Li Qi, Wang Mengqi, Hao Xinyao, Yang Chenxin, Wang JiaYi, Sun Yiming, Wu Hui
Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, China Medical University, No. 77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, China.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 17. doi: 10.1007/s00127-025-02852-0.
The prevalence of loneliness among college students has elevated during the 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, it is essential to clarify the factors that contribute to loneliness and seek out measures to reduce the influence of these factors on college students.
To explore the mediating mechanisms underlying the association between perceived social support and loneliness among Chinese college students, and the multiple mediating roles of hope and resilience in this relationship.
This online survey was conducted through the Wenjuanxing platform on March 3-15, 2020. A total of 1,627 effective questionnaires were received and the response rate was 94.3%. The UCLA loneliness scale, the Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Herth Hope Index and Resilience Scale, and the scale of demographic variables were used for gathering data. Hierarchical multiple regression and the bootstrap method were used to explore and examine the chain mediation model.
The prevalence of loneliness among undergraduates was 55.2% (898/1627) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and there were significant differences in loneliness in gender (t = 4.131, p < 0.001) and sleeping duration (t = 3.971, p < 0.001). A significant chain mediation model was obtained in which college students' loneliness was affected by perceived social support through 3 different pathways: the mediating role of hope (42.28% of total effect), the mediating role of resilience (6.44% of total effect), and the chain mediating role of both hope, and resilience (4.91% of total effect). The total mediation effect was - 0.266, which accounted for 53.52% of the total effect.
Perceived social support, hope and resilience could relieve the feeling of loneliness effectively among Chinese college students. Hope and resilience play the chain mediation role in the association between perceived social support and loneliness. The psychological interventions about enhancing social support and improving hope and resilience may help to alleviate loneliness during the pandemic of COVID-19.
在2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，大学生孤独感的患病率有所上升。因此，有必要明确导致孤独感的因素，并找出减轻这些因素对大学生影响的措施。
探讨中国大学生感知社会支持与孤独感之间关系的中介机制，以及希望和心理韧性在这种关系中的多重中介作用。
2020年3月3日至15日通过问卷星平台进行了本次在线调查。共收到1627份有效问卷，有效回收率为94.3%。使用加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校孤独量表、领悟社会支持多维量表、赫思希望指数和心理韧性量表以及人口统计学变量量表收集数据。采用分层多元回归和Bootstrap法探索和检验链式中介模型。
在COVID-19大流行期间，本科生孤独感的患病率为55.2%（898/1627），孤独感在性别（t = 4.131，p < 0.001）和睡眠时间（t = 3.971，p < 0.001）方面存在显著差异。获得了一个显著的链式中介模型，其中大学生的孤独感通过3条不同途径受到感知社会支持的影响：希望的中介作用（占总效应的42.28%）、心理韧性的中介作用（占总效应的6.44%）以及希望和心理韧性的链式中介作用（占总效应的4.91%）。总中介效应为 - 0.266，占总效应的53.52%。
感知社会支持、希望和心理韧性可以有效缓解中国大学生的孤独感。希望和心理韧性在感知社会支持与孤独感之间的关系中起链式中介作用。关于增强社会支持以及提高希望和心理韧性的心理干预可能有助于在COVID-19大流行期间减轻孤独感。
