Correlations among depression, social support, and stress
Table 2 demonstrates the relationship between depression, social support, and stress. Relationship examination indicated that social support was adversely associated with depression, while stress decidedly corresponded with depression. The Spearman connection coefficients were - 0.40 (P < 0.01) and 0.27 (P < 0.01), respectively.
The immediate route from social support to depression was substantial (normalized pathway coefficient = - 0.34, P < 0.01), and the ancillary pathway from stress to depression was additionally huge (normalized pathway coefficient =0.50, P < 0.01).