Social Connections and Self-Perceived Depression: An Enhanced Model for Studying Teenagers’ Mental Wellbeing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Mental Wellbeing
2.2. Young People and Depression
2.3. Social Connection
3. Research Framework and Hypotheses
4. Methods
5. Results
5.1. Structural Model Assessment
5.2. Hypothesis Testing
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Frequency | Percent | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 173 | 59.9 |
Female | 116 | 40.1 |
Total | 289 | 100 |
Age | ||
Less than 15 | 87 | 30 |
15–19 | 202 | 70 |
Total | 289 | 100 |
Education | ||
High school | 105 | 36 |
Diploma | 12 | 4.2 |
Bachelor degree | 182 | 59.8 |
Total | 289 | 100 |
Cronbach’s Alpha | CR | AVE | |
---|---|---|---|
Improved mental wellbeing | 0.903 | 0.926 | 0.678 |
Self-perceived depression | 0.833 | 0.899 | 0.748 |
Social connection | 0.643 | 0.848 | 0.736 |
HTMT | Improved Mental Wellbeing | Self-Perceived Depression |
---|---|---|
Self-perceived depression | 0.457 | |
Social connection | 0.368 | 0.359 |
R2 | Q² | |
---|---|---|
Improved mental wellbeing | 0.194 | 0.126 |
Self-perceived depression | 0.074 | 0.049 |
f2 | Improved Mental Wellbeing | Self-Perceived Depression |
---|---|---|
Self-perceived depression | 0.144 | |
Social connection | 0.038 | 0.080 |
Hypothesis | Original Sample | Sample Mean | Standard Deviation | T Statistics | p Values |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social connection -> self-perceived depression (H1) | −0.272 | −0.273 | 0.059 | 4.637 | 0.000 |
Self-perceived depression -> improved mental wellbeing (H2) | −0.355 | −0.360 | 0.053 | 6.691 | 0.000 |
Social connection -> improved mental wellbeing (H3) | 0.181 | 0.187 | 0.055 | 3.322 | 0.000 |
Mediation Social connection -> self-perceived depression -> improved mental wellbeing (H4) | 0.097 | 0.100 | 0.027 | 3.667 | 0.000 |
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Sarwar, A.; Islam, M.A.; Mohiuddin, M.; Tareq, M.A.; Siddika, A. Social Connections and Self-Perceived Depression: An Enhanced Model for Studying Teenagers’ Mental Wellbeing. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15791. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315791
Sarwar A, Islam MA, Mohiuddin M, Tareq MA, Siddika A. Social Connections and Self-Perceived Depression: An Enhanced Model for Studying Teenagers’ Mental Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(23):15791. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315791
Chicago/Turabian StyleSarwar, Abdullah, Md. Amirul Islam, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Mohammad Ali Tareq, and Aysa Siddika. 2022. "Social Connections and Self-Perceived Depression: An Enhanced Model for Studying Teenagers’ Mental Wellbeing" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23: 15791. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315791