Perceived stress shapes symptom and social network dynamics: a network analysis of depression, anxiety, and relationship-specific support and strain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression and anxiety frequently co-occur and exhibit overlapping symptoms and shared psychosocial risk and protective factors. Relationship-specific social support and strain are known to confer protective and risk effects, respectively, yet their role in shaping the symptom-level structure of depression and anxiety remains insufficiently understood. This study employed a network analytic approach to examine the structure of depression-anxiety comorbidity and its associations with perceived stress and relationship-specific social support and strain. We also examined whether these associations varied by level of perceived stress.

Methods

Data were drawn from a community sample of South Korean adults (N = 449; M_age = 55.17 years; 49.67% male), all of wh

SUBMITTER: Shin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273270 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature