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- Title
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIVITY, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG DEPRESSED AND NON-DEPRESSED ADULTS.
- Authors
Mehak, Naseer; Sana, Majeed; Tania, Qamar
- Abstract
Aims. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional expressivity, social support and life satisfaction among depressed and non-depressed adults. Methods. The current study used correlational research design. Two-hundred participants were recruited through non-probability purposive sampling technique. Emotional Expressivity Scale (Kring, 1994), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, 1988), World Health Organization-Quality of Life Scale (Vahedi, 2010) and Symptom Checklist-Revised (Rehman & Sitwat, 1990) were used as an assessment measures. Results. Correlational analysis showed highly significant positive association between emotional expressivity, social support and life satisfaction. Findings also showed significant predicting role of emotional expressivity and social support on life satisfaction of depressed and non-depressed adults. Moreover, results found significant difference between life satisfaction and depressed and non-depressed adults. Conclusions. Results indicated that depressed and non-depressed individuals who expressed high emotional expressivity and have high social support leaded towards high life satisfaction.
- Subjects
LIFE satisfaction; SOCIAL support; SELF-expression; ADULTS; DEPRESSED persons
- Publication
Education Sciences & Psychology, 2021, Vol 58, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
1512-1801
- Publication type
Article