1. Loneliness and Self-Esteem as Mediators Between Social Support and Life Satisfaction in Late Adolescence.
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Kong, Feng and You, Xuqun
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SOCIAL support , *LONELINESS in adolescence , *SELF-esteem -- Social aspects , *SATISFACTION , *SOCIAL conditions of youth , *TEENAGERS , *COLLEGE students ,ADOLESCENT psychology research ,SOCIAL aspects - Abstract
This study examined both the mediation effects of loneliness and self-esteem for the relationship between social support and life satisfaction. Three hundred and eighty nine Chinese college students, ranging in age from 17 to 25 (M = 20.39), completed the emotional and social loneliness scale, the self-esteem scale, the satisfaction with life scale and measure of social support. Structural equation modeling showed full mediation effects of loneliness and self-esteem between social support and life satisfaction. The final model also revealed a significant path from social support through loneliness and self-esteem to life satisfaction. Furthermore, a multi-group analysis found that the paths did not differ across sexes. The findings provided the external validity for the full mediation effects of loneliness and self-esteem and valuable evidence for more complicated relations among the variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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