Effects of Social Support on Depressed Mood in College Students: Test for Mediating Effects of Rumination
College of Science and Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Jiujiang 332020, China
| Abstract: | Objective: In order to explore the intrinsic relationship between social support, rumination and depression among college students and their working mechanisms, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 1433 college students using the social support scale, rumination thinking scale and depression self-rating scale. Methods: The correlation coefficient and mediation effect value were analyzed by SPSS24.0, and the structural model was tested by AMOS24.0. Results: Correlation analysis showed that social support was significantly negatively correlated with depression (r=-0.31, p<0.01) and rumination (r=-0.25, P < 0.01) in college students. Rumination was positively correlated with depression in college students (r = 0.68, P < 0.01). In addition, we found that rumination had a mediating effect on the relationship between social support and depressed mood in college students (R2=0.287, P<0.001), and this effect was significant. Conclusion: The results of this study prove that social support is an important influencing factor of college students' depressive mood, and find that rumination plays a mediating role between the two. This conclusion reveals the psychological mechanism of the influence of social support on college students' depressed mood, and has certain practical significance for the prevention and intervention of college students' depression. |
| Keywords: | Social Support; Rumination; Depression; College Students |
| DOI: | 10.57237/j.ssrf.2023.05.002 |
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Received: 4 September 2023
Accepted: 24 October 2023
Published Online: 28 October 2023
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