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The Impact of Receiving and Providing Peer Support on Adolescent Mental Health: Exploring the Correlation between Two Forms of Support
Nadeem, Syeda Sarfaraz, Sumaiyya
Nadeem, Syeda
Sarfaraz, Sumaiyya
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This study investigates the impact of peer support on the psychological well-being of
adolescents and determines if both providing support and receiving support have an influence on
mental health of an emerging adult as well as explore if these two forms of assistance are
interrelated. By applying quantitative and cross-sectional approach, the research surveyed 48
participants aged 13-26 years, assessing their level of perceived support using MSPSS and their
prosocial tendencies utilizing PTM-R. Results found that receiving support (p =0.03) was linked
to reduced distress in a teen while providing support (p = 0.70) did not have significant effect on
stress reduction, however it also highlighted that the best results were achieved when bidirectional
support dynamics (p = 0.015) were employed. The study findings improve inclusive mental health
aid by promoting peer-based interventions like mentoring programs, buddy systems among
educational settings like schools. Outcomes of this study is however limited by its small and gender
imbalanced sample with majority of them being females and utilization of self-report method
might introduce some bias