大学生社会支持和生命意义维度的网络分析研究

Relations between dimensions of social support and meaning in life of college students:a network analysis

目的探索大学生社会支持与生命意义维度之间的关系。方法采用便利取样的方法,以708名大学生[(19.90±1.30)岁]为研究对象进行调查。使用网络模型的方法分析社会支持的家庭、朋友和重要他人3个维度与生命意义的生命意义体验(MLQ-P)和生命意义追寻(MLQ-S)2个维度的关系,对网络中各维度的强度和桥-强度中心性进行分析。使用R软件进行统计分析和可视化。结果在社会支持和生命意义网络分析中,发现朋友与重要他人、MLQ-P与MLQ-S、家庭与重要他人是网络中最强的3条边,其非正则化偏相关系数分别为0.63、0.40、0.38。对强度和桥-强度中心性研究发现,社会支持中的重要他人维度强度中心性最强(Z分数=1.20),MLQ-S和重要他人是桥-强度中心性最高的2个维度。结论大学生的社会支持与生命意义的各维度之间存在不同的关联路径,MLQ-S维度更易受社会支持影响,而重要他人维度可能是影响个体生命意义的核心社会支持维度。以上研究结果为理解社会支持与个体生命意义间的关系及相关干预提供了新的思路。

Objective To explore the relations between dimensions of social support and meaning in life of college students.Methods A total of 708 college students[(19.90±1.30)years old]were investigated by convenience sampling method.The network model was used to analyze the relations between the three dimensions of social support(family,friends and significant others)and the two dimensions of meaning in life[presence of meaning(MLQ-P)and search for meaning(MLQ-S)],and to analyze the strength and bridge-strength centrality of each dimension in the network.R software was used for statistical analysis and visualization.Results In the network analysis of social support and meaning in life,it was found that friends and significant others,MLQ-P and MLQ-S,and family and significant others were the three strongest edges in the network,and their non-regularized partial correlation coefficients were 0.63,0.40,and 0.38,respectively.The research on strength and bridge-strength centrality showed that the dimension of significant others in social support had the strongest strength centrality(Z-score=1.20),and MLQ-S and significant others were the two dimensions with the highest bridge-strength centrality.Conclusion There are different correlation paths between dimensions of social support and meaning in life of college students.The dimension of MLQ-S is more susceptible to social support,while the dimension of significant others may be the core dimension in social support affecting individual life meaning.These results provide new ideas for understanding the relationship between social support and individual life meaning and related interventions.