ArticleBMC public health2024
Social support predicted subsequent subjective well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study.
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- Social ties, employment and mental health in people with disabilities in Korea: evidence from a 2016-2018 panel survey.International health · 2026Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, bullying victimization, and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents: the moderating role of perceived social support.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Protective factors for maternal mental health and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Housing precarity and mental health among shoebox house residents in Hong Kong: latent profile analysis of perceived social support and its associations with loneliness, depression, anxiety and stress.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Evolution of Life Satisfaction Throughout the Gestation Process and at Different Postpartum Stages.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The role of psychological stress in the subjective well-being of aviation ground crews: mediating effects of social support and self-esteem.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Migrant older adults' perception of social support on subjective well-being: a mediating role of psychological resilience.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubjective well-being (SWB) is associated with social support in cross-sectional studies. However, it remains unclear whether and how social support predicts SWB longitudinally, especially during the COVID-19 contingency.
methodsBy adopting a prospective design, the current work addressed this research question in a sample of 594 participants from the U.K. The data were collected via the online platform, Prolific, at two time points (June, 2020 and August, 2021) with a 14-month interval. Descriptive analysis and a moderated mediation model were conducted to test the proposed hypotheses.
resultsBaseline social support was a significant predictor of subjective well-being (SWB) 14 months later, even after controlling for baseline SWB and other covariates such as personality traits. Additionally, affect balance (i.e., the affective component of SWB) fully mediated the link between baseline social support and subsequent life satisfaction (i.e., the cognitive component of SWB). Moreover, household income moderated this relationship, indicating a stronger mediation for individuals with lower monthly household income.
conclusionThe present work sheds light on the underlying mechanism and boundary condition of the association between social support and different components of SWB during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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