Exploring Facets of a Social Network to Explicate the Status of Social Support and Its Effects on Stress

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 701-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia Hsun Lin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Junior College ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Status ◽  
Junior College Students

International Chinese five-year junior college students were examined with regard to the status of actual social support and perceived stress, the relationship between actual social support and perceived stress, and the status of a social network, in order to explain how actual social support operates. Sixty-four students from a population of 313 responded to the questionnaires which included the Actual Social Support Scale (Jou, 1994), the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983), and the Measure of Social Support Network Scale (Blyth & Traeger, 1988). Results showed that students in Taiwan exhibit higher perceived stress and experience lower actual social support, higher actual social support may result in lower perceived stress, and the students' social network was limited to segregation with international Chinese college students in Taiwan. This suggests that more social contact with local people may help students to enlarge their social network, thus offering better social support for alleviating perceived stress.

Perceived social support as a moderator of depression and stress in college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Bin Shi
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
High Social Support ◽  
Social Support Scale

I explored the relationships between stress, social support, and depression among Chinese college students, focusing in particular on the moderating effect of social support in the link between stress and depression. Participants were 594 college students who completed the Perceived Stress Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the SelfRating Depression Scale. Results indicate that stress and depression were significantly and positively correlated, social support and depression were significantly and negatively correlated, and social support significantly moderated the effect of stress on depression. In the high social support group, stress and depression were not significantly correlated, whereas in the low social support group, stress and depression were significantly correlated. In sum, both stress and social support were significantly correlated with depression, and social support moderated the effect of stress on depression among college students.

Cognitive Organization of Emotion: Differences between Labels and Descriptors of Emotion in Jealousy Situations

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 935-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph B. Hupka ◽  
Channa Eshett
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Junior College ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Cognitive Organization ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
The Status ◽  
Junior College Students

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether the cognitive organization of labels of emotion differs from descriptions of affective states. This was done in the context of determining whether the attributions of labels of emotion and descriptions of affective responses in jealousy situations differed according to the status of the interloper, presence of an audience to the untoward behavior, and sex of the respondent. The subjects, 300 male and female junior college students, read vignettes which placed them at a party where their mates passionately kissed interlopers of varying status, and whose transgressions were, or were not, observed by others. The subjects were required to indicate the likelihood that they would experience anger, disgust, fear, jealousy, sadness, and surprise, and 49 cognitive and physiological descriptions of the affective states referred to by the aforementioned labels of emotion. Different findings were obtained with the labels and descriptors of affective states. This was interpreted as support for the systems theory of G. E. Schwartz. The descriptions, but not the labels, indicated that men were most upset when the interloper was a best friend and least concerned when he was a stranger. In contrast, women were most upset when the interloper was someone of equal or lower status than themselves and least upset when the interloper was their best friend.

scholarly journals Attitudes of Chinese College Students Toward Aging and Living Independently in the Context of China’s Modernization: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Junxiu Wang ◽  
Yanfei Zu ◽  
Qian Hu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Status ◽  
Poor Social Support ◽  
Care Problems

Modernization in China is accompanied by some specific features: aging, individualization, the emergence of the nuclear family, and changing filial piety. While young Chinese people are still the main caregivers for older adults, understanding the attitudes of young Chinese people toward aging and living independently in the context of modernization is important because it relates to future elderly care problems in China. By using in-depth interviews and qualitative methods, 45 participants were enrolled in the study, 38 (84.44%) were women and 37 (82.22%) had no siblings. The ages ranged from 17 to 25 years (mean age = 19.28, SD = 1.74). Results revealed that participants held diverse attitudes about older adults, but the general attitudes were that older adults are lonely, financially disadvantaged, have poor social support, lack hobbies, and care about their children more than themselves. Chinese college students were affected both by traditional filial piety and individualism; however, of the two, they seemed put greater value on independence. Moreover, traditional filial piety is changing in a modern direction, affected by Western ideas of individualism: the status of the senior is diminishing, and living with one’s parents is no longer regarded as a necessary component. Implications concerning age stereotypes, elderly care policies, and strategies are discussed.

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