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Ratings of social support by adolescents and adult informants: Degree of correspondence and prediction of depressive symptoms.

Cutrona, Carolyn E.·1989·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

It has been suggested that the personality of the individual influences appraisal processes that determine ratings of both social support and mental health, thus leading to an association between these variables that reflects only their shared self-report bias. To test whether ratings of social support made by someone other than the target individual would significantly predict outcomes, 115 pregnant adolescent girls and 115 adults who knew the adolescents well both completed ratings of the adolescent's social support. Results showed a moderate level of agreement between adolescent and informant support ratings. Both self-report and informant total social support ratings predicted pregnancy depression scores. Only informant social support ratings were significant predictors of postpartum depression scores. The ability of informants' ratings of social support to predict the adjustment of the adolescents to a major life stress was viewed as evidence that the commonly found link between social support and mental health reflects more than self-report biases.

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Authors
Cutrona, C. E.
Affiliations
University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author
Cutrona, Carolyn E.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
1989
Volume
57
Issue
4
Pages
723-730
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W1972864771
Cited by
261
References
27
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FWCI
6.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (R01-APR000931)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Keywords
social support, informant ratings, adolescents, self-report bias, antenatal depression, postpartum depression, depressive symptoms, adolescent mental health
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Depression, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Mental Health, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Social Environment, Social Support

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