A comparative study of social support and sense of security between left-behind women and non left-behind women in rural area / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the difference of the sense of security and social support between left-behind women and non left-behind women in rural area.Methods Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) and security questionnaire(SQ) were used to measure social support and sense of security of 98 left-behind women and 151 non left-behind women.The data was analyzed by SPSS17.0.Results ①In the social support rating,compared with the non left-behind women,the left-behind women has lower score in the total score((40.561±6.692) vs (59.722±8.699),t=18.530),determining the control factor((21.459±3.891) vs (30.013±4.950),t=14.450) and human security factor((19.102±3.737) vs (29.709±4.849),t=18.392) and the differences were statistical significant(all P＜0.05).②In the social support rating scale,left-behind women had lower scores in total score,exploitation degree of support,subjective support and objective support than the left-behind women(all P＜0.05).③The total score and each factor score of security scale,and the total score and each factor score of social support rating scale in the left-behind women showed significantly positively correlated(r=0.245-0.507,P＜0.05).Conclusion The sense of security and social support of the left behind women were worse than that of non left-behind women.It is necessary to carry out psychological intervention for them.