Meta-analysis of the relationship between social support and subjective well-being of Chinese college students

Sidi  Cheng

doi:10.54691/wgc61h89

Authors

Sidi Cheng

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/wgc61h89

Keywords:

College students, Social support, Subjective well-being, Meta-analysis.

Abstract

[Objective] To explore the relationship between social support and college students' subjective well-being based on the social support rating scale, and explore the research characteristics that affect the relationship between the two. [Methods] We searched the databases of CNKI, Wanfang and VIP, collected the articles on social support and college students' subjective well-being published from 2003 to 2023, and used CMA software to conduct meta-analysis. [Results] A total of 40 articles were included and 40 independent samples were generated, with a total of 27740 samples. The results showed that subjective support, objective support and utilization of support were positively correlated with the overall subjective well-being of college students, life satisfaction and positive emotions, and negatively correlated with negative emotions. The correlation between the two was regulated by the test group, that is, the correlation between the two was different in different test groups.

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