Shin Huiyoung, Park Chaerim
Department of Psychology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea.
Front Psychol. 2022 Nov 25;13:1051968. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1051968. eCollection 2022.
This study examined the associations between social support from different relationship types (i.e., spouses, children, friends, and parents) and psychological well-being (i.e., happiness and depressive symptoms), and the mediating effects of basic psychological need satisfaction (i.e., autonomy, competence, and relatedness) in these associations. A dataset on social support, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and psychological well-being was collected from 823 South Korean adults (the mean of age = 48.83; 50.40% male). Results showed that social support from spouses and friends had the most robust associations with happiness and depressive symptoms. In addition, the satisfaction of needs for autonomy and relatedness mediated the associations between social support from spouses and friends, and happiness and depressive symptoms. However, these associations differed by age groups. Although social support satisfied basic psychological needs better for younger adults than for older adults, the satisfaction of needs for autonomy and relatedness was critical in order to support well-being for both groups.
本研究考察了来自不同关系类型(即配偶、子女、朋友和父母)的社会支持与心理健康(即幸福感和抑郁症状)之间的关联,以及基本心理需求满足感(即自主性、能力和归属感)在这些关联中的中介作用。我们收集了823名韩国成年人(平均年龄 = 48.83岁;男性占50.40%)关于社会支持、基本心理需求满足感和心理健康的数据。结果表明,来自配偶和朋友的社会支持与幸福感和抑郁症状的关联最为显著。此外,自主性和归属感需求的满足在来自配偶和朋友的社会支持与幸福感和抑郁症状之间的关联中起中介作用。然而,这些关联在不同年龄组中存在差异。虽然社会支持对年轻人基本心理需求的满足程度高于老年人,但自主性和归属感需求的满足对于两组人群的幸福感支持都至关重要。