The Effect of Social Support on Depression among Economically Disadvantaged College Students: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience and the Moderating Role of Geography

Xianglian Yu, Fen Xiong, Hanbing Zhang, Zhihong Ren, Lianzhong Liu, Lin Zhang () and Zongkui Zhou ()
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Xianglian Yu: Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Fen Xiong: Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Hanbing Zhang: School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Zhihong Ren: Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Lianzhong Liu: Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan 430022, China
Lin Zhang: Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Zongkui Zhou: Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: The study examined the influence of social support on depression, including the mediating role of psychological resilience and the moderating role of geography. Questionnaires were completed by 424 economically disadvantaged college students in two provinces, X, a coastal province, and Y, an inland province. The results indicated that (1) the social support of economically disadvantaged college students was positively correlated to psychological resilience ( β = 0.62, t = 11.22, p < 0.001); (2) the psychological resilience of economically disadvantaged college students was negatively correlated with depression ( β = −0.24, t = −10.3, p < 0.001); (3) the social support of economically disadvantaged college students was negatively correlated with depression ( β = −0.08, t = −2.85, p < 0.001); (4) the psychological resilience of economically disadvantaged college students played a partial mediating role between social support and depression; and (5) geography played a moderating role in the effect of social support on depression.

Keywords: social support; psychological resilience; depression; economically disadvantaged college students; moderated mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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