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Explaining the Relation Between Perceived Social Support and Psychological Well-Being Among Chinese Nursing Students:
Lu Zhou1,2, EnLi Cai2, Chankoson Thitinan1,3
1Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth International Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-OK, Thailand.
Background:
Addressing numerous calls for understanding the theoretical mechanisms that explain the relationship between perceived social support and psychological well-being to enhance nursing students' mental health.
Aims:
This study focused on how integrative self-knowledge and self-integrity mediate the relationship between perceived social support and psychological well-being.
Methods:
The Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to estimate the mediation effects on the relationship between perceived social support and psychological well-being among 487 undergraduate nursing students. To examine the directionality of effects, the present study also tested the reverse serial mediation model. Multi-group SEM (MGSEM) was used to test gender differences in the mediation model.
Results:
Integrative self-knowledge and self-integrity, in sequence, mediated the association between perceived social support and psychological well-being among nursing students. In addition, there was no gender difference in these associations.
Conclusions:
Improving nursing students' perceived social support, integrative self-knowledge, and self-integrity is beneficial for promoting their mental health.
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