The effect of Social support on depression in college students: the chain mediating role of rumination and emotion regulation self-efficacy

The effect of Social support on depression in college students: the chain mediating role of rumination and emotion regulation self-efficacy | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article The effect of Social support on depression in college students: the chain mediating role of rumination and emotion regulation self-efficacy Junliang Zhang, shuang zheng, Yixuan Deng, Chuangang Wan This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2632789/v2 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Abstract Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between social support, rumination, emotion regulation self- eicacy (ERSE) and depression in college students, focusing on the mediating effect between social support and depression in college students. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 1433 college students in Jiangxi, China was conducted between October and November 2022. A series of mediation analyses were performed using AMOS24.0 and the PROCESS macro to examine the mediation effects. Results: The study found that depression was signiicantly positively correlated with rumination, while ERSE was signiicantly negatively correlated with social support and ERSE. Social support has a direct negative predictive effect on depression in college students. Rumination and ERSE play independent mediating and chain mediating roles in the mechanism of social support affecting college students' depression, with indirect effect values of 0.11, 0.02 and 0.01, respectively. conclusions: To alleviate and prevent depression in college students, emphasis should be placed on rumination and ERSE in addition to the in1uence of social support. social support rumination emotion regulation self-efficacy depression college students Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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