Sex Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Depression among Korean College Students

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ID13669104
AuthorsOksoo Kim (0000-0001-9071-6093, Ewha Womans University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume88
Issue2
Pages521-526
Publication date2001-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2001.88.2.521
PMID11351902
OpenAlexW2025713722
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited22

This study examined the sex differences in reports of social support (network size and satisfaction), loneliness, and depression among Korean college students and examined whether measures of social support and loneliness predicted depression scores. In the sample were 452 college students enrolled in four universities in Korea. The women reported a larger social support network size and being less satisfied with their support than the men. Women reported higher scores on the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory than men. Social support satisfaction scores and network size on the Social Support Questionnaire-6 and scores on the Loneliness Scale predicted scores on Depression in both the groups. Loneliness was the largest predictor of Depression for either sex. The amount of variance in Depression accounted for by Loneliness was 35% for women and 24% for men

Anxiety · Beck Depression Inventory · Depression (economics · Loneliness · Psychiatry · Social support · UCLA Loneliness Scale · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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