The Mediator-Moderator Role of Social Support in Low-Income Urban Adolescents

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan B. Butler ◽  
Kathryn E. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Moderator Role

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy, Action Control, and Social Support Explain Physical Activity Changes Among Costa Rican Older Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1573-1578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Reyes Fernández ◽  
Esteban Montenegro Montenegro ◽  
Nina Knoll ◽  
Ralf Schwarzer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Action Control ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
High Social Support ◽  
Moderator Role

Background:Self-efficacy, action control, and social support are considered to influence changes in physical activity levels in older adults. This study examines the relationship among these variables and explores the putative mediating and moderating mechanisms that might account for activity changes.Methods:A longitudinal study with 54 older adults (≥ 50 years of age) was carried out in Costa Rica. In a moderated mediation analysis, action control was specified as a mediator between self-efficacy and physical activity, whereas social support was specified as a moderator between self-efficacy and action control. Baseline physical activity, age, and sex were specified as covariates.Results:Action control mediated between self-efficacy and physical activity. An interaction between social support and self-efficacy on action control pointed to a synergistic effect at the first stage of the mediating process.Conclusions:The effect of self-efficacy on physical activity was partly explained by action control, providing evidence of action control as a proximal mediator of physical activity. Moreover, the moderator role of social support was confirmed: high social support appeared to compensate for low levels of self-efficacy.

scholarly journals Remote Working for Sustainability of Organization during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediator-Moderator Role of Social Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Marko Slavković ◽  
Stefan Sretenović ◽  
Marijana Bugarčić
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Organizational Response ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
Work Interaction ◽  
Moderator Role

Remote working became a widespread business practice during the COVID-19 pandemic as an organizational response to protect employees’ health and maintain business continuity. The aim of this paper is to reveal the role of social support in the relationship among NWHI, NHWI and loneliness, and work engagement and job performance. The study respondents were employees with a remote working status in Serbian companies, and a total of 226 valid surveys were collected. The PLS-SEM approach was deployed to test the hypothesized relationship between named variables. A standard bootstrapping procedure was used to reveal direct and indirect effects among latent variables. Results indicate a strong and positive direct association between social support and work engagement and job performance, while mediation and moderation of the role of social support were mostly confirmed but with some results opposite to what was expected. Social support was not able to buffer a negative home–work interaction and loneliness within remote working. The study offers insight into the role of social support and recommendations for managing the antecedents and consequences of remote working, with the aim to determine a sustainable model for extensive application, not only during the COVID-19 pandemic, but in regular times.

The Role of Social Support Networks in Helping Low Income Families through Uncertain Times

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Hill ◽  
Donald Hirsch ◽  
Abigail Davis
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Social Support Networks ◽  
State Support ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Low Income Families

In times of labour market insecurity and retrenchment of state support, low income families rely on friends and relatives as a safety net. This article explores the enhanced role of this ‘third source of welfare’ in light of these developments. It draws on qualitative longitudinal research to demonstrate how families’ situations fluctuate over two years and the importance of social support networks in hard times and periods of crisis. The research illustrates how social support is not necessarily a stable structure that families facing insecurity can fall back on, but rather a variable resource, and fluid over time, as those who provide such support experience changing capabilities and needs. A policy challenge is to help reinforce and not undermine the conditions that enable valuable social support to be offered and sustained, while ensuring sufficient reliable state support to avoid families having no choice but to depend on this potentially fragile resource as a safety net.

Intention to Breastfeed in Low‐Income Pregnant Women: The Role of Social Support and Previous Experience

Birth ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy S. Humphreys ◽  
Nancy J. Thompson ◽  
Kathleen R. Miner
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
Intention To Breastfeed

Situational Stressors Among African-American Women Living in Low-Income Urban Areas: The Role of Social Support

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine J. Ajrouch ◽  
Susan Reisine ◽  
Sungwoo Lim ◽  
Woosung Sohn ◽  
Amid Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
American Women
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