Loneliness was a frequent consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic due to public health interventions that promoted social isolation and has a moderately significant effect on depression. 19 Social support also decreased loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. 20 Therefore, we evaluated (2) whether loneliness bridged the protective effect of social support on depression.
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Understanding the protective effect of social support on depression symptomatology from a longitudinal network perspective.
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