Comparison of social support,coping style and life satisfaction between higher vocational and undergraduate college students

Objective To investigate whether differences exist in social support,coping style and life satisfaction among the students in different colleges,and to explore the relationships between social support,coping style and life satisfaction.Methods Five hundred students of each college(Higher vocational,Five-year Higher vocational and undergraduate college) were randomly obtained by means of Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS),Trait Coping Style Questionnaire(TCSQ) and Multidimensional Student' Life Satisfaction scale(MSLSS).Results The social support and positive coping style of higher vocational and undergraduate college students was significantly higher than that of five-year higher vocational college students.The negative coping style of undergraduate college students was significantly higher than that of higher vocational and five-year higher vocational college students.The life satisfaction of higher vocational college students was significantly higher than that of five-year higher vocational and undergraduate college students.Social support correlated with life satisfaction significantly and positively.Positive coping style correlated with life satisfaction significantly and positively,but negative coping style correlated with life satisfaction significantly and negatively.Positive coping style correlated with social support significantly and positively,but negative coping style correlated with social support negatively.Conclusion There are significant differences of life satisfaction among different kind of college students.Good social support and positive coping style helps to enhance the life satisfaction of college student.