Stress buffering effects of social support on depressive symptoms in middle age: Reciprocity and community mental health

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 60; no. 6; pp. 652 - 661
• Main Authors: TAKIZAWA, TOHRU, KONDO, TSUYOSHI, SAKIHARA, SEIZOU, ARIIZUMI, MAKOTO, WATANABE, NAOKI, OYAMA, HIROFUMI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.12.2006; Blackwell Publishing
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Communication; Community Mental Health Services; complete cross‐sectional survey; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Depression; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder - psychology; depressive symptoms; Female; Humans; Japan; Male; Marital Status; Medical sciences; middle age; Middle Aged; Middle aged people; Mood disorders; Prevention; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Rural Population; Social Support; Stress; stress buffering effect; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Suicide; Suicide - prevention & control; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; suicide prevention; Surveys and Questionnaires; Japan; Mood disorder; Mental health; stress buffering effect; Depression; complete cross-sectional survey; Suicide; depressive symptoms; Stress; Prevention; Survey; middle age; suicide prevention; Age; Public health; Social support

Little is known about the association between depression and the buffering effects of social support in mid‐life crisis. The aim of this study is to determine the buffering effects of social support on depression concerning middle‐aged individuals, while also taking reciprocity and gender difference...