Loneliness, Stress, and Social Support in Young Adulthood: Does the Source of Support Matter?
Loneliness, Stress, and Social Support in Young Adulthood: Does the Source of Support Matter?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-015-0395-9
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发表时间：
2016-03-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Goldstein, Sara E.
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作者：
Lee, Chih-Yuan Steven;Goldstein, Sara E.
社会支持保护个人在整个生命周期中免受逆境的影响，在社会剧烈变化的时期，如向成年过渡的时期，社会支持尤为突出。本研究以家庭、朋友和伴侣这三种社会支持来源为研究对象，探讨了社会支持对孤独感的压力缓冲作用，以及在压力保持不变的情况下，社会支持与孤独感之间的关系是否会因其来源而异。还考虑了性别在这些协会中的作用。样本由636名种族多样的大学青年组成（年龄范围18-25岁; 80%为女性）。结果表明，社会支持对孤独感的压力缓冲作用因其来源而异。只有来自朋友的支持才能缓冲压力和孤独之间的联系。此外，当压力保持不变时，社会支持和孤独之间的联系因来源而异，来自朋友或浪漫伴侣（但不是来自家人）的支持与孤独呈负相关。至于性别差异，较低水平的家庭或朋友的支持对孤独的负面影响，女性比男性更大。本研究进一步加深了我们对大学生社会支持的理解，并对研究结果的意义和未来的研究方向进行了讨论。
Social support protects individuals against adversity throughout the lifespan, and is especially salient during times of intense social change, such as during the transition to adulthood. Focusing on three relationship-specific sources of social support (family, friends, and romantic partners), the current study examined the stress-buffering function of social support against loneliness and whether the association between social support and loneliness with stress held constant would vary by its source. The role of gender in these associations was also considered. The sample consisted of 636 ethnically diverse college youth (age range 18-25; 80 % female). The results suggest that the stress-buffering role of social support against loneliness varies by its source. Only support from friends buffered the association between stress and loneliness. Further, when stress was held constant, the association between social support and loneliness differed by the sources, in that support from friends or romantic partners (but not from family) was negatively associated with loneliness. Regarding gender differences, the adverse impact of lower levels of familial or friends' support on loneliness was greater in females than in males. This research advances our understanding of social support among college-aged youth; implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.