caa a22 4500 606178295 CHVBK 20210128100756.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-015-0946-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-015-0946-2 Longitudinal trajectory patterns of social support: correlates and associated mental health in an Australian national cohort of young women [Elektronische Daten] [Libby Holden, Annette Dobson, Robert Ware, Richard Hockey, Christina Lee] Purpose: Although social support is a significant contributor to health and well-being, little is known about patterns of perceived social support over time in young adulthood. It is also unclear which personal characteristics are associated with different patterns, and whether there is an association between social support and mental health over time. We explore these issues in a large national cohort of young women. Methods: We used six waves of longitudinal data spanning 16years, from 10,369 women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, initially aged 18-23. We used group-based trajectory modelling to identify patterns of social support across Surveys 2-6; multinomial logistic regression to identify socio-demographic and health-behaviour predictors at Survey 1 and correlates at Survey 6 for each trajectory group; and generalised linear mixed modelling to estimate mean levels of mental health over the trajectory period for each group, adjusted for confounders. Results: Four distinct trajectory groups of social support were identified: ‘High' (58.5%), ‘Decreasing' (20.6%), ‘Low' (9.3%), and ‘Increasing' (11.6%). Poor health and living outside metropolitan areas at both Surveys 1 and 6 were characteristics of women in all trajectory groups other than the ‘High' group, as were early motherhood and being un-partnered at age 34-39. Other characteristics were specific to one or two trajectory groups. Patterns of mental health over time were consistent with patterns of social support. Conclusion: Longitudinal trajectory patterns of social support are associated with mental health, health behaviours, and demographic factors even in early adulthood. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Social support nationallicence Trajectories nationallicence Mental health nationallicence Predictors nationallicence Longitudinal nationallicence Early adulthood nationallicence Holden Libby School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Dobson Annette School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Room 322, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston, 4006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Ware Robert School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Room 322, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston, 4006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Hockey Richard School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Room 322, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston, 4006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Lee Christina School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/9(2015-09-01), 2075-2086 0962-9343 24:9<2075 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0946-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0946-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Holden Libby School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dobson Annette School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Room 322, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston, 4006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ware Robert School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Room 322, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston, 4006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hockey Richard School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Room 322, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston, 4006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Christina School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/9(2015-09-01), 2075-2086 0962-9343 24:9<2075 2015 24 11136