A MEDIATED PATHWAY MODEL FOR ALLEVIATING SOCIAL ANXIETY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BASED ON STRESS PROCESS THEORY

Abstract

Objective: Based on the stress process model, we explore the relationship between perceived social support and social anxiety among university students, and the role of resilience and self-differentiation between the two. Methods: The Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), the Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the Differentiation of Self Inventory-Revised (DSI-R) were used to survey 567 college students. Results: ①Correlation analysis showed that social anxiety was significantly negatively correlated with perceived social support, resilience, and self-differentiation, respectively (r = -0.39, -0.42, -0.63, P < 0.01), and that perceived social support was significantly positively correlated with resilience and self-differentiation (r = 0.63, 0.48, P < 0.01), and that resilience was significantly positively correlated with self-differentiation (r = 0.49, P < 0.01)；②The mediation effect test showed that resilience and self-differentiation had significant mediating effects between university students' perceived social support and social anxiety, with mediation effect values of -0.05 and -0.12, respectively; and the chain mediation effect of resilience and self-differentiation was also significant, with a mediation effect value of -0.10. Conclusion: Social support can indirectly affect university students' social anxiety through resilience and self-differentiation respectively, and can also indirectly affect university students' social anxiety through the chain mediating effect of resilience and self-differentiation.