Relationship between self-esteem and social support in college students / 中国组织工程研究
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
;
(53): 226-227, 2005.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-409661
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Some scholars thought that social support is one of the key factors in determining self-esteem, and most scholars thought that subjective support is more meaningful than objective support. Yet on the domain of social support, Chinese scholars still put forward a problem about utilizations of social support besides subjective and objective support. However,how is the relationship between self-esteem and social support, especially the utilizations of social support in college students?OBJECTIVE:
To probe into relationship between self-esteem and social support of college students and understand self-esteem and social support status of them.DESIGN:
Cluster sampling and present situation study based on college students.SETTING:
Department of medical psychology and behavior science in medical college of a university.PARTICIPANTS:
Totally 154 comprehensive college students in south China were investigated.METHODS:
Adopting self-esteem scale(SES) and social support questionnaire(SSQ) to conduct a self-evaluating investigation among 154 students in a comprehensive university in south China.MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The scores on SES and SSQ on three dimensions for 154 college students.RESULTS:
The boy college students got higher scores on self-esteem than that of girls' ( t = 2. 510, P < 0 05). Non-only-child college students' total scores and utilizations of social support were significantly higher than only child college students(t= -1.983, P <0.05; t= -3.475, P=0.01).The self-esteem was significantly positive correlated with the utilization of social support.CONCLUSION:
College students'self-esteem is related to social support.
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Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
Year:
2005
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Article
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