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Assess how specific sources of social support and dimensions of self-efficacy influence psychological symptoms and positive mental wellbeing in early adolescents.

December 31, 2024PLOS Global Public HealthOpen Access

Social support and self-efficacy during early adolescence: Dual impact of protective and promotive links to mental health and wellbeing

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MCMegan CherewickColorado School of Public Health RLRinzi LamaNorth Bengal University CDChoden DukpaIndian Institute of Management Calcutta

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Cross-sectional study reveals social support and self-efficacy boost wellbeing more than they curb symptoms in early adolescents, highlighting the need for dual-target mental health interventions.

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Assess how specific sources of social support and dimensions of self-efficacy influence psychological symptoms and positive mental wellbeing in early adolescents.
Surveyed 274 adolescents aged 10–14 years from Darjeeling, India.
Measured protective and promotive factors using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C).
Applied nested multivariable regression models to evaluate associations between psychosocial factors, psychological symptoms, and mental wellbeing outcomes.
Clinical depression screening was positive in 13% of adolescents, and 44% reported poor mental wellbeing.
Reduced psychological symptoms were significantly associated with family support, emotional self-efficacy, and academic self-efficacy, whereas higher mental wellbeing was linked to friend support, social self-efficacy, and academic self-efficacy.
Models explained a substantially higher proportion of variance for mental wellbeing outcomes (R² = 0.37–0.64) than for psychological symptom outcomes (R² = 0.19–0.22).

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Cherewick et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ca6e7263fc0f117fab578 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003904

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Cross-sectional study reveals social support and self-efficacy boost wellbeing more than they curb symptoms in early adolescents, highlighting the need for dual-target mental health interventions.

Social support and self-efficacy during early adolescence: Dual impact of protective and promotive links to mental health and wellbeing

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Social support and self-efficacy during early adolescence: Dual impact of protective and promotive links to mental health and wellbeing

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