Comparison of social support and influencing factors between non-only-child and only-child students at colleges and universities
Objective This study investigated the current social support status among non-only-child and only-child students at colleges and universities,and compared factors influencing social support,to provide a basis for improving social support among college students.Methods The study was conducted from February to April of 2021 at six colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province.The cluster sampling method was used to select the participants.Tools such as the Egocentric Social Network Questionnaire,Social Support Rating Scale,Anxiety Subscale of the Self-Con-sciousness Scale,and Beck Depression Inventory were used to investigate the level of social support and its influencing factors among participants.Multivariate analysis methods were used to explore the factors influencing social support levels,and to compare the current status and influencing factors of social support between non-only-child students and only-child students.Results Among 2 806 partici pants,1 554(55.4％)were non-only-children.The total score for social support level and the dimension of subjective support were higher among non-only-child students than only-child students.Multivariate logistic regression indicated that social anx-iety(OR:1.807,95％CI:1.054-1.122 for non-only children;OR:1.049,95％CI:1.016-1.083 for only children),depression(OR:1.074,95％CI:1.050-1.099 for non-only children;OR:1.095,95％CI:1.067-1.125 for only children),and individual local centrality(OR:0.772,95％CI:0.718-0.830 for non-only-children;OR:0.783,95％CI:0.724-0.847 for only children)were the common factors affecting social support among students in both groups.A single-parent family structure(OR:0.534,95％CI:0.299-0.953)and better family economic status(OR:0.385,95％CI:0.243-0.609)were unique influencing factors for non-only-child students.Conclusions We observed differences in levels of social support between non-only-child and only-child students at colleges.The influencing factors included both common aspects and unique characteristics.In the con-text of adjustments to national fertility policies and changes in social and family structures,schools should focus on the com-monalities among students while providing targeted support and assistance to help students enhance their social support lev-els and achieve healthy growth.
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