The Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Social in College Students: The Mediation of Sense of Coherence

Danna Luo,S Zhao,Jiao Jiang

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202112301006

Abstract

This study aims to explore the relationship between the basic characteristics of college students’ social anxiety and the perceived social support and sense of coherence, and further explore the mediating role of the sense of coherence between perceived social support and social anxiety. A questionnaire survey of 420 college students was conducted using the Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS), the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) and the Sense of Coherence-13(SOC-13). The results showed that: (1) The social anxiety in contemporary college students was very high, and the phenomenon of social anxiety of female is significantly higher than male. (2) College students’ social anxiety were significantly negatively correlated with both perceived social support and sense of coherence, and perceived social support was significantly related to sense of coherence. (3) Sense of coherence plays a partial mediation between perceived social support and social anxiety. This study provides theoretical support for revealing the mechanism between perceived social support and social anxiety.

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Social anxiety refers to the emotional experience and avoidance behavior of tension and fear when individual in social situation [1]
This study provides theoretical support for revealing the mechanism between perceived social support and social anxiety
A global prevalence of social anxiety was showed that 36% of young people met the threshold criteria for social anxiety disorder [6] it is necessary to explore the influencing factors of social anxiety in to prevent the occurrence of social anxiety in college students or to relieve social anxiety that has been produced

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Introduction

Social anxiety refers to the emotional experience and avoidance behavior of tension and fear when individual in social situation [1]. Social anxiety first appears in childhood and peaks in adolescence, commons among college students, and affecting their mental health, academic performance and normal interpersonal relationship [2,3,4]. Without intervention, it may develop social disorder [5]. The higher perceived social support is, the lower the level of social anxiety is

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