A serial mediating effect of perceived family support on psychological well-being

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 940
• Main Authors: An, Jing, Zhu, Xuanyu, Shi, Zhan, An, Jinlong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 02.04.2024; BMC
• Subjects: Emotional well-being; Emotions; Family Support; Humans; Mental depression; Mental Health; Perceived family support; Psychological factors; Psychological Well-Being; Serial mediating; Social interactions; Social Support; Social well-being; System theory; Systems theory; Well being; Social well-being; Perceived family support; Emotional well-being; Psychological well-being; Serial mediating
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18476-z

Family has a significant impact on individual mental health. Based on social support theory, family system theory and the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF), this research constructed a model of the pathway of perceived family support on psychological well-being and the results empirically clarified that perceived family support has a significant positive relationship with emotional well-being, social well-being, and psychological well-being (P < 0.001). Emotional well-being positively influences social well-being and psychological well-being (P < 0.001). Social well-being positively affects psychological well-being (P < 0.001). There were direct mediating effects of emotional well-being (13.45%), direct mediating effects of social well-being (32.82%) and a serial mediating effect (28.07%) between perceived family support and psychological well-being (P < 0.001).