Depressive symptoms and social support among Australian men: A 7-year longitudinal study.
Bosco Charles RowlandNeha SwamiJennifer PrattleyJacob DuffyJacqui A MacdonaldFrancisco PeralesKayla A MansourBrendan QuinnPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2023)
The study provides robust longitudinal evidence supporting the notion that social support and depression are both a cause and consequence of the other. However, the long-term effects of depression reducing social support were longer lasting than the effects of social support reducing depression.