The buffer effect of social support on depression among immigrants [El efecto amortiguador del apoyo social sobre la depresión en un colectivo de inmigrantes]

Psicothema
Volume 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 605-610

The buffer effect of social support on depression among immigrants [El efecto amortiguador del apoyo social sobre la depresión en un colectivo de inmigrantes] (Article)

García M.F.M.* , Ramírez M.G. , Jariego I.M.

^a Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
^b [Affiliation not available]
^c [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

The influence of stressful life events and social support networks on depression was analysed in a sample of immigrants. The Mannheim Social Support Questionnaire, the CES-D, and the scale of problems of Die & Seelbach were used. According to bivariates correlations, those immigrants with unfavourable vital circumstances and those that considered their social support system as insufficient, obtained higher scores on the depression scale. Furthermore, in the lineal regression analysis an interactive effect between severity of problems and sufficiency of social support was obtained: the sufficiency of social support showed a buffer role only when individuals experienced a big amount of personal problems. Thus, the buffering effect of social support was confirmed.

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ISSN: 02149915

Cited by: 25

Original Language: Spanish