Xu Jiadian, Yin Yubing, Cheng Kai
Guangdong Women's Polytechnic.
Guangdong Industry Polytechnic University.
J Psychol. 2025 Apr 14:1-17. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2488865.
Social support plays an important role in helping female college students in particular to achieve and feel well in the face of changing social circumstances. The present study aims to delve into the specific mechanisms through which social support contributes to enhancing life satisfaction among female college students. Therefore, a serial mediation model was tested to examine the relationship between social support, grit, basic psychological needs satisfaction, and life satisfaction among female college students. 588 female college students residing in China, with an average age of 19 years (SD = 1.29), participated in this study. The instruments used included the Social Support Scale, the Grit Scale, the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, and the Life Satisfaction Scale. Correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to examine the relationships among the variables. The study findings reveal a positive association between higher levels of social support and increased grit, as well as satisfaction of basic psychological needs among female college students. The structural equation modeling confirms the validity of the serial mediation model. This model suggests that social support is a significant predictor of holistic well-being, with its influence on life satisfaction being partially mediated by grit and basic psychological needs satisfaction. The findings underscore the importance of social support as a potential pathway to enhancing life satisfaction through the cultivation of grit and the satisfaction of psychological needs.
社会支持在帮助女大学生，尤其是在面对不断变化的社会环境时实现目标并感受良好方面发挥着重要作用。本研究旨在深入探究社会支持有助于提高女大学生生活满意度的具体机制。因此，我们测试了一个串行中介模型，以检验女大学生的社会支持、毅力、基本心理需求满足感和生活满意度之间的关系。588名居住在中国、平均年龄为19岁（标准差=1.29）的女大学生参与了本研究。所使用的工具包括社会支持量表、毅力量表、基本心理需求满足感量表和生活满意度量表。采用相关分析、验证性因素分析（CFA）和结构方程模型（SEM）来检验变量之间的关系。研究结果显示，较高水平的社会支持与女大学生更高的毅力以及基本心理需求的满足之间存在正相关。结构方程模型证实了串行中介模型的有效性。该模型表明，社会支持是整体幸福感的重要预测指标，其对生活满意度的影响部分由毅力和基本心理需求满足感介导。研究结果强调了社会支持作为通过培养毅力和满足心理需求来提高生活满意度的潜在途径的重要性。
