The mediation role of general self-concept between social support and subjective well-being in older adults / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship between general self-concept, social support and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults.Methods A total of 717 older adults completed the Gen-eral Self-Concept Scale ( GSCS) ,Social Support Rating Scale( SSRS) and Memorial University of Newfound-land Scale of Happiness(MUNSH).Results The self-concept score of the elderly was (2.91±0.41),social support score was (35.45±7.12) and subjective well-being score was (11.56±10.31).Social support was sig-nificantly positively related with self-concept and subjective well-being ( r=0.43,P<0.05;r=0.17,P<0.05) . Self-concept played a partly mediating role between social support and subjective well-being,and the confi-dence interval from Bootstrap output were 95％ (0.22,0.78).The mediating effect between social support and subjective well-being were suppressing effects( direct effects|-0. 31|, indirect effects |0. 50|>total effects|0.19|).Conclusion Social support can indirectly affect subjective well-being through self-concept.