Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide basic data to find ways to contribute to the psychological well-being of college students by examining the relationship between college life stress, psychological well-being, self-compassion, and social support, and exploring the effects of self-compassion and social support in the relationship between college life stress and psychological well-being. The subject of this study was a university student living in Korea, and 351 copies of the 360 questionnaires collected online and offline were analyzed. As measurement tools, the college life stress scale, the psychological well-being scale, the self-compassion scale, and the social support scale were used. For the collected data, descriptive statistical analysis, t-test, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis were performed using SPSS 20.0. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, there was a significant correlation between college life stress, psychological well-being, self-compassion, and social support. Second, there was a significant moderating effect of self-compassion in the relationship between college life stress and psychological well-being. Third, the moderating effect of social support was not significant in the relationship between college life stress and psychological well-being. Finally, the implications, significance, and limitations of this study were discussed, and suggestions for further research were made.

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