Zhou L, Cai E, Thitinan C, Khunanan S, Wu Y, Liu G. Explaining the Relation Between Perceived Social Support and Psychological Well-Being Among Chinese Nursing Students: A Serial Multiple Mediator Model Involving Integrative Self-Knowledge and Self-Integrity.
Psychol Rep 2024;
127:594-619. [PMID:
36112788 DOI:
10.1177/00332941221127625]
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Abstract
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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