A Structural Equation Model of Stress,Coping Style,Social Support and Subjective Well-being for College Students / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the association between stress, coping style, social support and subjective well-being (SWB) of college Students. Methods: 1773 college students from 8 colleges in Guangzhou were tested with Index of Well-being Questionnaire, College Students’ Stress Scale, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ) and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS). And structural equation model (SEM) was built based on the data. Results: SEM revealed ?2/df=2.837, RMSEA=0.032, and indexes of GFI、AGFI、NFI、NNFI、CFI were all above 0.9. Stress and passive coping style had passive effect on SWB (the overall regression weights were -0.377 and -0.130 respectively). Social support and positive coping style had positive effect on SWB (the overall regression weights were 0.286 and 0.277 respectively). Conclusion: Stress, coping style and social support are important forecast variables of SWB.