湖北省中学生领悟社会支持与孤独感的关系——心理弹性的中介作用

The Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Loneliness of Middle School Students in Hubei, China—The Mediating Role of Resilience

目的:以湖北省中学生为研究对象,探讨领悟社会支持、孤独感、心理弹性三者间的关系,以期能为减少青少年孤独感提供参考。方法:采用方便取样的方式,在湖北省内招募1129名中学生填写《领悟社会支持量表》、《心理弹性量表》和《孤独感量表》,验证心理弹性是否在领悟社会支持和孤独感之间发挥了中介作用。结果:湖北省中学生领悟社会支持与孤独感显著负相关(r = −0.52**),心理弹性与孤独感显著负相关(r = −0.54**),心理弹性与领悟社会支持显著正相关(r = 0.67**),心理弹性在自变量领悟社会支持和因变量孤独感间起部分中介作用,效应占比为42%。结论:领悟社会支持可以负向预测孤独感水平,且心理弹性在领悟社会支持与孤独感的关系中发挥部分中介作用。

Objective: To investigate the association among middle school students in Hubei Province, in order to offer advice that can contribute to the reduction of adolescents’ loneliness. The findings from this research are expected to provide valuable insights for developing effective interventions aimed at mitigating adolescents’ feelings of loneliness. Methods: Using convenient sampling method, 1129 middle school students were recruited to fill in the Perceived Social Support Scale, Resilience Scale and Loneliness Scale, and a mediation model was employed to investigate the potential mediating effect of resilience in the relationship between social support and loneliness. Results: Perceived social support was significantly negatively associated with loneliness (r = −0.52**), resilience was significantly negatively correlated with loneliness (r = −0.54**), resilience was positively correlated with perceived social support (r = 0.67**), resilience partially mediated the relationship between perceived social support and loneliness, with an effect size of 42%. Conclusion: Perceived social support has the potential to exert a negative influence on the extent of an individual’s loneliness. Furthermore, resilience is known to operate as a partial mediator between perceived social support and loneliness.