Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of the population worldwide. Therefore, the present aims to identify the methodological characteristics of the relationship between social support and mental health, analyzing the empirical evidence in research on adults during COVID-19. The design used is an applied review in psychology and electronic databases such as Scopus or Web of Science with articles published since 2020 were used. A total of 10 investigations were included that reported the association between social support and mental health in adults from four continents. All investigations used a non-probabilistic type of test for convenience, eight studies used the theoretical model of Zimet et al. (1988) for the evaluation of social support, differences were also observed in the use of instruments for the measurement of mental health and social support, they de...

The present study aims to analyze the prevalence of depressive symptoms and its sociodemographic-associated factors in Peruvian adults. Data was extracted from a nation-wide representative survey in which depression symptoms were measured with the PHQ-9 and sociodemographic information was extracted from household data. Depression severity rates were estimated for each symptom, and responses were modeled through the Rating Scale Model to obtain a depression measure used as dependent variable on a Generalized Mixed Linear Model. The most frequent depression symptoms were emotional, such as discouragement, sad mood, hopelessness, and lack of pleasure when doing activities. Our model showed that, after controlling the effects of all the variables considered, the most relevant predictors were gender, education level, physiographic region, age, marital status, and number of coresidents. Highe...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a strong impact on mental health. Multiple studies report the alarming prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress-related conditions due to the lockdown measures. Nevertheless, somatization has been an overlooked topic in current literature despite its strong relationship with most mental health conditions. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of somatic symptoms and their associated factors in a sample of 3218 undergraduate students from Lima, Peru. A cross-sectional design was carried out. The prevalence of somatic symptoms was measured with the PHQ-15. As predictors of somatic symptom severity, we included psychopathological (depression, anxiety, and stress), psychological (perceived social support, resilience, satisfaction with life, and academic self-efficacy), and sociodemographic (e.g., age, sex, employment status, relationship status, ...