Social support and subject well-being of only-child-lost people: the mediating role of self-efficacy

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relationship between social support and subjective well-being in only-child-lost(OCL) people, and the mediating effect of self-efficacy in this relationship. Methods By stratified cluster sampling, 206 only-child loss people were investigated with Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and Index of Well-Being (IWB), and data were analyzed with SPSS19.0 software and Amos17.0 software. Results ①Scores of SSRS, GSES and IWB in only-child-lost people were(31.78±8.18), (24.12±0.67) and (8.38±3.05). ②Correlation analysis showed that scores of GSES, SSRS and 3 dimensions of SSRS were positively correlated with scores of IWB(r=0.542, 0.332, 0.214, 0.332, 0.216; P<0.05). ③Self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between social support and subjective well-being through mediating effect test(χ2/df=1.986, GFI=0.985, AGFI=0.942, RMSEA=0.069), mediating effect accounted for 16.08%. Conclusion Social support is an important factor which plays a direct or indirect role in subject well-being. Self-efficacy is the intermediate link between social support and subject well-being. Key words: Only-child loss people; Social support; Well-being; Self-efficacy