Department of Psychology, Florida International University, FL, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2011 Feb;25(1):127-36. doi: 10.1037/a0022320.
Longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms, perceived support from family, and perceived support from friends were examined among 816 emerging adults (480 women; 59%). In the context of a larger longitudinal investigation on the predictors and course of depression, data were drawn from eight self-report questionnaire assessments that roughly spanned the third decade of life. An age-based scaling approach was used to model trajectories of depressive symptoms and perceived social support between the ages of 21 and 30. Associative models of the relations between depressive symptoms and perceived social support from family and friends were tested. Results indicated that depressive symptoms decreased and perceived social support increased during the study period. Associative models suggested that among women, higher initial levels of perceived support from family predicted slower decreases in depressive symptoms (b = .34, p < .01). Among men, higher initial levels of depressive symptoms predicted slower increases in perceived family support (b = -.23, p < .05). Cross-domain predictive effects were not observed for perceived support from friends and depressive symptoms. Implications of the findings are discussed.
对 816 名成年早期个体（480 名女性，59%）的抑郁症状、家庭支持感和朋友支持感的纵向变化轨迹进行了研究。在一项关于抑郁预测因素和发展过程的更大规模纵向研究背景下，数据来自于八项自我报告问卷评估，这些评估大致跨越了个体生命的第三个十年。采用基于年龄的标度方法对 21 至 30 岁之间的抑郁症状和感知社会支持的轨迹进行建模。测试了抑郁症状与家庭和朋友支持感之间关系的关联模型。结果表明，在研究期间，抑郁症状有所减轻，感知到的社会支持有所增加。关联模型表明，对于女性而言，较高的初始家庭支持感预测抑郁症状的下降速度较慢（b =.34，p<.01）。对于男性而言，较高的初始抑郁症状水平预测家庭支持感的增加速度较慢（b = -.23，p<.05）。对于朋友支持感和抑郁症状，没有观察到跨领域的预测效应。讨论了这些发现的意义。
