Social support and resilience mediate the relationship of stress with satisfaction with life and flourishing of youth

ABSTRACT

This study examined whether social support and resilience mediate the association of stress with satisfaction with life and flourishing. Participants were 230 undergraduate students (54% males; mean age = 23.75±1.24 years) who completed the measures of perceived stress, social support, resilience, satisfaction with life, and flourishing. Results revealed that: (i) perceived stress was indirectly related to satisfaction with life via social support and resilience, but was not negatively related to satisfaction with life and (ii) perceived stress was indirectly related to flourishing via social support and resilience and negatively related to flourishing. These results highlight the importance of social and psychological resources (i.e. social support and resilience) in mitigating the impact of stress on the well-being and flourishing of individuals.

KEYWORDS:

• perceived stress
• social support
• resilience
• satisfaction with life
• flourishing

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank all participants who contributed to this study.

Data availability

The data for this study is not publicly available in order to protect human subjects’ privacy and security concerns. However, the datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed consent

Consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Murat Yıldırım

Murat Yıldırım is an associate professor of psychology working at Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Turkey. Dr Yıldırım received his master’s and PhD degrees and postdoctoral training from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. His research focuses on individual differences, positive psychology, well-being, mental health, and psychological functioning.

Zane Asher Green

Zane Asher Green is an assistant professor working at Preston University, Pakistan. His research interests are centred on career assessment, well-being and mental health.