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Predicting depression from illness severity in cardiovascular disease patients: self-efficacy beliefs, illness perception, and perceived social suppo…
2014
Background: Many studies have investigated the relationships between cardiovascular diseases and patients' depression; nevertheless, few is still known as regard the impact of illness severity on depression and whether psychosocial variables mediate this association. Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the putative mediating role of illness representations, self-efficacy beliefs, and perceived social support on the relationship between illness severity and depression. Methods: A total of 75 consecutive patients with cardiovascular disease (80 % men; mean age=65.44, SD=10.20) were enrolled in an Italian hospital. Illness severity was measured in terms of left ventricular ejectio…
Cumulative Childhood Maltreatment and Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury: the Mediating and Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support in a Sample of Universi…
2022
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in young adults is recognized as a major public health concern. Some studies have identi- fied cumulative childhood maltreatment (CCM) as a significant vulnerability factor for NSSI, although the nature of this association remains unclear. Specifically, some theorists have investigated the role of perceived social support (PSS), con- sidered an important factor closely associated with both CCM and NSSI. The aim of the current study was to simultaneously investigate the potential mediating and moderating role of PSS from family and friends in the association between CCM and NSSI in a university student sample. Participants were 474 students (73.4% female; Mage…
Family, social support and delinquent behavior in adolescence: direct and mediating effects
2005
En este estudio se analizan las relaciones entre las características del sistema familiar (funcionamiento, comunicación y satisfacción familiar), el apoyo social percibido y la conducta delictiva en la adolescencia. La muestra está constituida por 431 adolescentes estudiantes en centros educativos de la Comunidad Valenciana de edades comprendidas entre los 15 y los 17 años. Los resultados muestran efectos directos de los problemas de comunicación con la madre y del apoyo social percibido del padre en la conducta delictiva. Además, se constata un efecto mediador del apoyo social del padre entre los problemas de comunicación con la madre y la implicación del hijo adolescente en actos delictiv…