BMC Public Health (Apr 2024)

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

  • Jing An,
  • Xuanyu Zhu,
  • Zhan Shi,
  • Jinlong An

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18476-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract 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).

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