The Moderating Role of Educational Attainment in the Association between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among African Americans.

Q2 Social Sciences Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-28 DOI:10.1080/00380237.2024.2431218
Whitney Frierson, Christy L Erving
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General social support is commonly studied as a psychosocial resource that improves African Americans' well-being; we know less about how varied indicators of social support influence African Americans' depressive symptoms. Further, it is unclear how social support affects depressive symptoms differently when considering the moderating role of education. Using the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) (n = 3,278), we examined (1) the association between educational attainment and depressive symptoms, (2) the association between social support and depressive symptoms, and (3) whether education moderates the social support-depressive symptoms relationship among African Americans. Results revealed that higher educational attainment; emotional support from family, friends, and church members; and receiving instrumental support from family were associated with lower depressive symptoms. Receiving instrumental support from church members and providing instrumental support to friends were associated with higher depressive symptoms. Finally, educational attainment moderated the association between five indicators of social support, such that individuals with some college education or degrees psychologically benefitted while those with a high school education or less generally did not. Findings highlight ongoing disadvantages for African Americans with less formal education and suggest that psychological benefits of social support are elusive for the most educationally disadvantaged African Americans.

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教育程度在非裔美国人社会支持与抑郁症状关系中的调节作用。
一般社会支持通常被研究为一种改善非裔美国人福祉的社会心理资源;我们对社会支持的不同指标如何影响非裔美国人的抑郁症状知之甚少。此外,考虑到教育的调节作用,尚不清楚社会支持对抑郁症状的影响有何不同。利用美国生活全国调查(NSAL) (n = 3,278),我们检验了(1)受教育程度与抑郁症状之间的关系,(2)社会支持与抑郁症状之间的关系,以及(3)教育是否调节了非裔美国人的社会支持与抑郁症状之间的关系。结果显示,受教育程度较高;来自家人、朋友和教会成员的情感支持;从家人那里得到辅助支持与较低的抑郁症状有关。从教会成员那里获得工具性支持和向朋友提供工具性支持与更高的抑郁症状有关。最后,受教育程度调节了社会支持的五个指标之间的关联,例如,受过大学教育或学位的人在心理上受益,而受过高中或更低教育的人通常没有。研究结果强调了受教育程度较低的非裔美国人的持续劣势,并表明社会支持对最受教育不利的非裔美国人的心理好处是难以捉摸的。
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