Hope as a Pathway in the Relation Between Social Support From Four Sources and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence

Sandra Yu Rueger, Samantha Coyle-Eastwick, Lauren Johnson, Yoonsun Pyun, Margaret Kassel, Liora Steinberg, School of Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy, Wheaton College, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University

The Journal of Early Adolescence

Published online on June 24, 2025

Abstract

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Volume 46, Issue 6, Page 773-801, June 2026.
The present study explored the extent to which hope plays a mediating role in the relation between social support and depressive symptoms in early adolescence in a sample of 546 seventh and eighth grade students. Longitudinal data were gathered at two ...