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Relation between social support,social self-esteem and loneliness of college students

Miao Yuan-jiang

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Purpose: exploring the correlation between social support,social self-esteem and loneliness of college students;Method: using perceived social support scale,Texas social behaviour scale and UCLA loneliness scale to investigate 360 students of different sex,specialty and grade.Results:(1) The subjects' score of loneliness is markedly different in grade;(2) The subjects' score of loneliness is markedly different in rearing way;(3)Social support,social self-esteem and loneliness are negatively correlated;(4) Friendly support and social self-esteem have prediction for loneliness,whose variance explained accounts for 27.5%.Conclusion: Social support,social self-esteem and loneliness are negatively correlated.

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Purpose: exploring the correlation between social support,social self-esteem and loneliness of college students;Method: using perceived social support scale,Texas social behaviour scale and UCLA loneliness scale to investigate 360 students of different sex,specialty and grade.Results:(1) The subjects' score of loneliness is markedly different in grade;(2) The subjects' score of loneliness is markedly different in rearing way;(3)Social support,social self-esteem and loneliness are negatively correlated;(4) Friendly support and social self-esteem have prediction for loneliness,whose variance explained accounts for 27.5%.Conclusion: Social support,social self-esteem and loneliness are negatively correlated.

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Purpose: exploring the correlation between social support,social self-esteem and loneliness of college students;Method: using perceived social support scale,Texas social behaviour scale and UCLA loneliness scale to investigate 360 students of different sex,specialty and grade.Results:(1) The subjects' score of loneliness is markedly different in grade;(2) The subjects' score of loneliness is markedly different in rearing way;(3)Social support,social self-esteem and loneliness are negatively correlated;(4) Friendly support and social self-esteem have prediction for loneliness,whose variance explained accounts for 27.5%.Conclusion: Social support,social self-esteem and loneliness are negatively correlated.

Key concepts: Loneliness, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Psychology, Social support, Self-esteem, Scale (ratio), Social psychology, Developmental psychology

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