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The Relationship Between Social Support and Depression Among Senior High School
Students in the Midst of Online Learning Modality
Marianne Amber Pineda*, Gesreel Mendoza, Charissa Mhay Velarde, Jhoselle Tus
For affiliations and correspondence, see the last page.
Abstract
Online learning is one of the solutions that schools around the Philippines are using to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on
education. It is in line with the health protocol of the government, but students have a hard time coping with this new way of
learning that has caused some effect on their mental health and social skills. Some students have a problem getting the support
they need, which has resulted in their having mild to severe depressive symptoms. Social support has the effect of weakening
the effect of depressive symptoms on students. This study aims to investigate the relationship between social support and
depression among the senior high school students. Based on the statistical analysis, it indicates that social support and
depression have a significant relationship (r=0.129).
Keywords: Depression, Social Support, Online Learning, Covid-19 Pandemic, Senior High School
Students
depressive symptoms. They stated that gender social support for both IB and Key school students in a
differences in depression are common in the negative manner. This study finds that perceived social
population and in individuals with intellectual support has a negative correlation in workload,
disabilities. The amount of challenges that comes with pressure, and overall academic stress in key school
the lockdown have a big influence on the mental students. While support from significant others also
health of most girls. Their findings found that girls have negative correlations with pressure and overall
with developmental difficulties are especially academic stress, and support from friends was found to
vulnerable to the problems that arise in unexpected be negatively associated with pressure only. Support
situations. from family and significant others is important for IB
students. Others are linked to depression in a negative
According to Chen et al., up to 43.7 percent of Grade way. The findings highlighted the relevance of good
3T children experienced moderate-to-severe social support for Chinese senior high students' mental
depression in the current study, compared to just 18.8 health.
percent of their Grade 3S counterparts. This suggests
that many of the students were suffering from According to Ren et al. (2018), peer and teacher
reversible depression symptoms and that academic support are connected to each other and mutually
stress was one of the key risk factors. The findings influential. Their study found that depression has a
imply that students who are under a lot of academic large impact on peer support. They said that peer
pressure should pay greater attention to their mood, support is easier to obtain for adolescents with fewer
exhaustion, and sleep issues. depressive symptoms. They stated that there are two
ways to explain the interpersonal theory of depression.
Social Support and Depression The first is that depressed people may reject and have
negative responses from other people because of self-
According to Li et al., (2021), there is a negative disclosure and self-criticism. The second one is that
significant relationship between social support and support erosion may be more prominent for peer
depression among overseas students in China. That is, support than adult support, such as from teachers and
individuals will be less prone to developing depression parents.
if they have greater social support. Students with
limited social support, on the other hand, may According to Liu et al., (2020) depression can be
experience more depressive symptoms and may feel alleviated by a high level of social engagement. They
uneasy in their new setting. Furthermore, a recent said that in their study social support was linked to
study found a link between social support and fewer serious depressive symptoms. It is indicated in
depression during a particular period, namely when a their study that social support has the effect of
person with less social support is more likely to reducing the risk of depression that is caused by
experience negative emotions such as anxiety and stressful life. Lui et al., stated that the effect of social
despair. Their research found a link between social support is to be seen by knowing how often someone
support and depression, and their goal is to reduce received it. They said that the frequency of receiving
depression among international students. Because social support represents the real assistance that an
these kids live far away from home, they have less individual receives and it is connected to depressive
access to social assistance. symptoms in a negative way. While the perceived
significance of social support represents a person's
While, Wang et al., (2014) explained that social subjective desire for social support, that is positively
support has an impact on the link between stress and correlated with depressive symptoms. Lui et al., found
depression. People with little social support have a out that adolescents from china that have serious
stronger link between stress and depression. They depressive symptoms are someone who expects more
stated that people with strong social support enable for for social support.
them to build self esteem and self efficiency, reducing
the probability of them feeling negative emotions such According to the research described above, there is a
as depression, They also said that when a person is link between social support and depression. It
feeling stressed, social support can help them to demonstrates that social support can have an impact on
minimize the risk and stress by leveling up their depression when online learning, and it varies in
coping ability skills. different ways. In summary, the related literature and
research collated and presented in this chapter show
In a study by Wenjun Chen (2018), he discovered that the numerous gaps between social support and
depression was substantially connected with perceived depression.
Conclusion
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(2020). Prevalence of depression and anxiety and correlations
between depression, anxiety, family functioning, social support and Corresponding: Marianne Amber Pineda
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Gesreel Mendoza:
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc.
Jhoselle Tus:
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc.