Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 610-617.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.05.13

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How Social Support Influences Hope in College Students: The Mediating Roles of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy

LI Zhihua1, 2, YIN Xiayun3   

  1. 1. Institute of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128;
    2. Research Center of Health Promotion of Children and research center, Changsha 410128;
    3. Institute of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

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Abstract: To explore the relationship between the social support and hope of college students, as well as the multiple mediating effects of self-esteem and self-efficacy in the effect of social support. 756 college students were tested with Snyder's Adult Dispositional Hope Scale (ADHS), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Self-Esteem Scale(SES) and General Self-Efficacy Scale(GSES). The results indicated that: (1) Subjective social support was a significant predictor of college students' hope, while objective social support and utilization of social support were not significant; (2) Self-esteem and self-efficacy played was mediating roles in the relationship between subjective social support and hope of college students, and self-efficacy was a more significant mediating variable.

Key words: college students, social support, hope, self-Esteem, self-Efficacy

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  • B844

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