary independent variable of interest was a dichotomised measure of social support. Multivariable logistic regression was performed, adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic status, comorbidities and access to care.ResultsParticipants without social support were more likely to report delaying needed medical care when compared with participants with social support (38%vs19%, p<0.001). The association between lack of social support and delays in care persisted after adjustment for demographics, socioeconomic status, comorbidities and access to care (OR 1.72; 95% CI 1.45 to 2.06; p<0.001).ConclusionsLack of perceived social support is associated with patient-reported delay of needed medical care. This association may contribute to the poor health outcomes experienced by those with a lack of social support.

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Yeung, Nelson CY, and Tak Sang Chow. "Coping with my own way: Mediating roles of emotional expression and social support seeking in the associations between individual differences and posttraumatic growth." Health Psychology Open 6, no. 1 (January 2019): 205510291984659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102919846596.

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This study examined the associations between individual differences and posttraumatic growth, and coping strategies as mediators among 454 trauma-exposed American college students. Results showed that relational-interdependent self-construal, optimism, emotional expression, and social support seeking were associated with higher posttraumatic growth. Moreover, social support seeking and emotional expression partially mediated between relational-interdependent self-construal and posttraumatic growth, such that relational-interdependent self-construal was associated with posttraumatic growth through increased support seeking and emotional expression. However, the association between optimism and posttraumatic growth was partially mediated only by increased emotional expression, but not social support seeking. Findings imply that individual differences may facilitate posttraumatic growth through different coping mechanisms.

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Rudowicz, Elisabeth, and Elaine Au. "Help-seeking experiences of Hong Kong social work students." International Social Work 44, no. 1 (January 2001): 75–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002087280104400107.

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Experiences of help-seeking among the sample of 250 social work students were explored. A model of the reciprocal relationship between the situation prompting help-seeking, the social and cultural context, and the individual’s feelings was used to analyze the data. The results support the reciprocal link between the type of help-seeking situation, feelings and utilized resources, and show that Hong Kong social work students carry a heavy cultural load of preconceptions relating to help-seeking.

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Thevos, Angelica K., Suzanne E. Thomas, and Carrie L. Randall. "Baseline differences in social support among treatment‐seeking alcoholics with and without social phobia." Substance Abuse 20, no. 2 (June 1999): 107–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897079909511399.

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Cardoso, Christopher, Helen Valkanas, Lisa Serravalle, and Mark A. Ellenbogen. "Oxytocin and social context moderate social support seeking in women during negative memory recall." Psychoneuroendocrinology 70 (August 2016): 63–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.001.

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Cavanaugh, Alyson M., Andrew J. Supple, Gabriela Livas Stein, Heather M. Helms, Scott W. Plunkett, and Tovah Sands. "Examining Predictors of Mexican American Adolescents’ Coping Typologies." Journal of Family Issues 38, no. 6 (July 10, 2016): 755–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x15580164.

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This study used latent profile analysis to develop coping typologies of 340, 14- to16-year-old Mexican American adolescents ( M = 14.46, SD = 0.69). Three typologies were identified: (a) opposition coping (adolescents who tended to use anger and venting emotions), (b) support-seeking coping (adolescents who relied on seeking support), and (c) escape and opposition coping (adolescents who relied on anger, venting, substance-use coping, behavioral avoidance, and peer support). Three key parental behaviors (support, knowledge, psychological control) of mothers and fathers and adolescent gender were examined as predictors of the coping typologies. Results indicated that parental support and knowledge, particularly from mothers, predicted membership into the support-seeking coping typology relative to the other two typologies. Girls were more likely than boys to utilize support-seeking coping than opposition coping. Gender socialization norms that may have influenced these results are discussed.

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Fisher, Emma, and Ruth Schemm. "Social Capital 1940–1950: Seeking Support Among Established Professionals and Nonprofits." American Journal of Occupational Therapy 70, no. 4_Supplement_1 (August 1, 2016): 7011505173p1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2016.70s1-po7025.

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Kurazumi, Tomoe. "Exploratory study about academic social support seeking in female university students." Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 83 (September 11, 2019): 1B—081–1B—081. http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.83.0_1b-081.

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Hegge, Marge, Pat Melcher, and Sandra Williams. "Hardiness, Help-Seeking Behavior, and Social Support of Baccalaureate Nursing Students." Journal of Nursing Education 38, no. 4 (April 1999): 179–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/0148-4834-19990401-09.

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Grace, Glenn D., and Thomas Schill. "Expectancy of Personal Control and Seeking Social Support in Coping Style." Psychological Reports 58, no. 3 (June 1986): 757–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1986.58.3.757.

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Sandler and Lakey (1982) suggested that compared to external scorers internal locus of control subjects are better able to cope with stress because they use the social support they receive more effectively. The present study examined a number of potential locus of control differences in coping styles to determine whether subjects with high expectancies of personal control report seeking significantly more social support in coping than subjects with low expectancies of personal control. Results indicate a significantly greater initiation of contact with others during periods of distress for subjects with high as opposed to low personal control.

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