Social Support Profiles Correlate with Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Latent Profile Analysis

Overview

Journal J Health Psychol

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Psychology

Date 2023 Jan 2

PMID 36591649

Authors

Yashuang Bai

Fan Yang

Minglong Chen

Bo Zhang

Xiaohan Liu

Ning Huang

Madelon Me Riem

Jing Guo

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Abstract

This study explored pandemic-related social support profiles and investigated their relationships with depressive symptoms among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hypotheses were evaluated in an online cross-sectional survey of 1286 parents. Latent profile analysis identified two profiles of received social support (isolated and integrated support). Three convergent profiles (high, moderate, and low support) and one divergent profile were found in perceived social support. The results revealed that the distribution of age, region, income and educational level varied across these profiles. Only the "high" (β = -0.11, < 0.01) and "divergent" (β = -0.12, < 0.01) profiles of perceived social support were negatively associated with parents' depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the importance of developing better-targeted intervention programs aimed at optimizing the allocation and improving the quantity and quality of supportive resources for parents.

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