The relationship among junior middle school students’ subjective social supports,the level of self-esteem and mental health

ObjectiveTo explore the correlation among junior middle school students’ subjective social supports, the level of self-esteem and mental health. Methods380 junior middle school students in Guangzhou city and Luocun town in Nanhai city were assessed with Self-Esteem Scale(SES), Subjective Social Support Questionnaire and SCL-90 Inventory. ResultsThe more subjective social support, higher level of self-esteem, less score of SCL-90. Subjective social support from family had a closer association with self-esteem than the support from out-of-family did. What’s more, compared to the students in the city, support from out-of-family was more related to the self-esteem of the students in the town. It illustrated that support from out-of-family affect the self-esteem of the students in the town more greatly opposite to city students. In addition, subjective social support had a more remarkable effect on the self-esteem of students in grade two than that of the students in grade one. ConclusionIt was significant correlation between the level of self-esteem and subjective social support, the level of mental health.