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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 13, 1998 - Issue 2
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Apoyo social, estrés y depresión: un análisis causal del efecto supresor

Social support, stress and depression: a causal analysis of the suppressant effect

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Pages 195-203 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

Este trabajo analiza la relación del apoyo social con la depresión a través de su efecto supresor de los eventos vitales estresantes. Este efecto postula que el apoyo social influye directamente en la depresión, e indirectamente a través de la reducción del nivel de eventos vitales estresantes (Lin, 1986) que a su vez fomentan la depresión. La muestra la constituyen 780 sujetos en quienes se obtuvieron los niveles de integración comunitaria, depresión, eventos vitales estresantes y autoestima familiar en dos ocasiones con un lapso temporal de seis meses. Los resultados del análisis causal realizado utilizando el programa EQS (Bentler, 1992) indican que cuando se controla el efecto de la autoestima familiar y la depresión previa, no hay evidencia empírica para apoyar la hipótesis de un efecto supresor del apoyo social. Se discuten los resultados y se sugieren nuevas vías de investigación hacia el análisis del efecto del apoyo social en los procesos psicológicos de identidad y autoestima.

Abstract

This study focuses on the relationship between social support and depression via the suppresant effect of social support on stressful life events. This effect suggests that social support has impact on both life events and depression. Social support has a suppresant effect on the likelihood of occurrences of life events (Lin, 1986). Our sample consisted of 780 subjects. Self reports of community integration, depression, stressful life events and family self-esteem have been obtained at two time points (six months between each time point). A causal analysis using EQS software (Bentler, 1992) was carried out indicating that no suppresant effect is tenable when depression and family self-esteem are taken into account. Results are discussed and new areas towards the analysis of the effect of social support on self-esteem are suggested.

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